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Status unknownNCT04164875Updated Aug 26, 2021

Fever During Labour

An observational study in Fever; Due to Heat and Infection, sponsored by Herlev Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Denmark. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-26.

Sponsored by Herlev Hospital · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2021), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
200
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Pilot study to assess fever during labour.

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200 parturients will be monitored for fever during labour using rectal thermometer.

Repeated measurements 1/hr during the first 6 hours will allow us to find patients developing fever.

Fever = rectal temp >38 Celsius twice within 60 min or 39 degrees Celsius measured once .

After birth, blood samples are assessed for infection. Use of Antibiotics and other medication is Recorded. Subgroup analyses based on suspected causes of fever during birth.

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Conditions studied

  • Fever; Due to Heat
  • Infection

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Keywords

  • fever
  • epidural
  • birth
  • labour
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In context

Fever

601 studies on the registry are indexed under Fever; 101 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 200 is close to the median of 200 across 188 observational studies indexed under Fever.

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Lead sponsor

Herlev Hospital is the lead sponsor of 195 studies on the registry; 25 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Pregnant women.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age > 18 years, planned vaginal birth, able to give consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • do not speak Danish or English, unable to cooperate to rectal temperature measurements,
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
2 Weeks
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testTemperature measurement

    The 'intervention' is repeated rectal temperature measurements

    Also known as: Fever

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Fever

    Fever = rectal temp \>38 Celsius twice within 60 minutes or 39 degrees Celsius measured once

    Time frame: during labour

Secondary outcomes

  1. CRP

    infection marker

    Time frame: 24 hours

  2. Leucocytosis

    infection marker

    Time frame: 24 hours

  3. bacterial growth blood

    infection marker

    Time frame: 1 week

  4. bacterial growth placenta blood

    infection marker

    Time frame: 1 week

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Anaesthesiology
    Herlev, 2730, Denmark
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 26, 2021, 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
NCT04164875
Lead sponsor
Herlev Hospital
Responsible party
Kim Wildgaard, MD (MD, ph.d.,Clinical Professor, Herlev Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 15, 2019
Start date
Nov 15, 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 30, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 26, 2021

Study contacts

Kim Wildgaarf, md, phd
Contact
kim.wildgaard@regionh.dk
38682170
Kim Wildgaard, MD phd
study chair · Herlev Hospital, Afdeling for Bedøvelse og Operation
Lærke Vinberg Rasmussen
principal investigator · Herlev Hospital, Dept. of Obstetriscs

Oversight

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