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MitoQ for å forbedre vaskulær funksjon ved preeklampsi (MAVEN)

29. september 2026 oppdatert av: Jennifer McIntosh, Medical College of Wisconsin

MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylat) for å forbedre vaskulær funksjon ved preeklampsi: en ny tilnærming

Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is a lack of effective therapeutics for prevention or treatment. Our previous ex vivo work demonstrated that mitochondrial-antioxidants can reverse placental microvascular damage. Therefore, this study will evaluate whether MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate, a mitochondrial-antioxidant) has the potential to restore vasodilation, improve placental function, and therefore promote pregnancy prolongation in patients with gestational hypertension (gHTN) and/or preeclampsia. This evaluation of clinical data, patient samples, and vascular function studies in patients with gHTN and/or preeclampsia could translate into a viable therapeutic option.

Studieoversikt

Status

Rekruttering

Forhold

Intervensjon / Behandling

Detaljert beskrivelse

Preeclampsia (PreE) impacts ~10% of pregnancies and has severe outcomes both during and after pregnancy. It is a leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths and has long term cardiovascular consequences for maternal and child health. Despite advances in the understanding of preeclampsia over the past 50 years, the underlying unifying mechanism causing preeclampsia remains elusive. This critical gap not only encompasses lack of understanding of the pathophysiology, but it also includes a lack of therapeutics for prevention or treatment. Success in this study could translate into a clinical trial that could finally offer a treatment for PreE.

The investigators have recently demonstrated that endothelial function in the human placental microcirculation is impacted by excess reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS, RNS) from the mitochondria (MT), which in preeclampsia, impairs vasodilation. Excess ROS causes decreased nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, increased lipid peroxidation, uncoupled eNOS, peroxynitrite, and exacerbates MT dysfunction and MT DNA damage via alterations in NO. Microvascular function can be improved by mechanisms that rebalance the oxidative stress response. The investigators have shown that MitoTempol, a MT antioxidant, improves vasodilation. Moreover, the investigators have shown that a major part of the cycle of excessive oxidative stress is caused by MT DNA damage and subsequent activation of toll like receptor 9 (TLR9), and that inhibiting TLR9 prevents this dysfunction. The finding that MT antioxidants given ex-vivo can reverse placental vascular damage after delivery gives promise that treatment of patients during pregnancy could restore vasodilation and allow for safer prolongation of pregnancy.

MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate) is a nutritional supplement, and mitochondrial antioxidant. MitoQ has been extensively studied pre- clinically in cell-culture, and pregnant mouse, rat, and sheep models of PreE or oxidative stress and demonstrated beneficial fetal results. It has been used in clinical trials for heart failure, hepatitis C, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis with doses from 10mg to 80mg per day.

Overall Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate)-treated preeclampsia and/or gHTN patients will have improved brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and laser Doppler flowmetry assessments of the cutaneous microvasculature, and that placental endothelial function in micro-vessels and placental pathology will be improved in treated patients. To demonstrate this, the investigators will enroll two pilot human cohorts- one of admitted patients with preeclampsia with severe features who will either continue standard in-patient clinical care or be supplemented daily with MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate) and a second outpatient cohort of patients with preeclampsia without severe features or gHTN who will received standard outpatient care or be supplemented daily with MitoQ

Aim: Test whether with MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate) treatment in gHTN/preeclamptic patients improves endothelial function Hypothesis: MitoQ (Mitoquinol Mesylate)-treated patients will have improved brachial artery FMD and laser Doppler flowmetry assessments of the cutaneous microvasculature and placental endothelial function in micro-vessels and placental pathology will be improved in treated patients.

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Antatt)

80

Fase

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Kontakter og plasseringer

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Studiekontakt

  • Navn: Jennifer McIntosh, D.O., M.S.
  • Telefonnummer: 14148059019
  • E-post: jmcintosh@mcw.edu

Studiesteder

    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Forente stater, 53226
        • Rekruttering
        • Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
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Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

18 år til 50 år (Voksen)

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier

Hunn

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Inpatient Cohort

    • pregnant patients with a clinical diagnosis of preeclampsia with severe features
    • gestational age between 23+0 and 33+0 weeks' gestation
    • singleton pregnancy
    • age 18-50 years old
    • No indication for immediate delivery (e.g. the patient and their physician team have planned expectant management of preeclampsia with severe features
    • Able to consent and follow a 2-step commend
    • English speaking
  • Outpatient Cohort

    • Pregnant patients with a clinical diagnosis of preeclampsia without severe features or gestational hypertension
    • gestational age between 23+0 and 34+0 weeks gestation
    • singleton pregnancy
    • age 18-50 years old
    • No indication for immediate delivery
    • Planned outpatient management of preeclampsia
    • Able to consent and follow a 2-step commend
    • English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to stand from chair without physical assistance from another person (able to use assistive device).
  • History of blood clots in the extremities or any condition in which compression of the thigh or transient ischemia is contraindicated (i.e., wounds in the leg).
  • Chronic lasting symptoms (> 6 months) of severe COVID-19 (i.e., hospitalization)
  • History of head trauma or concussion within the past 6 months
  • Comorbid neurological disorder
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Diagnosed myocardial infarction or arrhythmia in the previous year
  • Resting SBP ≥180 mmHg or DBP ≥ 100 mmHg
  • Other significant medical condition likely to influence study or jeopardize safety as assessed by the Primary Investigator

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
  • Masking: Firemannsrom

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: Preeclampsia with Severe Features taking Mitoquinol Mesylate

Patients allocated to this arm will be inpatients who have preeclampsia with severe features. They will receive 10mg of Mitoquinol Mesylate daily from enrollment until delivery.

