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Effects of Light on Melatonin and Contractions in Pregnant Women

NCT01863446 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2024-08-27

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Summary

Specific Aim: Test the hypothesis that ocular light exposure will suppress melatonin secretion and reduce uterine contractions in women at late term pregnancies.

Secondary aim. Test the hypothesis that ocular light exposure will reduce self-reported uterine contractions in women at late term pregnancies.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

DEVICE

Lighting1

Ocular light exposure to a red wavelength light

DEVICE

Lighting2

Ocular light exposure to a blue/green wavelength light

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth B Klerman, MD PhD · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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