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Could a brother or son’s cells affect pregnancy loss?
NCT ID NCT05340556
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This pilot study examines whether cells from a woman’s firstborn son or older brother can be found in her blood and if they are linked to recurrent pregnancy loss. Researchers will take blood and cheek swab samples from 32 women who have had at least three miscarriages. The goal is to gather information for a larger future study, not to test a treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help understand why some women experience recurrent pregnancy loss, potentially pointing toward future diagnostic or treatment approaches.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (32 participants) that only looks for cells in the blood, not a treatment. It may not find a clear link or lead to any practical changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2024
- 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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
sRPL patient (proband): Inclusion Criteria: * ≥3 consecutive pregnancy losses ≤12 weeks of gestation, which do not include confirmed ectopic or molar pregnancies. * Age \<41 years at time of admission * Patients who have minimum one alive older brother with a common mother and prior birth of a boy, and patients who have minimum one alive older brother with a common mother and prior birth of a girl. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant intrauterine malformations * Thyroid dysfunction * Known chromosomal abnormality * An older brother, a son or a daughter from whom we cannot not collect a swab test e.g., due to lack of consent, death, distance etc. * Transplant recipient * Transfusion recipient * Pregnancy at the time the blood sample is collected Older Brother: Inclusion Criteria: * Age difference between proband and the older brother \<15 years * Common mother with the proband sRPL patient's child: Inclusion Criteria: * Age \<15 years
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg, 9000, Denmark
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