Clinical trials: Maternal Deaths
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
Maternal Deaths, Neonatal Deaths
Using Ongoing Newborn Intervention Trials to Obtain Additional Data Critical to Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Health in a Harmonized Way
The goal of this study is to generate unique information to guide improvements on interventions to reduce maternal and newborn mortality as well as prevent stillbirths.
- Conditions
- Maternal Deaths, Neonatal Deaths, Still Births
- Trial name
- AMANHI (NCT01699945)
- Testing
- This is an observational study being conducted as a substudy of antoher trial.
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,258 people
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
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
Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Low Dose Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia
The purpose of this study is to assess, in pregnant women with calcium-poor diets, what is the effectiveness of low-dose (500 mg/day) calcium supplements associated with an educational intervention, compared to the educational…
- Conditions
- Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Dietary Calcium Deficiency
- Trial name
- AMCAL (NCT02338687)
- Testing
- calcium, Educational sessions
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Maternal Death
Critically-Ill Women Admitted to an Obstetric High Dependency Unit in a Resource-Limited Setting
Sierra Leone faces the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world. Despite this extreme burden, the potential roles of obstetric critical care and high dependency units (HDUs) in this and other resource-limited settings remain…
- Trial name
- NCT04121234
- Testing
- Exposure: " being admitted to HDU with a red code to OEWS"
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 523 people
- Sponsor
- Doctors with Africa - CUAMM
Pregnancy Related, Maternal Health
Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms
This project-also known as "Accountability for Care through Undoing Racism \& Equity for Moms" or ACURE4Moms-aims to reduce Black-White maternal health disparities using multi-level interventions designed to decrease bias in…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Low Birthweight
- Trial name
- ACURE4Moms (NCT05484804)
- Testing
- Data Accountability and Transparency, Community-Based Doula (CBD) Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Health Disparities
The Maternal Health Multilevel Intervention for Racial Equity (MIRACLE) Project
This community-partnered study will scale a community, provider, and system-level implementation intervention to reduce African American maternal morbidity and mortality disparities in two Michigan counties (Genesee and Kent).
- Trial name
- MIRACLE (NCT05386316)
- Testing
- Multilevel intervention for racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality, Standard Enhanced Prenatal Care (EPC) services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 540,000 people
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
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
Maternal Mortality, Access to Health Care
Project to Use Community Health Workers to Reduce Maternal Deaths
The purpose of this trial is to establish if several interventions will help women in rural Tanzania access health care services during pregnancy and at the time of delivery.
- Trial name
- EWH (NCT03024905)
- Testing
- Village meeting and travel vouchers, Birth kit with misoprostol
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality
Impact of Maternal Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplementation on Maternal and Infant Mortality in Bangladesh
The purpose of this trial is to determine whether providing women with a weekly oral supplement of vitamin A, either preformed or as beta-carotene, at a dosage equivalent to a recommended intake from early pregnancy through three…
- Conditions
- Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00198822
- Testing
- Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplements
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 59,666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome
BioThrax® (Anthrax) Vaccine in Pregnancy Registry
The purpose of this study is to determine if inadvertent receipt of the BioThrax vaccine during pregnancy is independently associated with adverse maternal, pregnancy, or infant health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Congenital Abnormalities
- Trial name
- NCT01653392
- Testing
- Observational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emergent BioSolutions
Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality
Trial of the Impact of Vitamin A on Maternal Mortality
Main objectives: To evaluate the impact of weekly vitamin A supplementation (VAS) to women of reproductive age (15-45 years) on maternal mortality in rural Ghana, and to compare this with the impact on overall mortality.
- Conditions
- Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
- Trial name
- ObaapaVitA (NCT00211341)
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Maternal Health, Neonatal Health
Improving Maternal and Neonatal Care-seeking Through a Video-informed Training Session During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a video-informed training session on maternal and newborn health care seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire.
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Neonatal Health, Pregnancy, Postpartum Care
- Trial name
- Taabo T3 (NCT07819201)
- Testing
- Information video and planning session
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Antenatal Care and Delivery
Increasing Women's Access to Skilled Pregnancy Care to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
Background: Nigeria has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths in the world. The country contributes 14% of all maternal deaths worldwide, second only to India.
- Trial name
- NCT02643953
- Testing
- Incentives, Community
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Death, Infant, Morbidity;Infant
Trial to Compare Two Strains of BCG
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare BCG-Japan versus BCG-Russia 1:1 in 15,000 infants with respect to…
- Trial name
- STRAIN III (NCT04383925)
- Testing
- BCG-Japan, BCG-Russia
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 16,390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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
Infection, Cesarean Section Complications
Maternal Cesarian Section Infection (MACSI) in Sierra Leone
Up to 1 in 5 women in Africa who deliver their baby by cesarean section get a wound infection. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are largely preventable, but they represent a considerable burden for health-care systems…
- Conditions
- Infection, Cesarean Section Complications, Site Infection, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- MACSI (NCT03929991)
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Doctors with Africa - CUAMM
Stillbirth, Fetal Death
Investigating the Structured Use of Ultrasound Scanning for Fetal Growth
Fetal growth restriction during pregnancy represents one of the biggest risk factors for stillbirth (Gardosi et al, 2013), with 'about one in three term, normally formed antepartum stillbirths are related to abnormalities of…
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Fetal Death, Fetal Growth Retardation, Small for Gestational Age
- Trial name
- OxGRIP (NCT03662178)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Pregnancy Related Complications
PRONTO: Obstetric and Neonatal Emergency Training Program: A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Measure Impact
Rates and causes of maternal mortality in Mexico have dropped only slightly; thus, reaching the internationally established Millennium Development Milestones (MDM) is still a distant goal.
- Trial name
- PRONTO (NCT01477554)
- Testing
- PRONTO training
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico