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UnknownNCT04918043

Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in Finland According to Meconium Samples

Raskaudenaikaiset Elintavat ja Etyyliglukuronidin Esiintyminen Mekoniumissa Suomessa

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
1,000 (estimated)
Sponsor
Hanna Kahila · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
3 Days
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Meconium samples are collected anonymously from newborns in Helsinki University Hospital maternity ward. The study tries to to find how many women continue to use alcohol during the second half of the pregnancy. Meconium samples are tested for ethylglucuronide (EtG), a metabolite of ethanol, that accumulates in the meconium. Altogether 1000 samples are taken. The sample results are compared to anonymously answered questionnaire about alcohol use.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2021-06-01
Primary completion
2021-08-30
Completion
2021-08-30
First posted
2021-06-08
Last updated
2021-06-08

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04918043. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.