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Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02362399
Date of registration: 05/02/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Al Hayat National Hospital
Public title: Effect of Sildenafil Citrate on Uteri- Placental Perfusion, Doppler Indices in Growth Restricted Fetuses
Scientific title: Effect of Sildenafil Citrate on Uteri- Placental Perfusion, Doppler Indices in Growth Restricted Fetuses
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 54
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02362399
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients were admitted to the study based on the following inclusion criteria:

1. Any age and any party.

2. Body mass index between 25 and 35.

3. Singleton pregnancy.

4. Gestational age of 24 weeks or more. Gestational age was established on the basis of
menstrual dates and confirmed by first or second trimester ultrasound for booked
patients, however, if a difference of > 7 days or > 10 days during first or second
trimester respectively, then ultrasound value was used. For unbooked patients they
still have the chance to be included in our study if they can bring a scan that
showed gestational age during the same period mentioned before.

5. Idiopathic intrauterine growth restriction.

6. Intrauterine growth restriction due to maternal malnutrition, maternal medical
disorder as anemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, or chronic renal disease.

7. Intrauterine growth restriction due to substance abuse (including smoking).

8. With or without past history of intrauterine growth restriction .

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Intrauterine growth restriction due to fetal causes as congenital abnormalities,
fetal infection, or multiple gestation.

2. Any drug therapy that can affect fetal growth or fetal blood supply.

3. Maternal diseases that contraindicates the use of sildenafil citrate



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pregnancy Complication
Intervention(s)
Drug: sildenafil citrate
Other: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
improvement of the Doppler indices following treatment [Time Frame: 9 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
menoufia ob/gyn 1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Menoufia University
Ethics review
Results
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