Clinical trials: Fetal Death
Pre-eclampsia, Obesity
ESTEEM - Effect of Simple, Targeted Diet in Pregnant Women With Metabolic Risk Factors on Pregnancy Outcomes
Obesity is a growing problem in East London and every other woman who enters pregnancy is obese or overweight. In addition to obesity, other metabolic risk factors such as raised lipids, high blood pressure and diabetes increase…
- Conditions
- Pre-eclampsia, Obesity, Raised Lipids, High Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- ESTEEM (NCT02218931)
- Testing
- Targeted ESTEEM diet, Non-randomised cohort
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,442 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Stillbirth
Saving Babies' Lives Project Impact and Results Evaluation: a Mixed Methodology Study
The study is a multicentre evaluation of maternity care delivered through the Saving Babies' Lives care bundle using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Trial name
- SPiRE (NCT03231007)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 20 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 4,952 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Stillbirths, Sudden Infant Death
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Autopsy Study
The aim of this project is to establish whether magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can provide a minimally invasive approach for post-mortem assessment of the fetus, infant and child, with similar detection rates for anomalies and…
- Trial name
- MARIAS (NCT01417962)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Thayyil, Sudhin
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
Pregnancy, Birth Weight
Prenatal Multi-micronutrient Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal maternal micronutrient supplementation has been suggested as a means to reduce the proportion of low birth weight babies in low-income countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00168688
- Testing
- multi micronutrient supplement, MN1, MN2
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Perinatal Mortality, Neonatal Morbidities
Machine Learning From Fetal Flow Waveforms to Predict Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
The aim of this study is to get a proof of concept for using a computational model of fetal haemodynamics, combined with machine learning based on Doppler patterns of the fetal cardiovascular, cerebral and placental flows, to…
- Trial name
- NCT03398551
- Volunteers
- 525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Stillbirth and Fetal Death, Perinatal Death
Mothers Working to Prevent Early Stillbirth Study 20-28
This project aims to identify factors linked to pregnancy losses occurring between 20 and 28 weeks of pregnancy that can be modified by changing mother's behaviour or healthcare provision.
- Trial name
- MiNESS20-28 (NCT06005272)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 948 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
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
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
Labor Complication
Uterine Artery Pulsatility Index and Materno Fetal Outcomes
High Uterine artery index pulsatility (PI) is associated with small for gestationnal age but also with stillbirth and distress during labor.
- Trial name
- UADLAB (NCT02853058)
- Testing
- normal PI, pathological PI
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University Tunis El Manar
Intrauterine Fetal Demise, Fetal Death
Mifepristone Induction for Fetal Demise
Methods: Double blinded, randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation of mifepristone or placebo at initiation of induction of labor for fetal demise 20 weeks estimated gestational age or greater.
- Trial name
- MIFD (NCT02620904)
- Testing
- Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Perinatal Mortality
Global Network Implementation of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)
The primary purpose of this pre-post evaluation is to test the impact on perinatal mortality (fresh stillbirths or early neonatal deaths) among births > 1500g of training birth attendants at health facilities in the Helping…
- Trial name
- NCT01681017
- Testing
- HBB/ENC Training and Equipment, HBB/ENC supplies
- Where
- 3 sites in India, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 70,704 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
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
Pregnancy, Stillbirth
Zambian Preterm Birth Prevention Study
This prospective non-intervention cohort study will enroll women in the first or early second trimester of pregnancy and follow them through delivery (or end of pregnancy) and 1 year postpartum.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- ZAPPS (NCT02738892)
- Where
- 2 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 9,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, Child Rearing
Comparing Children's Books to Brochures for Safe Sleep and Infant Reading Education During Prenatal Care
The aim of this randomized trial is to compare a specially designed children's book to brochures for safe sleep education via clinical providers at a third trimester prenatal obstetric visit.
- Conditions
- Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, Child Rearing, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT04031235
- Testing
- Sleep Baby, Safe and Snug, Read Baby, Every Day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Miscarriage, Stillbirth
Follow-up of Pregnant Women After a Mass Vaccination of Oral Cholera Vaccine (ShancholTM) in Nsanje Malawi
This study, to be carried out immediately following an emergency, reactive cholera vaccination campaign in Nsanje District, Malawi, will be a cohort study to estimate the safety of killed oral cholera vaccine (OCV), in pregnant…
- Conditions
- Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Cholera
- Trial name
- NCT02499172
- Testing
- Shanchol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,758 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
Accelerating Newborn Survival in Ghana Through a Low-dose, High-frequency Health Worker Training Approach
This study assesses the effect of a low-dose, high-frequency training approach on long-term evidence-based skill retention among skilled birth attendants and impact on adverse birth outcomes at hospitals in Ghana.
- Trial name
- NCT03290924
- Testing
- Low dose high frequency health worker training approach, Active Comparison
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
Stillbirth, Placental Insufficiency
Placental Risk Assessment to CusTomize Individualized Pregnancy Care and Evaluation
This is a prospective observational study with the goal of developing and assessing a predictive model of placental insufficiency.
- Trial name
- PRACTICE (NCT07144839)
- Testing
- Data Collection Throughout Pregnancy and Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
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