CompletedNot Applicable

Screening and Treating Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Every Trimester and Preterm Birth

Zimbabwe480 participantsStarted 2017-02-23

Plain-language summary

This study is evaluating whether screening of a pregnant woman for asymptomatic bacteriuria in each trimester for early detection and treatment of bacteriuria will reduce the incidence of preterm birth in Harare.

Who can participate

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women registering at study site. * Woman is able to identify her date of last menstrual period. * Gestation of pregnancy is between 6 and 22 weeks. * Woman is asymptomatic for bacteriuria * Woman voluntarily signs the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant woman ill and unwell * Pregnant woman unwilling to sign consent form * Woman who had antibiotic treatment 2 weeks before recruitment * Woman on long term antibiotic treatment * Woman who fails to identify date of last menstrual period * Woman symptomatic for urinary tract infection

What they're measuring

Preterm birth

Timeframe: Preterm birth will be calculated as gestation at birth of baby using date of birth and the first date of last menstrual period.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03274960

SponsorUniversity of Zimbabwe

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-30

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