Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Fetoscopic Robotic Open Spina Bifida Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Conditions:

Fetal Congenital Abnormalities

Fetoscopy

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Fetal spina bifida is a common birth defect that results in hydrocephalus, motor-, bowel-, bladder- and sexual dysfunction in the child. The condition is progressive in utero. Fetal surgery between 22...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Isolated open fetal spina bifida
  • Healthy pregnant patient without risk factors for preterm delivery
  • Candidate for open fetal spina bifida surgery.
  • Maternal age 18 years or more and able to consent
  • Provision of written informed consent to participate in this study
  • Gestational age allowing for fetal surgery prior to 26 weeks gestation.

Exclusion

  • Contraindication for surgery or safe anesthesia due to a severe maternal medical condition, including morbid obesity (BMI \>40 kg/m2)
  • History of preterm birth, short cervical length, cervical cerclage
  • Placenta or vasa previa, invasive placentation
  • Inaccessibility of the uterus due to severe maternal obesity, uterine fibroids, bowel or placental superposition
  • Major fetal structural or genetic anomalies unrelated to spina bifida, requiring surgery or potentially leading to infant death or severe handicap
  • Neural tube defects other than open spina bifida
  • Absence of Chiari II malformation on ultrasound or MRI
  • Severe fetal kyphosis (\>30 degrees)
  • Upper lesion level lower than sacral vertebra S1.
  • Multiple gestation
  • Fetal bleeding disorder (eg. Fetal/neonatal allo-immune thrombocytopenia)
  • Maternal infectious disorder which could result in materno-fetal transmission (eg HIV with high viral load)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06907732

Start Date

July 1 2025

End Date

December 1 2027

Last Update

May 7 2025

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