Myometrial Biopsy for the Detection of Infection

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Infection

In brief

This study is designed to demonstrate that women in labor become infected without exhibiting any clinical signs or symptoms of infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00782665

Run by

The Woman's Hospital of Texas

People needed

1000

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-10-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 48. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must be afebrile throughout labor.
• Amniotic fluid must be not purulent; presence of meconium is not an exclusion.
• Patients undergoing an elective cesarean section.
• Patients who have labored with intact or ruptured amniotic membranes.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient with a temperature of ≥ 100.4o F.
• White blood cell count ≥ 24,000.
• Suspicion of chorioamnionitis.
• Suspicion of a urinary tract infection.
• Presence of diarrhea (defined > 4 liquid stools in a 24 hour period).
• Patient currently taking therapeutic antibiotics.

Where it is running

• The Woman's Hospital of Texas — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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