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Use of Cheetah® Cardiac Monitoring System to Guide Discontinuation of Magnesium Sulfate in Women With Severe Preeclampsia

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Preeclampsia With Severe Features
Interventions
Other: Standard of care
Device: Cheetah® non-invasive cardiac monitoring system
Registration Number
NCT04474704
Lead Sponsor
Ohio State University
Brief Summary

This is a single site pilot randomized, controlled, trial randomizing patients with PE with severe features to one of 2 groups:

* 24 hours of postpartum magnesium sulfate (current arbitrary standard of care)

* Using the Cheetah® device to aid in an individualized duration of magnesium sulfate.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
53
Inclusion Criteria
  • Preeclampsia with severe features, diagnosed using the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) standard criteria 4 requiring magnesium sulfate
  • Females older than 18 years of age
  • Singleton pregnancy
  • Gestational age greater than 24 0/7 weeks
  • The patient is physically and mentally able to understand the informed consent and is willing to participate in this study
  • Able to speak English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria
  • Multiple gestation
  • Prisoners
  • Patients with chronic renal insufficiency or epilepsy
  • Known cardiovascular disease
  • Patients with contraindications to magnesium sulfate use (e.g. myasthenia gravis)
  • Patients with eclampsia or HELLP syndrome
  • Contraindications for magnesium sulfate

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard of careStandard of care24 hours of postpartum magnesium sulfate (current arbitrary standard of care)
Cheetah® non-invasive cardiac monitoring systemCheetah® non-invasive cardiac monitoring systemUsing the Cheetah® device to aid in an individualized duration of magnesium sulfate based on reduction in Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR), up to a maximum of 24 hours postpartum.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of Magnesium Sulfate Use in the Postpartum Period Defined as the Duration in Hours Between Delivery and Discontinuation of Magnesium Sulfate.up to 24 hours postpartum
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Use of Acute Anti-hypertensive MedicationsUp to 5 days after delivery
Evaluating Number of Participants With Hospital Readmission for Preeclampsiaup to 4 weeks postpartum
Need for More Than 1 Dose of Anti-hypertensive MedicationUp to 5 days after delivery
Composite of Postpartum Adverse Outcomesup to 4 weeks after delivery

any of the following: use of acute anti-hypertensive medications for persistently severe range blood pressure (defined as \>160/110 persistent after 15 min), need for more than one dose of acute anti-hypertensive medications, need to restart Mg (for persistent neurological symptoms), postpartum readmission for PE, as well as the development of pulmonary edema, HELLP, or eclampsia

Evaluating Incidence of Need to Restart Magnesium Sulfateup to 1 week postpartum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center OB/GYN Maternal and Fetal Medicine

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

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