Prenatal Alcohol Biomarker Study in Uruguay

Completed

Conditions studied: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between maternal alcohol use and newborn phosphatidylethanol (PEth) levels in their newborn.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02600624

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

1412

Starts

2016-08-18

Expected to finish

2019-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for experimental group (n=1,800)
• Pregnant women 18 years and older
• Admitted in active labor as well as their newborn child
• Well enough to participate in the research interview
• Able to provide fingernail, hair, and blood spot samples
• All subjects must have given signed, informed consent prior to registration

You may not qualify if…

• Not meeting the appropriate inclusion criteria or providing consent

Where it is running

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Clínica Ginecología/Obstétrica del Hospital General de las Fuerzas Armadas de Uruguay — Montevideo, Uruguay

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