Clinical trials: Maternal Mortality
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
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
Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure
Women First: Preconception Maternal Nutrition
Multi-country three-arm, individually randomized, non-masked, controlled trial to ascertain the benefits of ensuring optimal maternal nutrition before conception and providing an evidence base for programmatic priority directed…
- Conditions
- Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- WF (NCT01883193)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Maternal Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 7,374 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Neonatal Mortality, Maternal Mortality
Impact of New Tools of Simulation-enhanced Peer Learning on Neonatal and Maternal Mortality
In the vast majority of developing nations, frontline birth attendants are often the only care providers responsible for newborn care including newborn resuscitation, thermal care, feeding and administration of medications.
- Trial name
- Sim-II (NCT04904380)
- Testing
- Active peer learning
- Volunteers
- 3,456 people
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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 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.
Maternal Mortality
Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and…
- Trial name
- NCT01487707
- Testing
- Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program, Safe Birth Kit, Community Folk Media Campaigns
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Neonatal SEPSIS, Perinatal Mortality
Outcomes in Spontaneous and ART Twin Pregnancies
During the last decades, assisted reproductive technique has been transformed from a miracle to real and has become widely used for treatment human infertility. this was associated with increased the rate of twin pregnancies
- Conditions
- Neonatal SEPSIS, Perinatal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT03590483
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Hawler Medical University
Infant Mortality, Under-two Mortality
Integrating Pediatric Care Delivery in Rural Healthcare Systems
Globally, over seven million children under the age of five die each year, although a suite of interventions-safe delivery care, neonatal care and resuscitation, and management of childhood diarrhea, malnutrition, and…
- Trial name
- NCT02331082
- Testing
- Structured Quality Improvement, Chronic Care Model, Integrated Electronic Medical Record
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Possible
Maternal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
Evaluation of a Smartphone Application to Reduce Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Ethiopia
The purpose of this trial is to determine if the safe delivery smartphone application distributed to health workers in Ethiopia will decrease perinatal mortality and the incidence of postpartum haemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT01945931
- Testing
- Safe Delivery Smartphone Application
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,601 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality (All Cause)
MNCH Programming in Southwest Uganda Maternal and Child Health In Bushenyi and Rubirizi Districts, UGANDA
The investigators will assess whether in Bushenyi District in southwestern Uganda, a two year intervention providing comprehensive MNCH programming will: Reduce morbidity and mortality for children under five years old and…
- Trial name
- HCUM (NCT01571765)
- Testing
- MNCH programming in health district
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 10,985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care: The EmONC Trial
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by increasing access to and improving the quality of obstetric and neonatal care for pregnant women in study clusters.
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01073488)
- Testing
- Community Mobilization, HBLSS and facility improvement
- Where
- 7 sites in Argentina, Guatemala and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 267,181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
¨Maternal Morbidity¨, ¨Perinatal Mortality¨
A Study to Measure the Effectiveness of an Intervention Package Aiming to Decrease Perinatal Mortality and Increase Institution-based Obstetric Care Among Indigenous Populations in Guatemala
A matched pair cluster-randomized trial of this intervention package will be conducted in four rural and indigenous districts (Huehuetenango, Quiche, Alta Verapaz and San Marcos) of the Republic of Guatemala, using the health…
- Trial name
- NCT01653626
- Testing
- package of 3 interventions
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Juan de Dios Guatemala
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
Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality
Post Partum Maternal and Neonatal Intervention Package
Introduction of a community-based intervention package including prevention strategies, early recognition and management of common postpartum \& neonatal problems, as well as prompt referral of high risk/complicated cases through…
- Conditions
- Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT01389219
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
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