Clinical trials: Childbirth Experience
Premature Birth
Improving Brain Development in Medically Healthy Premature Infants
Premature infants born between 28 and 33 weeks' gestation often have significant brain damage. Brain damage can be caused by the much greater stimulation the infant receives in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00065364
- Testing
- Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Immunization, Vaccination
The STOP-HPV Trial 4: Bundle Intervention
Most adolescents who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are vaccinated in pediatric practices, yet missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination occur often and lead to low HPV vaccination rates.
- Trial name
- STOP-HPV (NCT03609242)
- Testing
- STOP-HPV bundle intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anxiety, Fear of Childbirth
Effectiveness of Virtual Nature-based Intervention During First Stage of Labour
Rationale: The birth environment effects on childbirth experience and feelings of security of birthing women. Fear of Childbirth (FOB) is experienced by 6-10% of women in Finland and FOB predicts postpartum depression.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Fear of Childbirth, Stress, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT05436015
- Testing
- Virtual nature-based intervention
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Low-Birth-Weight
Formative Research to Develop an Intervention Package to Promote Practice of Kangaroo Mother Care for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Infants in a Community (CKMC)
The study is being conducted to develop an intervention to assess the feasibility of implementing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for low birth weight (LBW) and preterm babies in a community setting.
- Trial name
- CKMC (NCT02613624)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Stress, Depressive Symptomatology
Emotional Experiences in Fathers of NICU Infants
This study is designed to evaluate the emotional experiences of fathers who have preterm infants who are hospitalized in a (neonatal intensive care unit)NICU setting.
- Trial name
- NCT00306605
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Christiana Care Health Services
Delivery of Health Care, Smoking Cessation
Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System
This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system.
- Trial name
- NCT01004276
- Testing
- New, improved smoking cessation management module
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Premature Birth of Newborn
Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences (SENSE)
Seventy preterm infants born less than or equal to 32 weeks gestation were put into either the sensory-based intervention (experiment) group or traditional care (control) group. Consecutive admissions at St.
- Trial name
- SENSE (NCT03316547)
- Testing
- SENSE Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Preterm Birth
The Effect of Web-Based Counselling on Breastfeeding Experiences and Infant Care Competence Among Mothers of Preterm Babies
Breast milk is of great importance for preterm infants in terms of optimal growth, immune system development, and neurodevelopment.
- Trial name
- NCT07709663
- Testing
- Web-Based Breastfeeding Counseling and Infant Care Program, control group
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Pre-Term, Individualized Developmental Care
The Impact of the SENSE Program on NICU
The SENSE program will be applied to babies receiving treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit and the effect of the application on the baby and parents will be examined.
- Conditions
- Pre-Term, Individualized Developmental Care, Sensory Experiences
- Trial name
- NCT06354517
- Testing
- SENSE group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Yuksek Ihtisas University
Immunization, Vaccination
The STOP-HPV Trial 5: Single Arm Evaluation of the Bundle
Most adolescents who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are vaccinated in pediatric practices, yet missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination occur often and lead to low HPV vaccination rates.
- Trial name
- STOP_HPV (NCT03609320)
- Testing
- The STOP-HPV Trial 5: Bundle Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Newborn Pain, Newborn Stress
Effect of Nesting During Intramuscular Injection on Pain, Stress, and Breastfeeding Success in Cesarean-Born Term Newborns
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of nesting during the first intramuscular injection on pain, stress level, physiological parameters, settling time, and breastfeeding success in healthy term newborns…
- Conditions
- Newborn Pain, Newborn Stress, Breastfeeding Success in Newborns
- Trial name
- NESTING (NCT07748520)
- Testing
- Nesting
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Neonatal Mortality
Ghana Newborn Home Visits Neonatal Mortality Trial
Introduction: Just under four million infants die each year before reaching one month of age; neonatal deaths now account for 38% of the 10.8 million deaths among children younger than 5 years of age.
- Trial name
- Newhints (NCT00623337)
- Testing
- Home visits
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria, Disease, Infectious
Perceptions, Representations and Experiences of Malaria Prophylaxis in Patients Born in Endemic Areas and Living in France.
The aim of this study is to analyze the perceptions, representations and expe-riences of malaria prophylaxis in patients born in endemic areas and living in France.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Disease, Infectious, Travel-Associated Infections
- Trial name
- PREPAP (NCT04494854)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Maternal Death, Newborn Death
Impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in Luapula Province of Zambia Province of Zambia
This study would like to determine if the introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist and associated mentorship can improve the adherence of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) to the essential practices of childbirth delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT03263182
- Testing
- Introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist
- Where
- 4 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.
Venous Thromboembolism, Delivery of Health Care
Improving Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Preventing the formation of blood clots in the veins so they do not injure leg veins or travel to the lungs, also called venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTE-P) is an essential component of safe in-patient care, yet it is…
- Conditions
- Venous Thromboembolism, Delivery of Health Care, Quality Improvement
- Trial name
- NCT01304108
- Testing
- VTE-P Tollgate, BLAZE Pop up, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Immunization, Vaccination
The STOP-HPV Trial 3: Prompts Intervention
Most adolescents who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are vaccinated in pediatric practices, yet missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination occur often and lead to low HPV vaccination rates.
- Trial name
- STOP-HPV (NCT03599583)
- Testing
- STOP-HPV prompts intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Mental Health, Physical Health
Parental Well-being After Childbirth in Switzerland
Improving maternal and child health is a global priority, with increasing emphasis on ensuring women and their families not only survive but also thrive after childbirth.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Physical Health, Postpartum, Parents
- Trial name
- SOCRATES (NCT06886841)
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 4,200 people
- Sponsor
- Laurent Gaucher
Quality Improvement, Breast-feeding
To Improve the Rate of Mother's Own Milk Feeding of Premature Infants in NICU
Thirteen hospitals in China will participate in the study, which objectives of this study is to improve the rate of mother's own milk feeding of premature infants in neonatal intensive care unit(NICU), evaluate the effectiveness…
- Conditions
- Quality Improvement, Breast-feeding, Premature Infant
- Trial name
- NCT04383379
- Testing
- Experimental: Intervention group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Prematurity
Ultrasound Monitoring of Muscle Thickness in Premature Patients
The goal of this interventional study is to investigate through musculoskeletal ultrasonography how the thickness and muscle trophism in infants aged 28 to 35 weeks undergoing infant massage compared with a group of infants with…
- Trial name
- NeoMassage (NCT06273202)
- Testing
- Infant Massage
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Immunization, Vaccination
The STOP-HPV Trial 2: Performance Feedback Intervention
Most adolescents who receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are vaccinated in pediatric practices, yet missed opportunities (MOs) for HPV vaccination occur often and lead to low HPV vaccination rates.
- Trial name
- STOP-HPV (NCT03599570)
- Testing
- STOP-HPV performance feedback intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles