Clinical Trial of a COX-2 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Women With Preeclampsia

Summary

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and a leading cause of fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Recent findings indicate preeclampsia is an inflammatory disorder associated with increased expression of COX-2. This study will test the hypothesis that treatment of women with a COX-2 inhibitor, celecoxib, will stop the inflammatory process and reverse symptoms of preeclampsia.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2010-01

Completion

2010-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “No patients were recruited. Treatment drug expired.”

Publications

• Background Shah TJ, Walsh SW. Activation of NF-kappaB and expression of COX-2 in association with neutrophil infiltration in systemic vascular tissue of women with preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jan;196(1):48.e1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.08.038.
• Background Leik CE, Walsh SW. Neutrophils infiltrate resistance-sized vessels of subcutaneous fat in women with preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2004 Jul;44(1):72-7. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000130483.83154.37. Epub 2004 May 17.
• Background Groom KM, Shennan AH, Jones BA, Seed P, Bennett PR. TOCOX--a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of rofecoxib (a COX-2-specific prostaglandin inhibitor) for the prevention of preterm delivery in women at high risk. BJOG. 2005 Jun;112(6):725-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00539.x.

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