E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Raised blood pressure in pregnancy as a result of abnormal function of the placenta
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Female diseases of the urinary and reproductive systems and pregancy complications [C13] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 19.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10036485 |
E.1.2 | Term | Pre-eclampsia |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10036585 - Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To examine if the use of Pravastatin starting at 11-14 weeks' gestation in women at increased risk of developing pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure in pregnancy) reduces the incidence and severity of this complication. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To examine if the use of Pravastatin reduces the incidence of early delivery due to complications from high blood pressure, fetal growth restriction, stillbirth or neonatal complications, rate of neonatal intensive care unit admission, the incidence of placental abruption (separation) and spontaneous preterm delivery before 34 weeks and 37 weeks.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Age > 18 years; • Singleton pregnancies; • Live fetus at 11-13 weeks of gestation; • High-risk for preterm-PE at 11-13 weeks by the algorithm combining maternal history and characteristics, biophysical findings (mean arterial pressure and uterine artery Dopplers) and biochemical factors (placental growth factor); • Be fluent in the local language (otherwise interpreters will be used); • Informed and written consent. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• Statin use in current pregnancy (administration must have ceased >28 days prior to randomisation); • Pregnancies complicated by major fetal abnormality identified at the 11-13 weeks’ assessment; • Women who are unconscious or severely ill, those with learning difficulties, or serious mental illness; • Women with contraindications for statin therapy: • Hypersensitivity to Pravastatin or any component of the product; • Active liver disease in the past 6 months (acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, persistently abnormal liver enzymes (≥two times higher than the upper limit of normal values for serum transaminases [ALT and/or AST], confirmed either by available blood results within the recruiting hospital within the last 6 months or blood taken prior to randomisation)); • History of myopathy or rhabdomyolysis; • Women with any of the following conditions: • Status post solid organ transplant; • Chronic renal disease/insufficiency with baseline serum creatinine >1.5mg/dL; • Cancer; • Concurrent and chronic (>6 months) use of medications with potential drug interactions with statins, such as immunosuppressive drugs, fibrates, gemfibrozil, niacin, protease inhibitors, efavirenz (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor), erythromycin, clarithromycin, itraconazole, cholestyramine, digoxin, rifampicin (patients will not be excluded if the drug has been discontinued, or is prescribed for a short duration of time); • Participating in another intervention study that influences the outcomes of this study; • Plans to deliver in a non-network site, • Any other reason the clinical investigators think will prevent the potential participant from complying with the trial protocol.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Incidence of preterm preeclampsia (< 37 weeks). |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Once delivered, data on pregnancy outcome, including labour onset, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, development of hypertension in pregnancy, neonatal birth weight and gender, and other obstetrics complications, will be collected from the hospital maternity records or their general medical practitioners. In addition, the obstetric records of women with pre-existing or pregnancy associated hypertension will be examined to determine if the condition is pre-eclampsia requiring delivery before 37 weeks' gestation. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
• Incidence of early-PE (<34 weeks) and total PE (at any gestation) • Neonatal birthweight below the 3rd, 5th and 10th centile • Stillbirth or neonatal death due to any cause • Stillbirth or neonatal death ascribed to PE or fetal growth restriction • Stillbirth or neonatal death in association with maternal or neonatal bleeding • Rate of neonatal intensive care unit admission • Composite measure of neonatal mortality and morbidity • Placental abruption (clinically or on placental examination) • Spontaneous preterm delivery <34 weeks and <37 weeks
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Once delivered, data on pregnancy outcome, including labour onset, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, development of hypertension in pregnancy, neonatal birth weight and gender, and other obstetrics complications, will be collected from the hospital maternity records or their general medical practitioners. In addition, the obstetric records of all women with preexisting or pregnancy associated hypertension will be examined to determine if the condition is preeclampsia requiring delivery before 34 weeks' gestation. Neonatal outcomes will be collected from Special Care Baby Unit. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 6 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 12 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The end of the study for individual participants will be defined as 6 weeks after the birth of the baby/end of the pregnancy.
The end of the study as a whole will be defined as the last visit of the last patient (n=2,000) with details of their complete pregnancy outcome. This will take approximately 18 months to complete.
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 14 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 8 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 28 |