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Maternal Plasmatic Regulatory T Cells and Th17 as Possible Diagnosis Markers of Acute Chorioamnionitis

An interventional study of Blood and placenta samples in Pathology of Pregnancy, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon. Completed at 2 sites in France. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-22.

Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
95
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if regulator T cells (Treg) and Th17 level modifications in maternal blood and placenta could be correlated to a chorioamnionitis, in women hospitalized for PPROM.

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Acute chorioamnionitis is the principal antecedent of premature birth and an important contributor to specific neonatal and other complications that may extend throughout subsequent life. The PPROM is a high risk condition for developing chorioamnionitis. Available biological markers have a low prognostic value. Indeed, currently the diagnosis of intra-uterine infection relies only on placental cultures and anatomo-pathological exam after the delivery.

Moreover, pregnancy is an immunologic particular condition. Indeed an immune tolerance is required with respect to the fetus and is mediated by Treg lymphocytes, which suppressed Th17 activity.

Recent studies have shown among women with frequent miscarriages, a balance between Treg and Th17, with a decrease in Treg number and an increase in Th17 number in decidua and blood.

In case of infection, the immune pro-inflammatory response (Th17) is restored in peripheric tissues and in blood in order to limit the extention of intra-uterine infection. This restoration of this pro-inflammatory response could be due to a modification of Treg number ou tolerogenic activity.

In this context, our hypothesis is that chorioamnionitis will lead to a decrease of treg proportion and an increase of Th17 proportion in lymphocyte populations of maternal blood and placenta, with a back to values near than which is observed in beginning of pregnancy or in no pregnant women.

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Conditions studied

  • Pathology of Pregnancy

Keywords

  • pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, PPROM, Treg
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In context

Chorioamnionitis

39 studies on the registry are indexed under Chorioamnionitis; 9 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 95 is below the median of 157 across 22 interventional studies indexed under Chorioamnionitis.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon is the lead sponsor of 499 studies on the registry; 103 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • signed
  • Patient affiliated with a social security scheme
  • term pregnancy betwwen 24 and 34 weeks
  • PPROM diagnosis
  • singleton pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • delivery occured in 1 hour after admission
  • hemorragic praevia placenta or retro-placental hematoma
  • confirmed or inflammatory disease
  • confirmed infectious disease by VIH, VHC, and VHB
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
95 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • OtherBlood and placenta samples

    The placenta sample is realised, specially for the study, in surgical unit after the delivery. The blood samples are taken, specially for the study, the day of admission and at time of delivery or seven days after the admission.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the percentage of Treg in maternal blood at the time of admission

    Time frame: the day of delivery or 7 days after the admission if no delivery

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Maternité du CHU de Dijon
    Dijon, Bourgogne 21000, France
  • Hôpital Hautepierre
    Strasbourg, 67200, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 22, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01610258
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 1, 2012
Start date
Mar 26, 2013
Primary completion
Dec 8, 2016
Completion
Dec 8, 2016
Last update
Feb 22, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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