Status:

COMPLETED

The CHIPS Trial (Control of Hypertension In Pregnancy Study)

Lead Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Conditions:

Gestational Hypertension

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators do not know which approach to treatment of non-severe high blood pressure in pregnancy is better for women and babies. In the CHIPS Trial, the investigators seek to determine whethe...

Detailed Description

Primary research question: For pregnant women with non-severe, non-proteinuric maternal hypertension at 14-33 weeks, will 'less tight' control (target diastolic blood pressure \[dBP\] of 100 mmHg) ve...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pre-existing or gestational hypertension (pre-existing hypertension is dBP greater than or equal to 90 mmHg before pregnancy or 20 weeks' gestation; gestational hypertension is dBP greater than or equal to 90 mmHg that develops after 20 weeks)
  • dBP of 90 - 105 mmHg if NOT TAKING antihypertensive therapy, or dBP of 85 - 105 mmHg if TAKING antihypertensive therapy
  • Live foetus (confirmed by Doptone assessment of foetal heart tones within one week before randomisation)
  • Gestational age 14 - 33+6 weeks (as measured by last menstrual period or dating ultrasound)

Exclusion

  • Severe systolic hypertension (defined as a systolic blood pressure \[sBP\] greater than or equal to 160 mmHg at randomisation)
  • Proteinuria (defined as greater than or equal to 0.3 g/d by 24 hour urine collection, or if a 24 hour urine collection is not available, by a urinary protein:creatinine ratio of greater than or equal to 30 mg/mmol or urinary dipstick of greater than or equal to 2+)
  • Use of an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor at greater than or equal to 14+0 weeks' gestation
  • Contraindication to either arm of the trial or to pregnancy prolongation
  • Known multiple gestation
  • Known lethal or major foetal anomaly
  • Plan to terminate pregnancy
  • Prior participation in CHIPS

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

987 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01192412

Start Date

April 1 2009

End Date

February 1 2014

Last Update

January 11 2017

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Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Norton Hospital Downtown

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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Norton Suburban Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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Beth Israel Deaconess

Boston, Massachusetts, United States