Clinical trials: Fetal Death
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TTP and aHUS in Complicated Pregnancies
A single site observational study aiming to: (i) Identify cases of previously undiagnosed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and atypical haemolytic syndrome (aHUS) in a cohort of women with complicated pregnancies (ii)…
- Conditions
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Pre-Eclampsia, HELLP Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03605511
- Testing
- ADAMTS 13, complement and angiogenic biomarkers
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Perinatal Death, Third Trimester Modified Biophysical Profile Scan
Third Trimester Modified Biophysical Profile Scan for Predicting Fetal Outcome.
Study topic: Predicting fetal outcome using third trimester modified biophysical profile (BPP) scan compared with standard of care; a randomized clinical trial at St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya.
- Trial name
- NCT03729089
- Testing
- Modified Biophysical Profile scan
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr Andrew Odur
External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth
Linking Facility-based Mortality Audits With Community Engagement in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the countries in South Asia where neonatal mortality rates remain stagnant. Babies born in Pakistan encounter the highest risk of dying; of every 1,000 babies born, 46 die before the end of their first month…
- Conditions
- External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- NCT03904706
- Testing
- Audits only, Audits with community feedback
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,871 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Early Neonatal Death and Stillbirth
The NICHD Global Network (GN) for Women's and Children's Health Research, a multi-site, international research network, provides a unique infrastructure to implement an expanded perinatal verbal autopsy study using the FIRST…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Stilbirth
- Trial name
- VA (NCT00640055)
- Testing
- Coordinator, Physician-assigned cause of death
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, Pakistan and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Suspected Damage to Fetus From Other Disease in the Mother, Affecting Management of Mother, With Delivery, Patient Death or Serious Disability Associated With A Haemolytic Reaction Due to the Administration of ABO-Incompatible Blood or Blood Products
The Use of Lung Ultrasonography in the Delivery Room in Neonates
Lung ultrasonography has become frequently used in neonatal intensive care units because it is a diagnostic, useful, harmless, radiation-free, bedside, reproducible and practical method.
- Trial name
- LUSIN (NCT06314789)
- Testing
- doing lung ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kırıkkale University
Pre-Eclampsia, Premature Birth
PREPARE, Prematurity Reduction by Pre-eclampsia Care
Investigators will test a novel system of integrated care, to promote the use of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Guidelines for the management of pre-eclampsia and initiate the use of a structured risk assessment strategy to reduce…
- Trial name
- PREPARE (NCT03073317)
- Testing
- FullPIERS and sFlit/PLGF (Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1-to-Placental Growth Factor Ratio)
- Where
- 8 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Fernandes Figueira
Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
An Implementation Study of Interventions to Promote Safe Motherhood in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among all countries in Africa and indeed worldwide, with a maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births in 2011 (UNFPA, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT03299491
- Testing
- MWA intervention, IEC intervention
- Volunteers
- 3,784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Maternal Death, Neonatal Death
Integrated Community Engagement and Audit Systems
The goal of this implementation research project is to determine the feasibility of establishing and implementing an acceptable and robust audit system with community representation at secondary health facilities to improve…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Neonatal Death, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT05640050
- Testing
- Audit Implementation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Grief, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Walk With Me (WWM) for Perinatal Grief
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Along With Me web-based intervention works to decrease posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation among bereaved parents following pregnancy and early infant loss.
- Conditions
- Grief, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicidal Ideation, Miscarriage
- Trial name
- PeriGrief-II (NCT07011940)
- Testing
- Along With Me, Peer Guide
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Perinatal Mortality, Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Predictive Score for Neonatal Mortality for Women With Premature Rupture of Membranes Between 22 and 28 Weeks of Gestation
Pretern premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) remains the leading cause of preterm deliveries and neonatal mortality and morbidity. PPROM is defined as rupture of the fetal membranes prior to 37 weeks' gestation.
