Pregnancy cell study: could tiny processes predict complications?
NCT ID NCT04443660
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at two natural cell processes—autophagy (cell cleaning) and apoptosis (cell death)—in 97 pregnant women. Researchers wanted to see how these processes vary in normal pregnancies and in women at risk for complications. The goal was to understand the balance between these processes, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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97 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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Who is studied
All pregnant women followed at the Nimes University Hospital for their pregnancy. Patients will be recruited among those consulting hospital gynecologists from the 3rd month of pregnancy but also through the circuit of specific gynecology-obstetrics consultations receiving in particular women with a history and / or risk factors for pathological pregnancy
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients followed at the CHU Nimes prior to 33 weeks gestation who give birth at the hospital * The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is participating in a category 1 interventional study associated with a medication, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * The subject refuses to sign the consent * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * Multiple pregnancy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nimes
Nîmes, France
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