NCT05262634

Pregnancy Outcome in Women With an Iron Deficiency in the First Trimester

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 713 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this retrospective, monocentric study with two parallel groups is to investigate pregnancy outcome in women with iron deficiency in the first trimester. It compares the pregnancy outcome between pregnant women with an iron deficiency and those without an iron deficiency in the first trimester. The study group are pregnant women with a diagnosed iron deficiency in the first trimester, a total of 227 pregnant women. The control group consists of 486 pregnant women without first-trimester iron deficiency. Matching criteria include parity and maternal age. Data from patient files of pregnant women who were treated in the Women's Clinic, University Hospital Basel between 2017 and 2019 are analyzed.

Conditions

• Iron Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Data collection (laboratory and obstetric results)	Maternal data: age, pregnancy, parity, singleton or multiple pregnancy, BMI, obstetric history data, and ethnicity. Laboratory chemical results: hemoglobin (Hb), number of erythrocytes, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), number of hypochromic erythrocytes (HRC), erythrocyte distribution width (EBW), ferritin, C reactive protein (CRP). Maternal pregnancy outcomes and complications: Hb before and after delivery, mode of delivery, placenta abruption, preeclampsia/eclampsia, gestational diabetes, gestational cholestasis, pregnancy-induced hypertension, bacteriuria or urinary tract infections, peripartum and postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal infections, uterine subinvolution. Perinatal outcomes: gestational age, birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, preterm birth, macrosomia, premature rupture of membranes, Apgar score, intrauterine fetal death, pH values, admission to neonatology

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-31
• Completion: 2022-01-31
• First posted: 2022-03-02
• Last updated: 2022-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland