Moritz Döbert, Anna Nektaria Varouxaki, An Chi Mu, Argyro Syngelaki, Anca Ciobanu, Ranjit Akolekar, Catalina De Paco Matallana, Simona Cicero, Elena Greco, Mandeep Singh, Deepa Janga, Maria Del Mar Gil, Jacques C Jani, José Luis Bartha, Kate Maclagan, David Wright, Kypros H Nicolaides
BACKGROUND: Effective screening for term preeclampsia is provided by a combination of maternal factors with measurements of mean arterial pressure, serum placental growth factor, and serum soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 at 35 to 37 weeks of gestation, with a detection rate of ≈75% at a screen-positive rate of 10%. However, there is no known intervention to reduce the incidence of the disease. METHODS: In this multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned 1120 women with singleton pregnancies at high risk of term preeclampsia to receive pravastatin at a dose of 20 mg/d or placebo from 35 to 37 weeks of gestation until delivery or 41 weeks...
August 31, 2021: Circulation