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Placenta Accreta Spectrum Protocol

Conditions
Placenta Accreta
Interventions
Procedure: Planned Cesarean hysterectomy
Procedure: Conservative management
Registration Number
NCT04384510
Lead Sponsor
Assiut University
Brief Summary

Aim of this project is to study diagnosis and management approaches of PAS and to assess safety and efficacy of different conservative approaches compared to planned hysterectomy. We aim at improving selection process and patient counselling for women who would like to consider alternatives to hysterectomy. To achieve these objectives, creation of an international database collected by PAS-experienced centers that represent all continents would promote conduction of large studies that provide higher level of evidence on different options of management of PAS

Detailed Description

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a complex placentation disorder associated with high maternal morbidity; complications of PAS include hemorrhage, blood transfusion, multiple organ failure, and death

* The incidence of PAS has been increasing steadily in response to the increase in cesarean delivery rate

* Available evidence supports planned preterm cesarean hysterectomy with the placenta left in situ as the standard treatment of PAS

However, hysterectomy is traumatic to many women due to its operative sequences, impact on fertility, and disruption of self-image. Therefore, several conservative management options were proposed as an alternative to hysterectomy

* Although many of conservative approaches yielded satisfactory results, their implementation as a part of standard protocols has been limited

* There is primarily because evidence supporting most of these approaches is limited to case series, which is insufficient to support their safety. As a sequence, clinical trials are challenged by the lack of the margin of safety that would support ethical rationale of future studies. Availability of large multicenter studies is anticipated to provide robust evidence regarding optimal management of PAS and appropriate patient selection for conservative management

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
1500
Inclusion Criteria
  • Pregnant women diagnosed with PAS, aged between 18 to 48 years.
  • Women should be delivered by the corresponding center.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Inadequate follow-up
  • Authorization to use anonymous patient data for research purposes.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)Conservative managementThis cohort presents patients who were suspected or diagnosed either antenatal or intrapartum with placenta accreta spectrum
Patients with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)Planned Cesarean hysterectomyThis cohort presents patients who were suspected or diagnosed either antenatal or intrapartum with placenta accreta spectrum
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Failure of conservative management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)from delivery to 6 months after delivery

Need for emergency or delayed hysterectomy following trial of conservative treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Infectious morbidity after management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)From delivery and up to 6 weeks postpartum

Incidence of sepsis and septic shock following interventions to manage PAS

Maternal blood lossFrom delivery and up to 24 hours postpartum

Estimation of blood loss during Cesarean section in ml

Incidence of urinary injury during intraoperative management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)From delivery and up to 6 weeks postpartum

Incidence of urinary bladder and/or ureteric injury

Admission to maternal intensive care unit (ICU) after management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS)From delivery and up to 6 weeks postpartum

Admission to ICU due to maternal instability

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aswan Faculty of Medicine

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Aswan, Egypt

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