Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of Fetal Ovarian Cyst Aspiration to Prevent Torsion

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Tours

Conditions:

Ovarian Cyst

Ultrasonography Prenatal

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-40 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether prenatal ovarian cyst aspiration is effective and safe to prevent perinatal ovarian torsion.

Detailed Description

With the widespread use of routine sonography during pregnancy, the incidence of fetal ovarian cysts detected in utero has increased in the past decades. However

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant women having an uneventful single pregnancy and a female fetus diagnosed with anechoic ovarian cyst (diameter at least 30mm)

Exclusion

  • Multiple pregnancy
  • Complicated pregnancy (PE, diabetes, PROM, fetal malformation)
  • Echoic cyst (fluid debris level, septated, retracting clot, globally echoic)
  • Unability to give informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

61 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00222066

Start Date

June 1 2001

End Date

September 1 2007

Last Update

February 3 2010

Active Locations (3)

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1

Olympe de Gouges Women Health Centre, Bretonneau University Hospital

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France, 37044

2

CHU de Nantes

Nantes, Loire Atl, France, 44000

3

CHU de Caen

Caen, France