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Routine Versus Selective Midtrimester Ultrasound in a Poorly Resourced Setting: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT00204139 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 900

Last updated 2005-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is debatable whether routine ultrasound scanning of pregnancies at about 20 weeks of pregnancy has substantive benefits for mothers and babies. Few studies have addressed this issue in poorly resourced settings. This trial will attempt to determine the benefits, if any, of a policy of routine ultrasound scanning of normal pregnancies versus a policy of no routine (only selective) scanning. This will be done by recruiting about 900 women in South Africa, and randomly allocating about half to routine scanning and half to selective scanning groups, and following up their pregnancies.

Conditions

  • Fetal Congenital Abnormalities
  • Prolonged Pregnancy
  • Multiple Pregnancy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Routine midtrimester pregnany ultrasound scan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Johannesburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eckhart J Buchmann, MBBCh · University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-06-30
Completion
2004-05-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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