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TO EXPLORE THE CUT OFF VALUE OF SERUM FERRITIN LEVELS IN THE PREDICTION OF PRETERM LABOUR

MATERNAL SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL AS A PREDICTOR OF PRETERM LABOURâ?? : A PROSPECTIVE CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/06/034316
Enrollment
185
Registered
2021-06-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: Z779- Other contact with and (suspected)exposures hazardous to health Health Condition 2: O269- Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Dr K LATHA VARMA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all the pregnant 24 weeks 0days to 29 weeks 6 weeks period of gestation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with anemia (hemoglobin 2. Patients with known Hemoglobinopathies 3. Pre existing chronic infective disease 4. Patients with acute infection including COVID-19 5. Previous history of pre term deliveries 6. Multiple pregnancy 7. Polyhydromios 8. Fetal intra uterine death 9. Fetal congenital anomalies 10. Uterine anomalies 11. Diabetes mellitus 12. Pre eclampsia, eclampsia 13. Liver disease 14. Renal disease 15. Malignancy 16. Any history of parenteral iron therapy in the last 8 weeks period. 17. Cervical incompetence and history of cervical encirclage in the present pregnancy 18. Recurrent second abortion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
to explore the value of serum ferritin levels in pregnant women to predict preterm labour and ppromTimepoint: follow up till delivery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
to find out ifvserum ferritin values help in early diagnosis of preterm labour and ppromTimepoint: follow up till delivery

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr K Latha Varma

BLDE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY SHRI B M PATIL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

neelamma.patil@bldedu.ac.in8106725928

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026