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Prevalence and Impact of COVID-19 Infection in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pregnancy
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: identify SARS-CoV-2 infection by serology
Biological: collection of biological samples
Registration Number
NCT04355234
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

A novel human coronavirus, named SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in China, in late 2019, and is now spreading quickly causing a pandemic. It is usually responsible for a mild infectious syndrome, but patients can also develop pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. To date, very little and controversial literature is available on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy, and the potential risk of vertical transmission.

Therefore, the first part of the study, will evaluate the proportion of pregnant woman infected by SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy over the next six months by performing SARS-CoV-2 serology during pregnancy and at delivery . This information will be correlated to pregnancy and neonatal outcome. The second part of the study 2 will collect sera from several mandatory screening that are kept for one year. Those will be used for assessing the time of the seroconversion and variations of susceptibility to infection with gestational age as well as the impact of social distancing measures.

Concerning neonates born to mothers with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, only few cases of congenital infections were recently reported because of pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or positive IgM at birth.

It remains unclear whether neonatal infection can follow transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and/or through early per- and postnatal exposure, including breast-feeding. In order to investigate these hypotheses, the third part of the study will perform, SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in a variety of samples collected from infected-mother (symptomatic during the pregnancy and PCR confirmed) and child pairs, at delivery and in the postpartum period.

Detailed Description

A novel human coronavirus, named SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in China, in late 2019, and is now spreading quickly causing a pandemic. It is usually responsible for a mild infectious syndrome, but patients can also develop pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. To date, very little and controversial literature is available on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy, and the potential risk of vertical transmission. Currently we do not know how many pregnant women may be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and if, as for influenza, they might more likely develop severe infection.

Therefore, the first part of the study, will evaluate the proportion of pregnant woman infected by SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy over the next six months by performing SARS-CoV-2 serology during pregnancy and at delivery. This information will be correlated to pregnancy and neonatal outcome. The second part of the study 2 will collect sera from several mandatory screening that are kept for one year. Those will be used for assessing the time of the seroconversion and variations of susceptibility to infection with gestational age as well as the impact of social distancing measures.

Concerning neonates born to mothers with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, only few cases of congenital infections were recently reported because of pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or positive IgM at birth.

It remains unclear whether neonatal infection can follow transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and/or through early per- and postnatal exposure, including breast-feeding. In order to investigate these hypotheses, the third part of the study will perform, SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in a variety of samples collected from infected-mother (symptomatic during the pregnancy and PCR confirmed) and child pairs, at delivery and in the postpartum period.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
2446
Inclusion Criteria
  • Any pregnant woman giving birth or having a miscarriage after 15 weeks.
  • Major patient
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients not speaking French and not accompanied by a translator
  • Patients under curatorship / guardianship
  • Refusal to participate in research

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
all patientsidentify SARS-CoV-2 infection by serology-
patients who presented a SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by PCRcollection of biological samples-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Seroprevalence or Number of women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 in parturient womanat delivery

Number of women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
collection of biological samples for new investigations in women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.5 days after delivery

A biobank will be carried out, including the collection of several biological samples at the time of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, at delivery and in the postpartum period in the parturient and her newborn

Assessment of the vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the possible routes of this transmission in women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy5 days after delivery

Presence of virus (objectified by PCR) in the different biological compartments tested :In the mother: milk and stool samples and in the newborn: nasopharyngeal swabs, urine and stool.

Consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women and their newborns : Pregnancy outcome, maternal or neonatal complications2 months after delivery

Correlation between exposure to the virus (confirmed by serology) and its impact on pregnancy and its outcome : Pregnancy outcome, maternal or neonatal complications

Evaluation of the confinement on the risk of exposure to the virus during pregnancy .5 days after delivery

Study of the methods of confinement by investigation

Assessment of susceptibility to infection during the 3 trimesters of pregnancy5 days after delivery

Evaluation of gestational age at SARSCoV-2 infection by performing serology on monthly collected serum samples (samples collected for routine management of pregnancy).

Assessment of the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women the risk factors for the disease.at delivery

Risk factors in infected and symptomatic women.

Assessment of the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in newborns and the risk factors for the disease.at delivery

risk factors in newborns

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tsastaris Vassillis

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Paris, France

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