Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Associated Stillbirths in a High Burden Setting (Stillborn)

University of Witwatersrand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stillbirth

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02339077

V98_27OBTP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a descriptive study to determine the role of fetal GBS disease as a cause for stillbirths

Full description

A prospective, descriptive study will be undertaken involving mothers who have a stillbirth at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), a secondary-tertiary care hospital, from 2014 up until 2016.

Enrollment: 354 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 1 day old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women delivering a stillbirth at CHBAH
• Participants aged ≥18 years
• Able to understand and comply with planned study procedures
• Provides written informed consent (either generic ICF or V98_28OBTP)

Exclusion criteria

• Refuses to consent to study participation