Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of the Antiandrogen DDE on Anthropometric Measures at Birth

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Conditions:

DDT

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 35 years

Brief Summary

Experimental studies have documented the p'p-DDT, p'p-DDE (a metabolite of DDT) and other organochlorine (OC) compounds have estrogenic and/or antiandrogenic activities capable of altering normal endo...

Detailed Description

We propose to follow the women and children enrolled in our original study (n= approximately 850 of each). In the original study, women were enrolled and interviewed while in the hospital for delivery...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Pregnant women delivering male infants in Tapachula and surrounding areas.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Women must not be over 35 years of age.
  • A physician's diagnosis of multiple fetuses, pre-eclampsia or pregnancy-related hypertension disorders or psychiatric, kidney, or cardiac disease; gestational diabetes; history of repeated urinary infections; seizure disorder requiring daily medications; ingestion of corticosteroids, and non-Spanish speakers.
  • At time of birth, additional exclusion criteria will include: an Apgar score (at five minutes) of 6 or less; any condition requiring treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit.
  • Infants must not have any condition requiring treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 14 2001

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 10 2019

    Estimated Enrollment :

    2118 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00343031

    Start Date

    May 14 2001

    End Date

    December 10 2019

    Last Update

    December 12 2019

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    National Institute for Public Health

    Cuernavaca, Mexico