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Filter by:An essential part of clinical research is the availability and accessibility of human biospecimens for the identification of biomarkers, new treatments and measurement of response to therapy. Proteins, RNA and DNA can be extracted and studied as well. This is a critical first step in performing many fundamental molecular biology experiments. A variety of biospecimens are utilized for research including but not limited to normal and malignant tissues, blood, and other body fluids. In order to obtain high-quality biospecimens, they must be acquired serially, stored according to current standards, and matched with clinical information for maximum value. As such, the investigators would like to create a repository of biospecimens collected from pregnant patients who are seen at Mount Sinai Hospital and other research hospitals in Toronto. Mount Sinai provides personnel and infrastructure to serve the largest (7500 births/year) and highest complex Maternity program in Ontario. Of the 7500 patients a year, at least 2500 are considered high risk pregnancies, where there's a possibility of preeclampsia, placenta accreta and a host of other complications. For this study, biological specimens - blood, cervical and placental samples - will be collected from these high-risk groups in order to better understand the causes of the underlying conditions.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if allied-health professionals can recruit and follow research participants, sustain engagement, and improve and diagnose treatment of diseases by facilitating transitions of care. Participants will: Take their blood pressure at home and return it to the research team; Follow up with a research pharmacist for 12 months; Return for a follow up visit after 12 months.
Fetal cells are not easily obtained from pregnant patients; this curtails testing to assess the health of the fetus and the mother. Currently, the only way of diagnosing fetal genetic or chromosomal abnormalities is by invasive techniques, such as chorionic villous sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis performed at 10 to 13 weeks and after 15 weeks of gestation, respectively. Although small, there is a risk for fetal loss with these procedures. Transcervical cell sampling (TCS), similar to a Pap smear, is a platform that meets the requirements for prenatal genetic testing (genetic testing with fetal cells obtained before birth), as well as diagnosis of maternal pregnancy complication, at a very early stage of pregnancy (as early as 5 weeks) and carries low risk for the mother and the developing fetus. This study will examine cervical fluid collected using various noninvasive methods for TCS in pregnant women. The number of placental cells will be assessed against similarly obtained samples from nonpregnant women of reproductive age who lack cells derived from a placenta. Participating volunteers will provide written informed consent. Only standard medical procedures and approved devices will be used for collection of cervical fluid, minimizing risk to the participants and their fetuses. No test results or other benefits will be available to the participants.
The goal of this study is to learn whether access to healthy and fresh food, health coaching, and nutrition support intervention can reduce adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does access to healthy and fresh food, health coaching and nutrition support reduce the risk of gestational diabetes or preeclampsia and ultimately improve health outcomes for mothers and their newborns? - Are participants able to successfully utilize the health program? Are participants satisfied and self-equipped to apply the teachings of the program within their lives following their participation in the study? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Participants in the standard of care will be asked to: - Complete surveys - Biometric screenings Participants in the intervention group will be asked to: - Complete surveys - Biometric screenings - Participate in weekly personal health coaching - Receive and consume provided weekly meals. Researchers will compare the standard of care to those who receive the intervention to see the impact of the intervention on clinical outcomes including: gestational weight gain, blood pressure, diagnosis of gestational diabetes, diagnosis of gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, and gestational age at birth.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of aerobic (AE), resistance (RE), and combination (AERE) exercise throughout pregnancy on selected maternal and fetal/neonatal physiological variables in women at-risk for preeclampsia. The central hypothesis of this project is that exercise will decrease severity and occurrence of preeclampsia symptoms, thus improving maternal, pregnancy, and birth outcomes. Aim 1. Determine the influence of different exercise modes during pregnancy at risk of preeclampsia on maternal cardiometabolic health. Aim 2. Determine the most effective exercise mode in pregnancy at risk of preeclampsia on improving birth and infant health outcomes.
Stress and Sleep of Classical Turkish Music in Pregnant Women Diagnosed with Preeclampsia in Clinics The study to be carried out to determine the effect on quality is a randomized controlled experimental research. All patients who comply with the limitations of the study and volunteer will be included in the study. When the studies in the literature are examined, there are a limited number of studies on the effects of music on pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia, and no studies have been found on the effects of music on stress and sleep quality in pregnant women with preeclampsia. This research aimed to determine the effect of Classical Turkish Music on stress and sleep quality in pregnant women diagnosed with Preeclampsia in clinics.
Pre-eclampsia (PE) is one of the most frequent pregnancy complications and is one of the main causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality in its severe form.control of blood pressure is of crucial importance to avoid maternal and fetal complications.Therapeutic modalities that can target the underlying pathophysiological changes and reverse the endothelial dysfunction could help to ameliorate the systemic manifestations in patients with severe PE. Either Intravenous labetalol and nitroglycerine as well as sublingual nifedipine have been frequantly used for the management of acute severe hypertension in PE
The goal of this prospective observational cohort study of pregnant people at-risk of preeclampsia receiving aspirin as part of clinical care or a planned randomized controlled trial of 81mg vs. 162mg of aspirin is to generate proteomic data to show a distinct maternal and fetal Extracellular Vesicle (EV) proteome profile with aspirin treatment, and develop and validate a multi-marker panel for the monitoring of placental function in people at-risk of Preeclampsia and in response to aspirin treatment. The primary research question is: 1. Does the maternal and fetal Positive for Placental Alkaline Phosphatase (PLAP+) Extracellular Vesicle (EV) proteome profile in the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy differ between people who receive aspirin and develop (or not) preeclampsia? Participants will be asked to give blood samples up to four times during and at the end of their pregnancy.
Primary outcome 1. to identify biological changes in nulliparous women at high risk for preeclampsia defined by combined screening by Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) 2. to identify biological effects of aspirin in nulliparous women with high risk for preeclampsia Secondary outcomes include findings of longitudinal development and predictive potential of biological markers associated with high-risk for preeclampsia and aspirin treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is high risk for preeclampsia associated with biological changes during pregnancy? - How does aspirin modulate the biological changes associated with high risk for preeclampsia? Nulliparous women will undergo routine clinical care at two regional hospitals with different treatment strategies, and selected to the study in three groups: low risk of preeclampsia, high risk of preeclampsia without aspirin, and high-risk of preeclampsia with aspirin treatment.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HPT) are an important cause of maternal-feto-neonatal morbidity and mortality, being one of the three leading causes of maternal death in our country and in developing countries. The only cure for THE is termination of pregnancy, which ends up being a decision in which gestational age and maternal risks must be balanced. Angiogenic factors have come to occupy an indispensable place in the arsenal of tools that can be used to separate the patient with a high likelihood of complications from those in whom prolongation of pregnancy could represent an important neonatal benefit. Refining the diagnostic capability of this test would further improve maternal-fetal outcomes and the use of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement could make the difference. The purpose of the present study is to correlate the measurement of ONSD with serum angiogenic factor (AF) values in patients with pre-eclampsia and to determine its predictive ability for adverse perinatal outcomes.