LXRs, Cholesterol Metabolism and Uterine Dystocia

November 17, 2025 updated by: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

The Role of Two Nuclear Receptors for Oxysterols as a Molecular Cause of Uterine Dystocia: LXR Alpha and LXR Beta

Despite the fact that a link between cholesterol and the myometrium has been clearly established, no study investigating aspects of cholesterol metabolism and uterine dystocia currently exists. This study is a pilot study whose aim is to test the hypothesis that an association between uterine dystocia and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes coding for the LXRs.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

58

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Nîmes, France, 30029
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nimes

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population represents women undergoing a difficult, stagnating labor due to either physical or uterine dystocia.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients undergoing C-section for a dystocia: 2 to 3 hours of stagnation in labor progress are observed (ie no increasing dilation, and uterine contractions less that 3-5 per 10 minutes) in spite of measures taken to overcome dystocia (oxytocin injection and artificial breaking of waters)
  • the child is alive
  • the child does not have apriori known malformations that could interfere with a vaginal birth
  • foetus in cephalic position
  • full term pregnancy (>= 37 weeks of amenorrhea)
  • single birth
  • patient has signed consent
  • patient is affiliated with a social security system

Exclusion Criteria:

  • vaginal birth
  • programmed C-section
  • C-section is chosen because the fetus has a cardia rhythm problem, and there is no stagnation in the labor process
  • multiple pregnancy
  • the child is in a breech position
  • premature birth (<37 weeks amenorrhea)
  • in utero fetal death
  • fetal malformation known before birth that could interfere with a vaginal birth
  • non french-speaking patient (impossible to correctly inform the patient)
  • patient under guardianship

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Group 1
Control group: these patients have mechanical dystocia; cholesterol metabolism factors are a priori not involved.
Biological: Whole blood sampling
Whole blood sampling for SNP polymorphism analysis
Group 2
These patients have uterine dystocia
Biological: Whole blood sampling
Whole blood sampling for SNP polymorphism analysis

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The multi-loci genotype of the target DNA sequence.
Time Frame: Day 1
The polymorphisms of interest are the following SNPs: rs3758673, rs3758674, rs12221497, rs11039155, rs2279238, rs7120118, rs35463555, rs1052533, rs2248949, rs41432149, rs1405655, rs4802703.
Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kevin Mouzat, PhD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nimes

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 3, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

September 3, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 19, 2010

First Posted (Estimated)

April 20, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

November 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AOI/2009/KM-01
  • 2009-A00968-49 (Other Identifier: ANSM)

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