The ACHIEVE Trial: Achieving Longer Gestation in Preeclampsia Via Antihypertensive Therapy. (NCT05676476)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The Achieve Trial is a randomized clinical trial to test whether lowering blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy will prolong pregnancy.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (8 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (17 items).
Location: University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama
Age range: 14 Years to 49 Years
🧪 Interventions in This Study
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Preeclampsia with severe features, defined per ACOG as:
- Systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or more, or diastolic blood pressure of 110 mm Hg or more on two occasions at least 4 hours apart (unless antihypertensive therapy is initiated before this time)
- Thrombocytopenia defined as: lower than 100 x 10e9 platelets/L
- Impaired liver function that is not accounted for by alternative diagnoses and as indicated by abnormally elevated blood concentrations of liver enzymes (to more than twice the upper limit normal concentrations), or by severe persistent right upper quadrant or epigastric pain unresponsive to medications
- Renal insufficiency (serum creatinine concentration more than 1.1 mg/dL or a doubling of the serum creatinine concentration in the absence of other renal disease)
- Pulmonary edema
- New-onset headache unresponsive to medication and not accounted for by alternative diagnoses
- Visual disturbances
- Underlying renal dysfunction defined as, presenting the following parameters prior to 20 weeks gestation: baseline creatinine, equal to or higher than, 1.2 mg/dL Or proteinuria: defined as presenting protein in urine, equal to or higher than, 300 mg/24 hours or protein/creatinine ratio, equal to or higher than, 0.3 or Urine dipstick reading of greater than or equal to 2 at baseline and in the absence of a urinary tract infection
- Stage 2 chronic hypertension
- Contraindications to labetalol and nifedipine XL according to the FDA package insert
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (2 Sites)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama
- Oschner — New Orleans, Louisiana
📞 Contact the Study Coordinator
Phone: (205) 934-5611
Email: rsinkey@uabmc.edu
Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
More studies in Preeclampsia
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- Biobank on Prematurity, Preeclampsia and Other Pregnancy Complications — Québec,
- Relationship Between Aspirin Metabolism and Markers of Metabolic Dysfunction Among Pregnant Persons at Risk of Pre-eclampsia — Knoxville, Tennessee
- Clinician Notification to Increase Aspirin Prophylaxis for Preeclampsia Prevention — Boston, Massachusetts
- Optimizing Preeclampsia Postpartum With Point-of-care Ultrasound — Orange, California
Explore by condition: All Preeclampsia clinical trials
💡 How to Participate
- Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
- Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
- Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
- Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.