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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03783169
SASH Study - Sonographic Assessment for Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy (SASH)
January 6, 2020 updated by: TriHealth Inc.
• Adjunctive use of easily-obtainable maternal sonographic vascular measurements assessing volume status, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance by means of inferior vena cava collapsibility/caval index (ICV CI), end-point septal separation (EPSS) for determining left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), cardiac output determination (stroke volume x heart rate), stroke volume variation, & radial artery resistance index) augments standard vital sign assessment (pulse pressure and systolic / diastolic predominance) in clinical decision-making potentially leading to more appropriate pharmacologic and clinical therapies with faster resolution of severe hypertension among pregnant women and women in the postpartum period.
Study Overview
Status
Unknown
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
- Minutes count when it comes to treating and preventing serious complications associated with hypertensive emergencies in pregnancy. The rates of maternal morbidity and mortality are on the rise within the United States whereas the rates are falling in the rest of the developed world. Cardiovascular and neurologic injury associated with the severe hypertension witnessed among women with preeclampsia/eclampsia represent two of the leading causes of maternal mortality within the U.S. Optimizing the clinical identification and response to these perinatal complications represents one means of reducing overall maternal mortality.
- Point-of-care use of ultrasound technology to augment clinical diagnosis and management is gaining traction throughout nearly all fields of medicine. Obstetricians utilize this technology frequently to assess the fetus and maternal-fetal interface, and our ability to expand its use to assess a deeper understanding of maternal physiology is underutilized. Exploration into the ability to apply clinically-proven point-of-care sonographic techniques to augment maternal care and reduce maternal mortality is warranted.
- The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of maternal physiologic changes using easily-obtainable sonographic vascular measurements in the setting of hypertensive emergencies and to assess the utility of these adjunctive maternal sonographic measurements in augmenting clinical decision-making.
Study Type
Observational
Enrollment (Anticipated)
120
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Ganga Devaiah, MS
- Phone Number: 513-862-2341
- Email: ganga_devaiah@trihealth.com
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Amy Knapp-Jones, MSN, RN
- Phone Number: 513-865-1148
- Email: amy_knapp-jones@trihealth.com
Study Locations
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Ohio
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220
- Recruiting
- TriHealth - Good Samaritan and Bethesda North Hospitals
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Contact:
- Ganga Devaiah, MS
- Phone Number: 513-862-2341
- Email: ganga_devaiah@trihealth.com
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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
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
Female
Sampling Method
Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
- Group 1: All pregnant women (under the care of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine physicians or Faculty Medical Center physicians with MFM involvement) experiencing a hypertensive emergency (sustained systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or sustained diastolic blood pressure > 110 mmHg {or both} on at least two consecutive occasions 15 minutes apart). All participants must be over the age of 18 and capable of consenting to the study (conscious, with capacity for medical decision making for themselves).
- Group 2: All asymptomatic pregnant women who are undergoing routine obstetric ultrasound evaluations at any gestational age who elect to undergo cardiovascular sonographic assessment for research purposes at no cost. All participants must be over the age of 18 and capable of consenting to the study (conscious, with capacity for medical decision making for themselves).
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- For symptomatic women, those presenting to triage, admitted to Labor & Delivery or any of the above units who are at risk for developing a hypertensive emergency will be identified by the OBGYN resident staff or attending physicians as "at risk" for hypertensive emergency as based on current chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, or preeclampsia). Women presenting with or developing new onset hypertensive emergency can be offered recruitment as well given that the performance of these sonographic measures will not interfere with initiating antihypertensive therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years
- Non-pregnant
- Without the capacity to provide informed written consent
- Non-English speaking without the ability to obtain a hospital interpreter
- Known atrial-ventricular heart block
- History of heart failure
- Moderate-to-Severe bronchial asthma
- Allergy to the medications used as part of regular care treatment of the patient population
- Lack of intravenous IV access
- Concurrent use of antihypertensive medications
- Congenital heart disease in the mother
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 |
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Symptomatic patients
All pregnant women (under the care of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine physicians or Faculty Medical Center physicians with MFM involvement) experiencing a hypertensive emergency (sustained systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or sustained diastolic blood pressure > 110 mmHg {or both} on at least two consecutive occasions 15 minutes apart).
All participants must be over the age of 18 and capable of consenting to the study (conscious, with capacity for medical decision making for themselves).
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Maternal sonographic vascular measurements assessing volume status, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance by means of inferior vena cava collapsibility/caval index (ICV CI), end-point septal separation (EPSS) for determining left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), cardiac output determination (stroke volume x heart rate), stroke volume variation, & radial artery resistance index) augments standard vital sign assessment (pulse pressure and systolic / diastolic predominance)
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Asymptomatic patients
All asymptomatic pregnant women who are undergoing routine obstetric ultrasound evaluations at any gestational age who elect to undergo cardiovascular sonographic assessment for research purposes at no cost.
All participants must be over the age of 18 and capable of consenting to the study (conscious, with capacity for medical decision making for themselves).
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Maternal sonographic vascular measurements assessing volume status, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance by means of inferior vena cava collapsibility/caval index (ICV CI), end-point septal separation (EPSS) for determining left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), cardiac output determination (stroke volume x heart rate), stroke volume variation, & radial artery resistance index) augments standard vital sign assessment (pulse pressure and systolic / diastolic predominance)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: At Enrollment into the Study
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Systolic Blood Pressure at Enrollment into the Study
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At Enrollment into the Study
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: William Schnettler, MD, TriHealth Inc.
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 (Actual)
December 11, 2018
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
December 1, 2020
Study Completion (Anticipated)
December 1, 2020
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
December 19, 2018
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 19, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
December 20, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
January 9, 2020
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 6, 2020
Last Verified
January 1, 2020
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 18-027
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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