Patients randomized to the intervention will receive 10mg of Mitoquinol Mesylate daily from enrollment until delivery.

Placebo komparator: Preeclampsia with Severe Features taking placebo

Patients allocated to this arm will be inpatients who have preeclampsia with severe features. They will receive Placebo daily from enrollment until delivery.

Patients randomized to the placebo groups will take 1 placebo capsule daily until delivery.

Eksperimentell: Preeclampsia without Severe Features or Gestational Hypertension taking MitoQ

Patients allocated to this arm will be out-patients who have gestational hypertension or preeclampsia without severe features. They will receive 10mg of Mitoquinol Mesylate daily from enrollment until delivery.

Patients randomized to the intervention will receive 10mg of Mitoquinol Mesylate daily from enrollment until delivery.

Placebo komparator: Preeclampsia without Severe Features or Gestational Hypertension taking placebo

Patients allocated to this arm will be out-patients who have gestational hypertension or preeclampsia without severe features. They will receive placebo daily from enrollment until delivery.

Patients randomized to the placebo groups will take 1 placebo capsule daily until delivery.

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Brachial Artery Flow Mediated Dilation (FMD)
Tidsramme: 1-2 times per week from enrollment until delivery, up to 10 months

We will measure brachial artery vascular health in the arm. Baseline brachial artery diameter and blood flow velocity through the artery will be measured before and after a pneumatic forearm cuff is inflated to 225 mmHg for five minutes.

1-2 times per week from enrollment until delivery, up to 10 months

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Cutaneous Microvascular Function
Tidsramme: 1-2 times per week From enrollment until delivery, up to to months.

Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF) will measure blood flow flux during local skin heating to examine microvessel vasodilation

1-2 times per week From enrollment until delivery, up to to months.
Placental Microvascular Function
Tidsramme: At Delivery

After delivery, placental vessels will be isolated from the placenta and a videomicroscopy technique will be used to evaluate flow-mediated dilation in vessels from placebo and MitoQ treated pregnancies.

At Delivery
Time from Enrollment to Delivery
Tidsramme: Time in days from enrollment to delivery, up to 10 months

Time from diagnosis and initiation of MitoQ or placebo to delivery

Time in days from enrollment to delivery, up to 10 months
Blood Draw
Tidsramme: Weekly from enrollment until Delivery, up to 10 months

We will collect blood each week. The blood draw analysis may include but will not be limited to examining sFlt:PlGF ratio, plasma redox and bioenergetic analyses.

Weekly from enrollment until Delivery, up to 10 months
Maternal Preeclampsia Severity
Tidsramme: From enrollment until delivery, up to 10 months

A composite outcome of Maternal Severity of preeclampsia will be assessed and include laboratory, blood pressure, and ultrasound data relevant to preeclampsia

From enrollment until delivery, up to 10 months
Composite Neonatal Delivery Outcome
Tidsramme: Collected from delivery until hospital discharge; up to 1 week after birth.

A composite outcome of neonatal delivery information including (but not limited to): cord blood, gestational age, weight, APGARs

Collected from delivery until hospital discharge; up to 1 week after birth.

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Sponsor

Samarbeidspartnere

Etterforskere

  • Hovedetterforsker: Jennifer J McIntosh, D.O.,, Medical College of Wisconsin

Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker

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Generelle publikasjoner

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Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

18. mars 2026

Primær fullføring (Antatt)

30. september 2027

Studiet fullført (Antatt)

30. september 2027

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

13. november 2025

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

13. november 2025

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

14. november 2025

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

2. oktober 2026

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

29. september 2026

Sist bekreftet

1. september 2026

Mer informasjon

Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Andre studie-ID-numre

  • PRO00056100

Plan for individuelle deltakerdata (IPD)

Planlegger du å dele individuelle deltakerdata (IPD)?

JA

IPD-planbeskrivelse

The cleaned, item-level spreadsheet data for all variables will be shared openly, along with example quantifications and transformations from initial raw data. Final files used to generate specific analyses as well as related results will also be shared. The rationale for sharing only cleaned data is to foster ease of data reuse. The final dataset will include clinical data procured from demographic and relevant medical record information from participants. We will share de-identified individual-participant level (IPD) data. Appropriate de-identification measures will be utilized from IRB approved protocols and informed consents.

IPD-delingstidsramme

Data will be made available 2 years after the completion of the study.

Tilgangskriterier for IPD-deling

Those interested in accessing the data will contact the PI and the study team will review requests and share relevant de-identified individual-participant level (IPD) data .

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