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Prevalence and Impact of COVID-19 Infection in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns

Prevalence and Impact of SARS-COV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04355234
Acronym
COVIPREG
Enrollment
2446
Registered
2020-04-21
Start date
2020-05-04
Completion date
2021-08-31
Last updated
2022-06-22

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Conditions

Pregnancy

Keywords

pregnancy; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19

Brief summary

A novel human coronavirus, named SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in China, in late 2019, and is now spreading quickly causing a pandemic. It is usually responsible for a mild infectious syndrome, but patients can also develop pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. To date, very little and controversial literature is available on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy, and the potential risk of vertical transmission. Therefore, the first part of the study, will evaluate the proportion of pregnant woman infected by SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy over the next six months by performing SARS-CoV-2 serology during pregnancy and at delivery . This information will be correlated to pregnancy and neonatal outcome. The second part of the study 2 will collect sera from several mandatory screening that are kept for one year. Those will be used for assessing the time of the seroconversion and variations of susceptibility to infection with gestational age as well as the impact of social distancing measures. Concerning neonates born to mothers with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, only few cases of congenital infections were recently reported because of pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or positive IgM at birth. It remains unclear whether neonatal infection can follow transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and/or through early per- and postnatal exposure, including breast-feeding. In order to investigate these hypotheses, the third part of the study will perform, SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in a variety of samples collected from infected-mother (symptomatic during the pregnancy and PCR confirmed) and child pairs, at delivery and in the postpartum period.

Detailed description

A novel human coronavirus, named SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in China, in late 2019, and is now spreading quickly causing a pandemic. It is usually responsible for a mild infectious syndrome, but patients can also develop pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. To date, very little and controversial literature is available on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy, and the potential risk of vertical transmission. Currently we do not know how many pregnant women may be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and if, as for influenza, they might more likely develop severe infection. Therefore, the first part of the study, will evaluate the proportion of pregnant woman infected by SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy over the next six months by performing SARS-CoV-2 serology during pregnancy and at delivery. This information will be correlated to pregnancy and neonatal outcome. The second part of the study 2 will collect sera from several mandatory screening that are kept for one year. Those will be used for assessing the time of the seroconversion and variations of susceptibility to infection with gestational age as well as the impact of social distancing measures. Concerning neonates born to mothers with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, only few cases of congenital infections were recently reported because of pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or positive IgM at birth. It remains unclear whether neonatal infection can follow transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and/or through early per- and postnatal exposure, including breast-feeding. In order to investigate these hypotheses, the third part of the study will perform, SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in a variety of samples collected from infected-mother (symptomatic during the pregnancy and PCR confirmed) and child pairs, at delivery and in the postpartum period.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTidentify SARS-CoV-2 infection by serology

Blood samples at delivery to identify SARS-CoV-2 infection by serology

Creation of a specific collection of biological samples for new investigations thanks to the collection of several biological samples at the time of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, at delivery and in the postpartum period in the parturient and her newborn.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Prospective, multicenter, open study with inclusions of 2200 parturients. All parturients divided into 2 groups: * 2200 patients whose SARS-Cov-2 status is unknown during pregnancy * 300 patients who presented a SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by PCR during pregnancy whatever the term

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Any pregnant woman giving birth or having a miscarriage after 15 weeks. * Major patient

Exclusion criteria

* Patients not speaking French and not accompanied by a translator * Patients under curatorship / guardianship * Refusal to participate in research

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Seroprevalence or Number of women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 in parturient womanat deliveryNumber of women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assessment of the vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the possible routes of this transmission in women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancyat deliveryPresence of virus (objectified by PCR) in the different biological compartments tested :In the mother: vaginal, anal, amniotic fluid and in the newborn: nasopharyngeal swabs, gastric aspiration, anal swab.
Assessment of susceptibility to infection during the 3 trimesters of pregnancy5 days after deliveryEvaluation of gestational age at SARSCoV-2 infection by performing serology on monthly collected serum samples (samples collected for routine management of pregnancy).
Evaluation of the confinement on the risk of exposure to the virus during pregnancy .5 days after deliveryStudy of the methods of confinement by investigation
Consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women and their newborns : Pregnancy outcome, maternal or neonatal complications2 months after deliveryCorrelation between exposure to the virus (confirmed by serology) and its impact on pregnancy and its outcome : Pregnancy outcome, maternal or neonatal complications
Assessment of the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women the risk factors for the disease.at deliveryRisk factors in uninfected women
Assessment of the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in newborns and the risk factors for the disease.at deliveryrisk factors in newborns
collection of biological samples for new investigations in women who are positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.5 days after deliveryA biobank will be carried out, including the collection of several biological samples at the time of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, at delivery and in the postpartum period in the parturient and her newborn

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026