NCT03064412

Effect of Pregnancy on Androgenic Steroids in Different Genetic Panels

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Androgens are important sex steroids in women. Androgens influence protein synthesis and muscle growth, are involved in maturation of the reproductive organs, have a fat reducing effect , have a negative effect on the serum lipid profile, and may also increase insulin resistance and coagulation activity. The role of androgens in women is not clear. This study is aimed at learning about the amount of androgen and its actions in pregnant women. This study is also looking to see if there are specific patient factors (such as genetics) that change the amount of androgen and its activity.

Detailed description

There is a lot of information about the main female sex hormones such as estrogens and progesterones (the main female sex hormones and the most important in menstrual , reproductive cycles and pregnancy) . However there is little information about androgens in pregnant women. It is known that certain illnesses, chemicals and dietary products might change the amount of androgen and its actions, which could affect the mother and her baby. It is also known that there are differences between the androgen levels in different people, and in different ethnic groups. These differences are mostly due to genetic factors. The goal of this study is to learn about the androgen levels in healthy pregnant women and if genetic or clinical factors (for example age, trimester of pregnancy, parity, ethnicity, etc.) play a role in changing the androgen amount and action, throughout pregnancy and after delivery.

Conditions

• Sex Steroids

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	Urine sample collection	A urine sample will be collected in each of the 3 trimesters of pregnancy, and also at 6 weeks post partum.
BIOLOGICAL	Saliva collection	A saliva sample will be collected at one time point during the study - likely at the initial baseline visit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-01-01
• Completion: 2017-01-01
• First posted: 2017-02-27
• Last updated: 2017-07-24