Prospective Study on the Risks of Dengue Fever for the Fetus. (ERiDenF)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04822441 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2021 by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : March 30, 2021
Last Update Posted : November 4, 2021
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Dengue is the most common arbovirus worldwide (390 million people infected each year) and belongs to the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family like Zika. Its expansion has been rapid since the last decade with an increase in the number of cases of 400% and the first cases of indigenous dengue described in Europe.
Current data on the consequences of dengue fever on the fetus are incomplete. The risk of maternal-fetal transmission of dengue during the peripartum period has now been recorded in numerous case reports and a few case series for patients who contracted dengue in the 12 days preceding childbirth or at the time of delivery. However, the transmission of dengue is highly variable depending on the studies ranging from 1.6 to 15% and the consequences for the newborn are very variable ranging from simple thrombocytopenia to death in severe neonatal dengue.
Regarding the risk of malformation, a few old cases of heart disease, hydrocephalus and neural tube closure abnormalities have been described in the literature following exposure to dengue fever during pregnancy. Since no malformative case has been described, however, to our knowledge, no prospective study with specialized ultrasound monitoring has been performed for pregnant women who contracted dengue during their pregnancy.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Dengue Fever | Other: data collection |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Observational Model: | Other |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Prospective Study on the Risks of Dengue Fever for the Fetus. |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 19, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2023 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Patients who contracted dengue fever before 34 weeks of amenorrhea
Patients who contracted biologically proven dengue fever during pregnancy before 34 weeks outside the peri-partum period (more than 12 days before childbirth)
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Other: data collection
Ultrasound follow-up maternal dengue serology PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and dengue serology of the umbilical cord |
Patients who contracted dengue fever after 34 weeks of amenorrhea
Patients who contracted biologically proven dengue fever during pregnancy after 34 weeks outside the peri-partum period (more than 12 days before childbirth)
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Other: data collection
Ultrasound follow-up maternal dengue serology PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and dengue serology of the umbilical cord |
Patients who have contracted dengue during the peripartum period
Patients who have contracted dengue during the peripartum period or who have a suspicion of dengue (in the 12 days preceding childbirth)
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Other: data collection
Ultrasound follow-up maternal dengue serology PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and dengue serology of the umbilical cord |
- Study the teratogenic effects of the dengue virus on the fetus [ Time Frame: at childbirth ]Rate of fetal anomalies such as infectious fetal disease or any other fetal anomaly detected during specialized antenatal ultrasound follow-up.
- Study the maternal-fetal transmission of dengue fever during pregnancy [ Time Frame: at childbirth ]Amniotic fluid positive dengue PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) rate
- Study the maternal-fetal transmission of dengue fever in the peri-partum [ Time Frame: at childbirth ]Umbilical cord dengue positive and / or IgM (immunoglobulin M) positive PCR rate
- Study the materno-placental transmission of dengue fever during pregnancy and peri-partum [ Time Frame: at childbirth ]Placental dengue positive PCR rate
- Study the consequences at the placental level of dengue, in terms of anatomopathological alterations [ Time Frame: at childbirth ]Placental pathology abnormalities rate

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant patients
- Major
- Affiliated with social security
- Symptomatic or pauci-symptomatic dengue
- Biological confirmation of dengue fever by dengue positive PCR or IgM positive during the current dengue episode
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple pregnancy
- Patient's refusal
- Protected persons: person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, minor, and person subject to a legal protection measure: guardianship or curators)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04822441
France | |
CHU de la Réunion | Recruiting |
Saint-Pierre, France, 97448 | |
Contact: Lucie AUZANNEAU +262 (0) 262 35 99 49 lucie.auzanneau@chu-reunion.fr | |
Principal Investigator: Marine LAFONT, PH |
Responsible Party: | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04822441 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2019/CHU/14 |
First Posted: | March 30, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 4, 2021 |
Last Verified: | March 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
dengue fever ; pregnancy |
Dengue Fever Body Temperature Changes Arbovirus Infections Vector Borne Diseases Infections |
Virus Diseases Flavivirus Infections Flaviviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral |