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CompletedNCT02907242Updated Apr 18, 2022

Revealed Versus Concealed Cerebroplacental Ratio

An interventional study of Revealment in Stillbirth, sponsored by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Completed at 9 sites in 6 countries. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-18.

Sponsored by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11,582
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of an integrated strategy at selecting fetuses for delivery at term based on a combination of fetal biometry and cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) to reduce stillbirth rate and adverse perinatal outcome.

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This is a multicenter, open-label randomized trial with groups in parallel. Singleton pregnancies are recruited after routine second trimester scan (19+0 to 22+6 weeks of gestation) and randomly allocated at that moment to revealed or concealed strategy. A routine scan will be booked at 36-37 weeks. For a reduction of the stillbirth rate of 3‰ (from 5‰ to 2‰), assuming a type I error of 5% and aiming for a power of 80% a total of 11,582 subjects (5791 per arm) were projected. The participating centers sum up 12,000 deliveries a year. It is not possible to blind participants, obstetricians, or outcome assessors to the study group.

General hypothesis: A proportion of fetuses with "normal" growth as per current standards have placental insufficiency and restriction of their growth potential. These fetuses exhibit biophysical changes expressed by abnormal cerebroplacental ratio. A combination of this marker with fetal biometry for the detection of fetuses affected by fetal growth restriction could identify a group of babies on which labor induction once term is reached may prevent the occurrence of adverse outcomes.

Specific hypothesis

  • The cerebroplacental ratio has predictive value in late pregnancy for placental insufficiency.
  • The cerebroplacental ratio could improve the effectiveness of late pregnancy screening for the prediction placental insufficiency-related complications.
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Conditions studied

  • Stillbirth

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Keywords

  • stillbirth
  • cerebroplacental ratio
  • fetal growth restriction
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In context

Stillbirth

117 studies on the registry are indexed under Stillbirth; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 11,582 is above the median of 275 across 66 interventional studies indexed under Stillbirth.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona is the lead sponsor of 319 studies on the registry; 55 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Viable singleton non-malformed fetus
  • Available first-trimester US dating
  • Maternal age at recruitment ≥18 years
  • No adverse medical or obstetrical history at booking
  • Capacity to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Abnormal karyotype
  • Structural abnormalities
  • Congenital infections
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
11,582 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Concealment

    Cerebroplacental ratio measurement at 37 weeks of pregnancy only taken into account if estimated fetal weight \<p10

  • Other
    Revealment

    Cerebroplacental ratio measurement at 37weeks and labor induction in case of cerebroplacental ratio \<p5

    Other: Revealment

Interventions

  • OtherRevealment

    Cerebroplacental ratio revealment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Stillbirth

    Perinatal death

    Time frame: between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse perinatal outcome

    Severe neurological and non-neurological adverse outcome

    Time frame: Up to 28 days after delivery

  2. Fetal Growth Restriction Detection

    To detect prenatal low birth weight

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Chile
    Santiago de Chile, Chile
  • Palacky University Hospital
    Olomouc, Czechia
  • Ladislav Krofta
    Prague, Czechia
  • Eyal Zohav
    Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Hospital de Querétaro
    Querétaro, Mexico
  • Anna Kajdy
    Warsaw, Poland
  • Hospital Clinic
    Barcelona, 08036, Spain
  • Elena Escazzocchio
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Elena Ferriols Perez
    Barcelona, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Figueras F, Gratacos E, Rial M, Gull I, Krofta L, Lubusky M, Cruz-Martinez R, Cruz-Lemini M, Martinez-Rodriguez M, Socias P, Aleuanlli C, Cordero MCP. Revealed versus concealed criteria for placental insufficiency in an unselected obstetric population in late pregnancy (RATIO37): randomised controlled trial study protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 15;7(6):e014835. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014835. Erratum In: BMJ Open. 2019 Feb 19;9(2):e014835corr1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014835corr1. PubMed 28619771 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 18, 2022, 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
NCT02907242
Lead sponsor
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Responsible party
Francesc Figueras (Obstetrics Department Head Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 20, 2016
Start date
May 4, 2016
Primary completion
Jan 6, 2022
Completion
Jan 6, 2022
Last update
Apr 18, 2022

Study contacts

Eduard Gratacos, PhD
study chair · Hospital Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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