Predicting Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes (PAPO) Study: An observational study to determine factors in both male and female partners to predict healthy pregnancies and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Pregnancy ComplicationsReproductive Health and Childbirth - Fetal medicine and complications of pregnancy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000254291
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 750
Inclusion Criteria
Recruit before 12 weeks gestation, Consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
Serious medical illness, lack of informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pregnancy outcome data will be collected from the volunteers medical records[At the end of delivery or pregnancy loss]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage levels will be measured in lymphocytes using the cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN) assay.[One time point before pregnancy (the couple must be actively trying to get pregnant) and at 12 weeks gestation];Blood concentrations of folate, vitamin 12, homocysteine and enzyme polymorphisms within folate metabolism. These tests will be done by SA pathology using routine laborarty tests.[One time point before pregnancy (the couple must be actively trying to get pregnant) and at 12 weeks gestation]