Clinical trialNCT01916928CompletedObservational

The Use of Cell Free Fetal DNA in the Maternal Blood in the Evaluation of Intrauterine Fetal Demise and Miscarriage

SponsorMedstar Health Research InstituteEnrollment50Circulating Cell Free Fetal DNAIntrauterine Fetal DemiseMiscarriage

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Summary

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Women presenting to Washington Hospital Center with fetal loss would be offered participation in the study. The objective is to determine if ccffDNA obtained from maternal blood is present in the setting of missed abortion or fetal demise. The investigators primary hypothesis is that cell free fetal DNA will be present in maternal blood in the presence of a failed pregnancy.

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Investigators

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Rita W Driggers, MD
Medstar Health Research Institute
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 May 2013
Primary completion: 31 Jan 2014
Completion: 31 Dec 2014
Last update posted: 13 Mar 2017
Registered enrollment: 50
Registry id: NCT01916928

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