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MOTOR: Maternal Oral Therapy to Reduce Obstetric Risk

NCT00097656 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1800

Last updated 2018-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether maternal periodontal therapy (tooth cleaning) decreases the rate of preterm deliveries at \<37 weeks gestation and to determine the effects of maternal periodontal therapy on the birth weight of infants born less than 37 weeks gestation.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Related
  • Periodontitis
  • Premature Birth

Interventions

OTHER

multi-center, randomized, controled periodontal therapy

periodontal therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Offenbacher, DDS PhD MMS · University of North Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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