Finger sensor may predict dangerous blood pressure drops in C-Section moms
NCT ID NCT06769750
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 45 pregnant women having planned C-sections to see if a simple finger sensor (measuring perfusion index) could predict dangerous drops in blood pressure after spinal anesthesia. The goal was to find an easy, non-invasive way to identify high-risk patients so doctors can personalize care. The study was completed and focused on understanding the prediction tool, not on providing a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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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45 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 52 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Parturient women * With a term of more than 34 weeks' amenorrhea (SA) * Requiring a scheduled caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia at the maternity ward of the Hôpital Nord de Marseille (AP-HM). * Patients affiliated to a Social Security System Exclusion Criteria: * Urgent caesarean section * Contraindication to perimedullary anesthesia * Clinical features likely to distort the plethysmographic signal: scleroderma, Raynaud's syndrome, nail pathology, etc. * Presence of anti-hypertensive treatment * Cardiac arrhythmia * Anesthetist not trained in transthoracic cardiac echography * Refusal to participate in the study * Guardianship or curatorship, safeguard of justice * Instable Perfusion Index Signal
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine, Hôpital Nord,
Marseille, Marseilles, 13000, France
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Hôpital Nord
Marseille, 13000, France