Obesity's secret impact on labor revealed in new study
NCT ID NCT01762683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how obesity might affect the cells in the uterus that help with labor. Researchers took blood and uterine tissue samples from 38 women having C-sections, some with normal weight and some obese. They wanted to see if certain cells and chemicals in the blood could change how uterine cells behave, which might explain why obese women sometimes have delivery problems.
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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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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2012
- Finished
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Jan 2016
- 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 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed consent signed * Patient affiliated with a social security scheme * In front of for obstetrical reasons to give birth by caesarean section (scheduled caesarean section) * Or a woman who is not obese in labour and needs to undergo a cesarean section * No obvious infectious context * Age \> 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Obvious inflammatory or autoimmune diseases * Suspected or confirmed infectious context, including virale infection VIH, VHC, VHB * Coagulation disorders
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Sainte Marthe
Dijon, 21000, France
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Maternité du CHU de Dijon
Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000, France
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