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Technical Feasibility Study of Ultrasound Muscle Imaging in Antenatal Ultrasound

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: ultrasound muscle imaging technique
Registration Number
NCT06130592
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the performance of muscle ultrasound sections on antenatal ultrasound between 21-24 amenorrhea weeks for the screening of muscle atrophy, in a sample of low-risk and high-risk pregnancies of congenital multiple arthrogryposis

Detailed Description

Frequent rare diseases (100-200 births in France / year), congenital multiple arthrogryposis include a set of pathologies characterized by the limitation of joint movements at least two joint levels.Their functional prognosis and muscle atrophy are often severe after birth.

Routine ultrasound call signs are either non-specific or insensitive and difficult to detect due to time constraints. Antenatal ultrasound screening is not very effective for these pathologies, which are often particularly serious.

The main criterion will be the success rate of realization of all four ultrasound sections at the extremities (deltoide, biceps, quadriceps, triceps) and measurements of the distances "skin - muscle fascia" and "muscular fascia - periosteum" between 21-24 amenorrhea weeks

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
230
Inclusion Criteria
  • Any pregnant woman consulting in one of the two obstetric gynecology departments in connection with the CPDPN (Multidisciplinary Prenatal Diagnostic Centers) of the University hospitals of Lyon or Grenoble.
  • Mono-embryonic pregnancy.
  • Gestational ages retained on the first dating ultrasound or the 1st trimester ultrasound between 21-24 amenorrhea weeks.
  • For women at "high risk": diagnosis during ultrasound of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd trimesters, of an abnormality of position / deformation of one or more joints, and / or an abnormality of fetal movements on screening ultrasound or interrogation (population group at "high risk of AMC").
  • Regulatory criteria: adults, affiliated to a social security scheme, having signed a consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Multiple pregnancies, and / or non-progressive .
  • Obese women (BMI > 30 in early pregnancy)
  • Subject in a period of exclusion from another study
  • Subject under administrative or judicial supervision
  • Subject who cannot be contacted in case of emergency

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
high risk of Arthrogryposis AMCultrasound muscle imaging techniquePatient with a diagnosis during the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd trimester ultrasound, of an abnormality of position / deformation of one or more joints, and / or an abnormality of fetal movements at screening ultrasound or interrogation
low risk of Arthrogryposis AMCultrasound muscle imaging techniquePatient coming for screening ultrasound
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of achievement (success) of all four sections at the extremities72 hours +/- 24 hours

Rate of achievement (success) of all four sections at the extremities for measurements (in mm) of the distances "skin - muscular aponeurosis" and "muscular aponeurosis- periosteum" between 21-24 amenorrhea weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of achievement (success) of each four sections72 hours +/- 24 hours

Rate of achievement (success) of measurements (in mm) of the distances "skin - muscular aponeurosis" and "muscular aponeurosis- periosteum" between 21-24 amenorrhea weeks for biceps, deltoide, quadriceps and sural triceps

Comparison of the completion rates of all cuts during ultrasounds between high- and low-risk patients72 hours +/- 24 hours

Comparison of the completion rates of all cuts during ultrasounds between high- and low-risk patients

Concordance of measures (CCI coefficient) will be evaluated in intra-observer and inter-observer respectively72 hours +/- 24 hours

Concordance of measures (CCI coefficient) will be evaluated in intra-observer and inter-observer respectively by dividing by half the high-risk pregnancies, to whom it will be proposed a 2nd ultrasound of the 2nd trimester, within 3 days (±24) hours by the same / another referent sonographer in the same center. A group of 30 low-risk pregnancies will be evaluated in the same way, with the study of intra-observer reproducibility in 15. The sample of 30 pregnancies in which two measurements are made makes it possible to obtain a lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the intra-class correlation coefficient greater than 0.7, if this coefficient is 0.85 or more. This threshold is usually considered to reflect a satisfactory concordance.

Collect the raisons for the failure of achievement of all sections72 hours +/- 24 hours

Collect the raisons for the failure of achievement of all sections (Inadequate foetal position,Insufficient echogenicity, Reasons related to the position of the limbs (full extension or flexion of the elbows or knees, abduction of the shoulder, other), other raison (to be specified)

Duration of realization of the ultrasound sections72 hours +/- 24 hours

Duration of realization of the ultrasound sections (investigators make an hypotheses of a duration of 3 minutes necessary for the realization of the sections

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