Clinical trials: Perinatal Death
Prenatal Care, Premature Birth
Biological Markers of Disease in the Prediction of Preterm Delivery, Preeclampsia and Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation: A Longtitudinal Study
Preterm delivery, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction are leading causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Efforts to treat these syndromes have not been effective, most likely becuase these obstetric…
- Trial name
- NCT00340899
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 19,134 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Palliative Care
End of Life Care in Neonatal Intensive Unite
In China, neonatal death on 2019 was 3.5 per 1000 live births, which counts around 57,000 deaths. In mainland China, parents are mostly the main decision-makers in withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in infants and…
- Trial name
- NCT05270915
- Testing
- Family supportive care in EOLC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Hunan Children's Hospital
Maternal Sepsis During Labor, Hemorrhage, Postpartum
Scaling Up an Integrated Approach to Improve Delivery Care in North Guatemala With Stepped Wedge Design
"¡Que Vivan las Madres!: Venga a tener su parto al CAP" (QVLM) is a guatemalan quasi-experimental study that has been performed from January 2014 to January 2017 by the Epidemiological Research Center in Sexual and Reproductive…
- Conditions
- Maternal Sepsis During Labor, Hemorrhage, Postpartum, Eclampsia; Complicating Pregnancy, Pre-Eclampsia
- Trial name
- QVLM (NCT03151070)
- Testing
- QVLM Intervention package
- Volunteers
- 32,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Juan de Dios Guatemala
Infection
Determination of Gentamicin Dosing in Neonatal Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine what dosage of gentamicin for use in one-time administration device (Uniject) is appropriate.
- Trial name
- NCT00198601
- Testing
- Gentamicin in Uniject Pre-filled syringe
- Where
- 3 sites in Bangladesh, India and 1 more
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Safety Issues, Effect of Drugs
Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells Transfusion in Neonates
To study the safety and efficacy of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells transfusion on clinical outcome in preterm infants
- Conditions
- Safety Issues, Effect of Drugs, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- NCT03053076
- Testing
- Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells Therapy, 0.9% Sodium Chloride
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Guangdong Women and Children Hospital
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 Death
Evaluation of Enhanced Delivery and Newborn Kit
The evidence is required to assess the effectiveness of enhanced delivery and newborn kits as compared to standard delivery kits in the flood affected districts that can increase the utilization of services and reduce the delays…
- Trial name
- NCT05640063
- Testing
- Enhanced Delivery and Newborn kit
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- 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.
Hypothermia, Morbidity
Perinatal Hypothermia, Risk Factors and Long-Term Consequences in Guinea-Bissau, Westafrica
Low body temperature (hypothermia (HT)) at birth contributes to infant mortality in low-income countries. A study from Guinéa-Bissau indicates that HT results in an increased mortality rate, which persist at least two months…
- Conditions
- Hypothermia, Morbidity, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00429000
- Testing
- thermospot
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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
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
Stillbirth and Fetal Death, Termination of Pregnancy
A Feasibility Study of Virtopsy With Tissue Sampling in Besancon University Hospital
The aim of this project is to assess the feasibility of a new local post mortem procedure at Besançon University Hospital : Virtopsy+, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with tissue sampling of the fetus and newborns.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth and Fetal Death, Termination of Pregnancy, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- VIRTOPSY+ (NCT03877900)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Brain Injuries, Congenital Heart Disease
Protecting Brains and Saving Futures - the PBSF Protocol
Background: Multiple neonatal disorders are associated with risks of neurological injury. Thus, management of these infants should involve a coordinated approach to permit early diagnosis with improved clinical care.
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Congenital Heart Disease, Newborn Morbidity, Intraventricular Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- PBSF (NCT03786497)
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 2,268 people
- Sponsor
- Protecting Brains Saving Futures
Microbial Colonization, Extreme Prematurity
NICU Antibiotics and Outcomes Trial
The goal of the NANO trial is to study the longstanding clinical practice of empirically administering intravenous antibiotics to extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants in the first days of life.
- Conditions
- Microbial Colonization, Extreme Prematurity, Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis, Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis
- Trial name
- NANO (NCT03997266)
- Testing
- Ampicillin, Gentamycin, Normal saline
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 359 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Morowitz
Intraventricular Haemorrhage Neonatal, Death; Neonatal
Premature Infants Receiving Milking or Delayed Cord Clamping: PREMOD2
This study is being done to find out whether umbilical cord milking (UCM) is at least as good as or better than delayed cord clamping (DCC) to reduce bleeding in the brain or prevent death in premature newborns.
- Trial name
- PREMOD2 (NCT03019367)
- Testing
- Umbilical cord milking UCM, Delayed cord clamping DCC
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,201 people
- Sponsor
- Sharp HealthCare
Preeclampsia
Low Dose Aspirin for the Prevention of Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is one of the three leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality all over the world. The use of low dose aspirin has been mentioned in several studies with promising results.
- Trial name
- NCT01890005
- Testing
- Aspirin
- Where
- Panama
- Volunteers
- 476 people
- Sponsor
- Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama
Pregnancy
Cluster-randomized Trial Measuring Integration of Professional Midwives and Obstetric Nurses in Rural Clinics in Mexico
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
- NCT01477541
- Testing
- PM/ON integration
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
Perinatal Mortality Outcomes Through Household Infection Pathways
The goal of this trial is to learn if replacing household soil floors with concrete floors can prevent deaths of infants around the time of birth, including stillbirths and deaths in the first month of life in rural Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality, Infant Mortality, Child Mortality
- Trial name
- POTH (NCT07620613)
- Testing
- Concrete household floor
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Mobile WACh NEO: Mobile Solutions for Neonatal Health and Maternal Support
To improve neonatal mortality, it is critical to engage families, especially mothers, in essential newborn care (ENC) and appropriate care-seeking for neonatal illness as well as to support maternal mental health and…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04598165
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 6 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 5,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island