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Placental clues from a past pregnancy may guide treatment to prevent future complications
NCT ID NCT06004674
First seen Jul 23, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot trial tests whether using placental tissue analysis from a prior complicated pregnancy can guide treatment with the blood thinner enoxaparin to reduce the risk of recurrent adverse outcomes. The study enrolls women who had a previous pregnancy affected by early delivery, stillbirth, a small baby, or severe preeclampsia linked to a specific placental condition called maternal vascular malperfusion. Participants receive enoxaparin or standard care to see if it lowers the chance of similar problems in the next pregnancy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a blood thinner called enoxaparin (Lovenox)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this approach could help prevent serious pregnancy complications like early delivery, stillbirth, or severe high blood pressure in women with a history of placental problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Enoxaparin is a blood thinner and carries a risk of bleeding.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 to 60 years
- 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.
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion (must meet all three criteria): 1. Subjects with a prior adverse outcome in a prior pregnancy. Adverse outcome is defined as prior singleton preterm birth ( \< 37 weeks), SGA infant (defined as birthweight \< 10th percentile), preeclampsia with severe features, or stillbirth (fetal demise after 20 weeks gestation), as certified by an obstetrician 2. Patients with maternal vascular malperfusion on pathology from pregnancy with prior adverse pregnancy outcome, as certified by a perinatal placental pathologist 3. Current singleton pregnancy at \<16 6/7 weeks gestational age. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Anticoagulation planned for current pregnancy (including warfarin, enoxaparin, heparin) 2. Known major fetal anomaly 3. Contraindication to enoxaparin: Specifically active major bleeding, known thrombocytopenia (platelets \<100), hypersensitivity to enoxaparin sodium, hypersensitivity to heparin or pork products, hypersensitivity to benzyl alcohol 4. Chronic kidney disease with eGFR\< 60 5. Known chronic liver disease with baseline AST/ALT \> 3 x upper limit of normal 6. Subjects with mechanical prosthetic heart valves
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NorthShore University HealthSystem
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60201, United States
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