NCT06466161Recruiting
Conical Forearm and Cylindrical Upper Arm Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP) Measurements in Pregnant Patients
Evaluation of the Agreement Between Conical Forearm and Cylindrical Upper Arm Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP) Measurements in Pregnant Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The diagnosis of hypertensive disease during pregnancy is predicated on strict blood pressure thresholds: 140/90 on at least two occasions measured four hours apart for both gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. An improvement in diagnostic accuracy of even 5mm Hg would be significant, as reflected by the US Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), the British Hypertension Society, the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group on Blood Pressure (BP) Monitoring, and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)consensus for validation of non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) devices during pregnancy. Given the known inaccuracies of upper arm cylindrical cuff measurements in morbidly obese patients, a conical cuff which provides more accurate measurements will translate into direct patient benefit via more informed diagnosis and management. Fewer women may be exposed to unnecessary treatment, preterm delivery, and/or cesarean section. Recognizing the increasing prevalence of morbid obesity and hypertensive disease amongst pregnant women in the United States, the identification of a more accurate non-invasive cuff is desperately needed. Increasing the accuracy of NIBP measurements on Labor and Delivery has the potential to directly impact the management of tens of thousands of morbidly obese pregnant women diagnosed with hypertensive disease in the United States every year. Establishing the level of agreement between conical forearm and cylindrical upper arm cuffs will shed light on the presence and magnitude of any disparity between measurement methods. STUDY ENDPOINTS: Primary Outcome Measures: * Agreement between conical and cylindrical cuff systolic blood pressure across groups * Agreement between conical and cylindrical cuff diastolic blood pressure across groups Secondary Outcome Measures: • Agreement between conical and cylindrical cuff mean arterial pressure
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 110 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 31 May 2024
- Start date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Diseases
- Obesity, High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT06466161
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 110
- From 29 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Jul 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
- Significant peripheral arterial disease resulting in at least a 10 mm Hg blood pressure difference between both arms
- History of repaired or unrepaired congenital heart disease
- History of significant arrythmia
- History of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement
- History of sickle cell disease
- History of Raynaud's phenomenon on any extremity
- History of lymph node dissection of either upper extremity
Age
- Patients who are less than 18 years of age
Who the study is looking for
- Women who are 18 years of age or older with a
- Body mass index (BMI) of 20 kg/m2 or greater
- Present to Labor and Delivery with or without a diagnosis of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or chronic hypertension with super-imposed preeclampsia, in spontaneous labor or for induction of labor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Women's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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