- Trial name
- PPROM (NCT03108404)
- Testing
- Validation of a diagnostic test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
Intermittent Auscultation Using Handheld Doppler: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Perinatal Outcomes in Uganda
A novel handheld Doppler has been developed which is rugged and is powered only by a hand crank. This study aims to test the use of this Doppler versus the Pinard horn to monitor the fetal heart rate in labour in a hospital…
- Trial name
- NCT02273037
- Testing
- Fetal heart rate Doppler, Partograph
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,987 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Cervical Pregnancy, Maternal Care for Late Fetal Death
Medical Management of Late Intrauterine Death.
The purpose of this study is to assess the therapeutic efficacy and safety of isosorbide dinitrate-oxytocin in combination in the management of late intrauterine foetal death.
- Trial name
- INPer (NCT02488642)
- Testing
- Isosorbide Dinitrate, Misoprostol, Oxytocin
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Perinatology
Stillbirth, Infant Mortality
Impact of Smoke-free Legislation on Early-life Mortality and Low Birth Weight in England
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there has been a change in low birth weight and perinatal and infant mortality following the July 2007 introduction of a ban on smoking in public places and workplaces in…
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Infant Mortality, Sudden Infant Death, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02039583
- Testing
- Smoke-free legislation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10,291,118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Pregnancy, Eclampsia
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings
In many low-income countries, the use of ultrasound by medical officers and non-physician health care staff (e.g., midwives) for antenatal identification of high risk pregnancies is a new intervention requiring authoritative…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Eclampsia, Placenta Previa, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT01990625
- Testing
- Antenatal Ultrasound Scan
- Where
- 5 sites in Guatemala, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 45,038 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Pregnancy Outcome Trends in Low-resource Geographic Areas
Maternal Newborn Health Registry
The primary purpose of this population-based study is to quantify and understand the trends in pregnancy outcomes in defined low-resource geographic areas over time, in order to provide population-based data on stillbirths…
- Trial name
- MNH (NCT01073475)
- Testing
- There is no intervention associated with the parent MNHR study. For the MNHR COVID sub-study, participants will be asked to provide a blood specimen at or near delivery.
- Where
- 15 sites in United States, Bangladesh and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 950,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Labor Induction
A Randomized Trial of Two Regimens of Misoprostol for Second Trimester Termination for Intrauterine Fetal Death
Misoprostol (Cytotec®) is a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analog that has been marketed in the United States since 1988 as a gastric cytoprotective agent.
- Trial name
- NCT00141895
- Testing
- Misoprostol
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth
The PartoMa Project: For Improving Monitoring, Action and Triage During Labour
OVERALL OBJECTIVE In an East African referral hospital, to develop and analyze the effect of locally agreed and achievable guidelines and a continual in-house training program for strengthening partogram-based…
- Conditions
- Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- PartoMa (NCT02318420)
- Testing
- The PartoMa intervention
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 3,087 people
- Sponsor
- Ib Christian Bygbjerg
Preeclampsia, Fetal Death
Comparing the Effect of Vaginal Misoprostol With Dinoprostone in Term Pregnancies
Hypothesis (H0): Labor duration and obstetric complications are not significantly different in the three groups (misoprostol-dinoprostone-oxytocin).
- Conditions
- Preeclampsia, Fetal Death, Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
- Trial name
- NCT00432588
- Testing
- misoprostol, dinoprostone
- Where
- Iran
- Sponsor
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Perinatal Outcome After Premature Rupture of Membranes
Premature rupture of membranes is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, mainly because of the complications associated with this pathology (oligohydramnios, cord compression or prolapse, infection).
- Trial name
- NCT01538030
- Where
- Panama
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama
Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications
AI-POCUS for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Ethiopia
Maternal and neonatal health remains one of the most pressing global health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Fetal Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- AIM-ETH (NCT07171086)
- Testing
- AI-POCUS (BabyChecker, Delft Imaging), AI-POCUS (Edan, China)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,059 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tsinghua University