Screening for Sacral Agenesis in Offspring of Mothers With Diabetes in Pregnancy

University of Missouri-Columbia60 enrolled

Overview

Babies born to mothers with pregestational diabetes will be screened with parental consent for sacral agenesis

Parent/s of babies born to mothers with pregestational diabetes who have normal clinical examination and have no radiographs showing a normal sacrum will be approached for a spinal US

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Infant of Diabetic Mother Sacral Agenesis

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Infants born to mothers with pregestational diabetes * Normal spinal examination Exclusion Criteria: * Infants born to mothers with pregestational diabetes * Abnormal spinal examination such as a sacral dimple * Radiograph with abnormal sacrum * Spanish speaking parents

Locations (1)

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Babies with sacral agenesis identified with screening of asymptomatic babies with a spinal ultrasound

All babies who have tethered cord on spinal US will be referred to neurosurgery

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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