Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT04576364 |
Other study ID # |
Postpartum Mgso4 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
November 1, 2020 |
Est. completion date |
November 30, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
August 2023 |
Source |
Assiut University |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
To compare the use of magnesium sulfate for 12 hours versus 24 hours in postpartum women with
pre-eclampsia with severe features , to ensure maximum efficacy of anticonvulsant action that
can be achieved with least exposure to Mgso4 side effects.
Description:
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy constitute one of the leading causes of maternal and
perinatal mortality worldwide. It has been estimated that preeclampsia complicates 2-8% of
pregnancies globally.
Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy associated with new-onset hypertension, which occurs
most often after 20 weeks of gestation and frequently near term. Although often accompanied
by new-onset proteinuria, hypertension and other signs or symptoms of preeclampsia may
present in some women in the absence of proteinuria. Recently preeclampsia is divided into
preeclampsia with severe features, preeclampsia without severe, features. One of serious
complication of preeclampsia is occurrence of eclampsia. Eclampsia refers to the occurrence
of new-onset, generalized, tonic-clonic seizures or coma in a woman with preeclampsia.
Eclampsia can be prevented with magnesium sulphate, which decreases the risk of seizures by
50%, paralleled by a reduction in maternal mortality. It is considered as the gold standard
of management of eclampsia Although magnesium sulphate administration is recommended for all
women with severe preeclampsia, consensus has not yet to be reached on the ideal duration of
prophylactic postpartum anticonvulsant therapy. The use of magnesium sulphate has been
recommended for 24 hours following delivery, the period of greatest risk for the occurrence
of eclampsia. There are other regimen 12-hour, 6-hour Use of magnesium sulphate therapy is
not without complications, consequently longer duration therapy possesses the risk of
magnesium toxicity such as respiratory depression, renal and neuromuscular dysfunction. Risks
of these complications require regular supervision; hence it is particularly important to
assess the minimum effective duration of treatment