NCT02480023

Assessment of Bone Mineral Density During Pregnancy

Changes in Bone Mineral Density as Measured by Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound in Third Trimester of Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 173 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

BMD at peripheral sites typically heel is measured by Ultrasound densitometry at Ain Shams Maternity hospital.

Detailed description

Consecutive patients with singleton pregnancies between 36 and 39 weeks booked at a general obstetric clinic in a regional hospital will be recruited for the study. The obstetric department is a tertiary referral center in the region and part of a university teaching unit which catered to an annual delivery of around 10,000 women. A group of first trimester pregnant women with nearly the same age is recruited as controls.

Conditions

• Bone Mineral Density Quantitative Trait Locus 3

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	calcaneal quantitative ultrasound assessment	QUS for calcaneus bone of right foot will be done for this group of Pregnant women at the third trimester

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-06-24
• Last updated: 2016-01-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt