Effects of Light on Melatonin and Contractions in Pregnant Women



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Women's Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Reproductive
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 35
Updated:2/2/2019
Start Date:May 2013
End Date:December 2020
Contact:Elizabeth B Klerman, MD PhD
Email:ebklerman@hms.harvard.edu
Phone:617-732-5500

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
Specific Aim: Test the hypothesis that ocular light exposure will suppress melatonin
secretion and reduce uterine contractions in women at late term pregnancies.

Secondary aim. Test the hypothesis that ocular light exposure will reduce self-reported
uterine contractions in women at late term pregnancies.


Inclusion Criteria:

- pregnant at 35-40 weeks

- first pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnancy-related complications

- twin or higher pregnancy

- using medication that affects the sympathetic nervous system
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Brigham and Women's Hosp
75 Francis street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
(617) 732-5500
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Klerman, MD PhD
Phone: 617-732-5500
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