Limiting Adverse Birth Outcomes in Resource-Limited Settings

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill12,020 enrolled

Overview

The primary objective of this research is to exhaustively document the course and outcomes of hospitalization, labor, delivery, and early postpartum course of up to 15,000 mother-newborn pairs in settings where the occurrence of adverse outcomes is high. The Investigators will gather detailed laboratory, physiologic, and clinical information, and precisely characterize major adverse diagnoses and outcomes. The resulting high-quality, granular, and generalizable data will be used to develop new algorithms to signal actionable intrapartum diagnoses and prospectively stratify women according to their risk for adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.

This is a prospective multi-country cohort study of up to 15,000 women admitted to the hospital for delivery or for management of respiratory infection. Women will be recruited and screened for study participation at the time of presentation to the hospital. Participants will be assessed through hospitalization, labor, delivery, and discharge and at 1- and 6-week postpartum contacts. Liveborn infants will be enrolled at birth and followed through 42 days of life. The pilot phase of this protocol will enroll up to 500 women in labor and their newborns and follow them through labor, delivery, and 42 days postpartum.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

12,020

Conditions

Birth Outcomes Labor and Delivery Respiratory Infection

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria for women enrolled: * Maternal age of majority * Intrauterine singleton pregnancy * Admission to the hospital for ANY of the following: 1. vaginal delivery 2. cesarean delivery in the presence of signs/symptoms of parturition, elevated blood pressure, or fever 3. management of respiratory infection\* * Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent * Willingness to adhere to study procedures * Willingness to provide locator information for follow-up * Inclusion of participants admitted to hospital for management of respiratory infection applicable to Zambia site only. Exclusion Criteria for women enrolled: * Admission to the hospital for cesarean delivery in the absence of signs/symptoms of parturition, elevated blood pressure, or fever * Any condition (social or medical) that, in the opinion of study staff, would make participation unsafe or not feasible. Study staff may note physical, psychological, or social conditions that are not explicitly stated in the eligibility criteria that could make some women poor candidates for study participation.

Locations (4)

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,

Accra, Ghana

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Women's and Children's Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research

Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital

Balasore, Odisha, India

Women and Newborn Hospital at University Teaching Hospital

Lusaka, Zambia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of cases of maternal death or severe morbidity

Maternal composite: The combined number of maternal death or incident severe morbidity arising from hemorrhage, hypertension, or infection

Time frame: enrollment - 42 days postpartum

Number of cases of neonatal death or severe morbidity

Fetal/Neonatal Composite: The combined number of Intrapartum stillbirths, neonatal deaths, neonatal encephalopathy, or neonatal sepsis

Time frame: enrollment - 42 days postpartum