SLE Therapy Changes in Pregnancy and Relation to Pregnancy Outcome

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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to review the changes to SLE medications during pregnancy including adherence and non-adherence to the medications and correlate these to the pregnancy outcome and post-partum course of the disease.

Detailed Description
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This was a retrospective study of pregnancies in SLE patients. These patients had confirmed SLE diagnosis according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria (5). The diagnosis of SLE was confirmed by consultant rheumatologist. These patients were followed up by consultant rheumatologist and obstetrician. The pregnancies' data were curated using the patients' medical files and notes, both paper-based and electronic, antenatal records, rheumatology and hematology clinic notes in addition to delivery and postpartum records. These data were collected including ID numbers, ages, duration of the SLE, their SLE medications before the pregnancy (names, doses and frequency) and whether the SLE was active or not in the 6 months prior to the pregnancy using systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) score. the investigators studied Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), prednisolone and anti-coagulants (low-dose acetylsalicylic acid; 100 mg orally once daily and low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) Enoxaparin 40 mg subcutaneously once daily) as these were the most commonly used medications. The use of these medications in the different pregnancy periods were noted and analyzed (BPG, before pregnancy; DPG, during pregnancy; PG, pregnancy; PP, post-partum). Changes in these medications were also recorded. The data was then analyzed to find out the rates of changes and discontinuation. The postpartum period was also studied similarly. The investigators correlated these alterations to the following feto-maternal outcomes; miscarriage, preterm delivery, intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) and intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD). The 6 months-pre-conceptual SLEDAI score was recorded and investigated in relation to the above mentioned feto-maternal outcomes and postpartum relapse. We divided the pregnancies into 2 groups; Group A, inactive SLE and SLEDAI score of 0-3; Group b, active SLE and SLEDAI score of 4-24.

Official Title
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Therapeutic Alterations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients in Pregnancy and Feto-maternal Outcomes; Retrospective Cohort Study

Conditions
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Fetal Growth Retardation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Naser Al-Husban


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: confirmed SLE completed data Exclusion Criteria: doubtful diagnosis of SLE those with missing data those with medications other than prednisolone, HCQ and anticoagulants those with multifetal pregnancies those patients with confirmed other medical diseases including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, thyroid disorders, anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APAS), cardiac disease those with confirmed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) those with associated hematological diseases including SLE-associated thrombocytopenia.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 49 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
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|Other: Naser Al-Husban|observation|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fetal growth restriction | the effects of changes in SLE medications in pregnancy periods on final new born weight in grams. | 8 months | 
| development of pre-eclampsia | SLE medication change and its effects on risk of pre-eclampsia | 6 months |