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Effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium, neonatal period and child development: prospective, multicenter cohort study

Effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium, neonatal period and child development: prospective, multicenter cohort study - PROUDEST The PRegnancy OUtcomes and child Development Effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection STudy (PROUDEST)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-65qxs2
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-09-17
Start date
2020-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Coronavirus Infections

Interventions

Observational, longitudinal, prospective study that will follow pregnant women over 18 years of age, of any gestational age, and babies born from these pregnancies from July 2020 to June 2026, to asse

Sponsors

Hospital Universitário de Brasília
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito Federal
Collaborator
Universidade de Brasília
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
No minimum to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Exposed women: Data from the mandatory positive results registration center (Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance - DIVEP) will be consulted and telephone contact will be made with all women between 18 and 40 years old with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2. For those who report being pregnant, prenatal care will be offered at the University Hospital of Brasília (in an outpatient clinic created specifically for this purpose), as well as childbirth assistance at that hospital. Recruitment will end when it reaches 300 women. Unexposed women: During the months of the study, serology to detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG and IgM) and RT-PCR for SARS-CoV2 will be offered to all women admitted for childbirth assistance at the University Hospital of Brasilia. Those with negative tests for COVID 19 and who consent to participate in the study, will be offered Growth and Development monitoring for their children at the Pediatric Service of the Hospital Universitário de Brasília, up to the age of five, in an outpatient clinic created specifically for this purpose . Recruitment will end when reaching n 300 of unexposed women. Exposed newborns: the sample will consist of the children of women infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the different stages of pregnancy, which formed the sample of exposed women. Exposed newborns: group represented by unexposed newborns who are infected in the neonatal period. Upon diagnosis, they will become part of the group of newborns exposed for pediatric follow-up purposes. Recruitment will end when it reaches n 300 children (newborns and neonates) exposed. Newborns not exposed: the sample will consist of the children of women who made up the group that were not exposed and who remain with negative serology until the end of the neonatal period. Recruitment will end when reaching n 300 unexposed children

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Women exposed and not exposed to SARS-CoV2 infection during pregnancy: pre-existing chronic diseases that require continuous use of medications, except diabetes and hypertension; smoking and / or alcoholism; suspicion or confirmation of other congenital infections such as toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella, herpes, Chagas and zika; impossibility of sequential follow-up until delivery. Newborns exposed and not exposed to intrauterine SARS-CoV2 infection: evidence or confirmation of genetic syndromes; suspicion or confirmation of other congenital infections, such as toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella, herpes Chagas and zika; impossibility and sequential follow-up until the age of five.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assess the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy, the postpartum period, the neonatal and childhood periods. It is hoped to be able to understand the obstetric and neonatal clinical outcomes of pregnant women, postpartum women, newborns and children affected by COVID-19 during pregnancy. Through longitudinal clinical monitoring throughout the gestational period (from the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy) until the child is 5 years old. It is expected to find unfavorable clinical outcomes during pregnancy, the postpartum period and the neonatal and childhood period, which vary according to the severity of the COVID-19 disease in the gestational phase, verified through comparison with control cases recruited during the same period of the study.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactGeraldo Fernandes

Hospital Universitário de Brasília

geraldomafer@gmail.com+55-61-981070071

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 16, 2026