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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome that affects 3 - 5% of pregnancies. It is one of the main causes of maternal, fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, resulting in approximately 40,000 maternal deaths worldwide each year. Fortunately, preeclampsia-related deaths have been reduced remarkably in recent decades thanks to improvements in antenatal care and therapeutic interventions, and prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin in women who are at a higher risk of developing preeclampsia.

Effective prevention is rarely available for obstetric complications. Aspirin is one of them. Several meta-analyses456 suggested that aspirin prescription reduced the risk of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction by 40-50% in an aspirin-dose-response pattern.


Clinical Trial Description

Preterm preeclampsia is an important cause of maternal and perinatal death and complications. It is uncertain whether the intake of low-dose aspirin during pregnancy reduces the risk of preterm preeclampsia.

In a meta-analysis of individual-participant data from the trials, the effect of aspirin was not affected by the gestational age at the onset of therapy. In contrast, other meta-analyses showed that aspirin started at or before 16 weeks of gestation resulted in halving the rates of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and perinatal death, whereas aspirin started after 16 weeks of gestation did not have a significant benefit. In addition, the beneficial effect of aspirin that was started at or before 16 weeks of gestation was dose-dependent, with a greater reduction in the incidence of preeclampsia being associated with a daily dose of aspirin of 100 mg or more.

This will be a randomized control trial to estimate the efficacy of two doses (81 mg versus 162 mg) of aspirin for prevention of preeclampsia in healthy, nulliparous obese and overweight pregnant women identified in the first trimester. ;


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NCT number NCT03725891
Study type Interventional
Source Aswan University Hospital
Contact hany f sallam, md
Phone 01022336052
Email hany.farouk@aswu.edu.eg
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date December 1, 2018
Completion date January 1, 2022

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