Pregnancy induced hypertension, preeclampsia, anti-hypertensive treatment, labetalol, nicardipine.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Pregnant women. - ≥18 years of age. - Severe pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) or severe preeclampsia (PE) at any gestational age. Pre-eclampsia is defined as hypertension with proteinuria ≥0.3g/24hrs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Maternal age at eligibility <18 years. - Fetal abnormalities. - Multiple pregnancy in current pregnancy. - Clinically relevant pulmonary edema, defined as pulmonary failure or distress requiring oxygen supplementation (more than 10 liters) and/or pulse oximetry of <94%. - An allergy to (a substrate of) nicardipine or labetalol. - A contraindication for the usage of nicardipine (severe aortic stenosis) or labetalol (asthma, bradycardia, heart blocks, acute chronic heart failure).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Composite adverse neonatal outcome (Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia, Intraventricular Haemorrhage grade 3 or 4, Necrotizing Enterocolitis > stadium 1, Periventricular Leukomalacia, Retinopathy of Prematurity and death before discharge for the neonatal intensive care unit). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary neonatal outcomes are preterm birth rate (<34 and <37 weeks), hospital admission and number of days in neonatal intensive care, and hypotension, asphyxia, hypoglycemia and bradycardia if needed treatment. The main maternal outcome will be defined as a composite of the occurence of eclamptic seizures, cerebral hemorrhage, liver hematoma and rupture, pulmonary edema, admission to the intensive care for ventilation or necessity for intra-arterial monitoring and maternal death. Other outcomes are inadequat control of blood pressure, necessity to use additional or switch to ohter antihypertensive medication, time and dose to blood pressure control. | — |