Zika Virus in Pregnancy Registry
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
203191
Contact name
Asma Khalil
Contact email
Research summary
Zika Virus in Pregnancy Registry
REC name
West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/WM/0127
Date of REC Opinion
26 Apr 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Routinely recorded anonymised data related to pregnancies with laboratory evidence of ZIKV infection will be stored on a secured website database (Registry). The inclusion criteria include pregnancies with laboratory evidence of ZIKV infection (as confirmed following testing at RIPL). The exclusion criteria include pregnancies already known to be complicated by aneuploidy or genetic syndrome.
The data will be made anonymous and patients’ identities remain available only to their local team (healthcare provider).
All staff with access to the data will hold full or honorary contracts of employment with the NHS or PHE and will have completed mandatory Information Governance training.Research programme
This is a UK national initiative endorsed by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). The aims of the Registry include: • To systematically track pregnancies with laboratory evidence of ZIKV infection in order to ascertain pregnancy outcomes. • To establish a platform to facilitate long-term follow-up of these infants at a national level. • To explore risk factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcome in these cases.
Research database title
Zika Virus in Pregnancy Registry
Establishment organisation
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT