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Feasibility of a Telemonitoring Program for Pregnant Women at High-Risk for Preeclampsia in Pakistan
Feasibility of Implementing a Mobile Phone-based Telemonitoring Program to Support Pregnant Women at High-risk for Preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
High maternal mortality from preeclampsia/eclampsia results from a lack of early identification and management of pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia. A potential tool to support pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia is telemonitoring. Most telemonitoring interventions have been implemented in high-income countries and thus there is limited evidence on the use and effectiveness of telemonitoring for pregnant women in low-middle-income countries (LMICs). The scarce evidence on the feasibility of telemonitoring program implementation limits the understanding of the process and mechanisms through which the intervention works in LMICs. The study will explore the feasibility of implementing a mobile phone-based telemonitoring program for pregnant women at high-risk for preeclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan. The study will be conducted at the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center in Karachi, Pakistan. The study will use a mixed-methods design to recruit 50 pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia to assess clinical feasibility across the five foci of Bowen's framework including acceptability, demand, implementation, practicality, and limited-efficacy testing. Data sources will include semi-structured interviews with the patients, and clinicians, as well as data from paper medical records, research logs, and server data. The results of the quantitative and qualitative data will be analyzed separately and then integrated at the interpretation and reporting levels to advance our understanding of the telemonitoring program's feasibility. This will be the first study to provide evidence on the feasibility of using a telemonitoring program where pregnant women at high-risk for preeclampsia in Pakistan will take their own blood pressure readings at home.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Oct 2022
- Start date
- 4 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Mar 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
- NCT number
- NCT05662696
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 50
- From 4 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Pregnant women at high-risk for preeclampsia who are admitted to hospital for the management of their preeclampsia condition
Who the study is looking for
- Pregnant women at high-risk for preeclampsia (HRPE) who are either in their first or second trimester of pregnancy. The definition of HRPE will follow that of the NICE guidelines that define pregnant women at HRPE as those who have one high-risk factor or more than one moderate risk factor for preeclampsia.
- Participants who can speak and read (at least at a rudimentary level with help from a caregiver) the Urdu language for ease of communication with the research team and to be able to use the telemonitoring system.
- Partners (almost always male husbands in the Pakistani culture) and/or other caregivers (e.g., mother and mother-in-law) of pregnant women \[for post-study interviews\]
- Clinicians and nurses involved in the implementation of the telemonitoring program \[for post-study interviews\]
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Karachi | Pakistan | Recruiting |
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