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RecruitingNCT07124325Updated Aug 15, 2025

Remote Cardiotocography Telemonitoring Within High-risk Pregnancy Care

An interventional study of Pregnabit Pro device and PregnaOne platform in Pregnancy, High Risk and Telemonitoring, sponsored by Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Recruiting at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-15.

Sponsored by Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The overall aim of this research proposal is to explore the feasibility and acceptability of home antenatal maternal-fetal monitoring technology within a high-risk pregnancy group. The investigators hypothesise that home monitoring is feasible and acceptable to both pregnant women and HCPs.

50 women from a single site will be recruited to use a home cardiotocography (CTG) device alongside routine antenatal care. Participants will use this device once a week, for an hour at a time, for up to 6 weeks or until delivery. The primary outcome is 20 minutes of continuous monitoring. Additional outcomes assess acceptability, adherence and safety.

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Conditions studied

  • Pregnancy
  • High Risk
  • Telemonitoring
  • Telemedicine
  • Cardiotocography
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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Women aged ≥18 years
  • Gestational age 32+0 weeks onwards.
  • Singleton pregnancy.
  • Able to speak English
  • Receiving antenatal care which includes routine antenatal fetal monitoring for one of the 6 index conditions (hypertensive disease in pregnancy, reduced fetal growth (small for gestational age and fetal growth restriction) obstetric cholestasis, PPROM, previous history of stillbirth and recurrent reduced fetal movements )
  • Able to give written informed consent.
  • Willing to attend hospital immediately in the event of an unexpected finding whilst using the home devices.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Multiple pregnancy.
  • Fetal abnormalities or a non-viable fetus.
  • Body mass index (BMI) ≥35
  • Women with internal cardiac devices such as pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
  • History of allergic reaction to skin adhesives and/or latex.
  • Acute or chronic skin lesions and wounds in areas in contact with the device.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Home antenatal CTG monitoring

    Participants will be asked to use the remote monitoring devices one a week for a 1 hour each time for up to 6 weeks or until delivery. Participants are eligible if they are aged 18 over over, 32+0 gestation onwards, singleton pregnancy, able to speak English and have at least one of 6 high-risk pregnancy conditions.

    Device: Pregnabit Pro device and PregnaOne platform

Interventions

  • DevicePregnabit Pro device and PregnaOne platform

    Remote CTG device and online dashboard for remote pregnancy care

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of participants that produce interpretable antenatal maternal-fetal monitoring cardiotocogram (CTG) traces for each episode of intermittent home monitoring.

    Completion of an at least 20 minutes of uninterrupted interpretable fetal heart recording which has computerised capability. This will be defined as a percentage derived from the number of monitoring episodes achieving the primary outcome divided by the total number of monitoring episodes.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. The number of participants completing the full schedule of home maternal-fetal monitoring episodes.

    Determined as the median number of monitoring episodes completed.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

  2. The number of women approached who agreed to participate within the study.

    Number participants agreeing out of total women approached

    Time frame: Pre-intervention

  3. What are the emotions of participants using home maternal-fetal monitoring.

    Pre-intervention questionnaire using the accredited STAI anxiety questionnaire.

    Time frame: Pre-intervention

  4. What are the emotions of participants using home maternal-fetal monitoring and is there an impact before and after a singular monitoring episode?

    Questionnaire using the accredited STAI anxiety questionnaire at several time points whilst using the home monitoring device. Results compared pre and post monitoring episode to determine a if there is a discriminative impact on anxiety scores whilst using the home monitoring device. Results will be displayed graphically and compared using P value.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

  5. What are the emotions of participants using home maternal-fetal monitoring and was there any change from the beginning of the study.

    Post-intervention questionnaire using the accredited STAI anxiety questionnaire. Results compared to the scores at the beginning of the study and demonstrated graphically and with a P value.

    Time frame: Immediately after the intervention

  6. The usability of the remote monitoring device.

    Assessed post study using the validated system usability scale scoring questionnaire.

    Time frame: Immediately after the end of the intervention

  7. The number of participants with unexpected clinical outcomes detected whilst using home monitoring devices, which warrants patients to attend maternity triage for assessment and/or modification of ones antenatal care.

    Number of unexpected outcomes requiring attendance to triage out of total number of monitoring episodes, presented as a percentage.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

  8. What are the views of participants regarding acceptability of home maternal-fetal monitoring.

    Pre-intervention questionnaire using a 5 point Likert Scale (range from Strongly agree on the left, to strongly disagree on the right). No total score, each question individual and a tick box.

    Time frame: Pre-intervention

  9. What are the views of participants regarding acceptability of home maternal-fetal monitoring.

    Post-intervention questionnaire using a 5 point Likert Scale (range from Strongly agree on the left, to strongly disagree on the right). No total score, each question individual and a tick box.

    Time frame: Immediately after the intervention

  10. The influence of participant demographics on achieving the primary outcome.

    Analysis of factors which may influence achievement of the primary outcome. This includes ethnicity, education level, fetal presentation, parity. Presented as event numbers to calculated odds ratio's.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

  11. Determining participant adherence to commencing the monitoring episodes

    Defined as the median time between when the participant commencing the monitoring episode and the time originally agreed to commence the monitoring episode previously jointly agreed between the researchers and participant.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

  12. The influence of fetal movements on achieving the primary outcome

    Analysis of fetal movements during a monitoring episode and its influence on the primary outcome. Number of movements in the group achieving primary outcome compared to the group not achieving the primary outcome will be compared using the student T test.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
    Birmingham, B152TG, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
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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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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07124325
Lead sponsor
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Responsible party
Jack Hamer (Clinical research fellow, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 15, 2025
Start date
Jun 11, 2025
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 15, 2025

Study contacts

Jack Hamer, MBChB
Contact
jack.hamer1@nhs.net
0121 472 1377
Jack Hamer, MBChB
principal investigator · Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Oversight

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