Clinical trials: Postnatal Care
Supportive Care
The Effect of Transtheoretical Model-Based Motivational Interviewing on Postpartum Contraception
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of transtheoretical model-based antenatal and postnatal motivational interviewing on contraceptive self-efficacy, contraceptive attitude, and postpartum contraception use.
- Trial name
- NCT06521138
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing group, Control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Hygiene
Reducing Visitors- and Personnel-associated Infection Risk on Perinatal Care Station
The rate of infectious diseases (amnioninfection syndrome (AIS), fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS), early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS)) in perinatal care / neonatology is steadily rising in Germany.
- Trial name
- NCT03032887
- Testing
- voice prompts, agitation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Maternal Health, Gender
The Effectiveness of Multi-pronged Interventions to Improve Institutional Delivery in South Ethiopia
This study aims to improve the health and safety of mothers during pregnancy and childbirth by working closely with their husbands.
- Trial name
- NCT07133321
- Testing
- Husband Group Health education., Helping Mothers Survive + RMC
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,680 people
- Sponsor
- Prof Yves Jacquemyn
High Perinatal Mortality, High Neonatal Mortality
Measuring the Impact of a Mobile Health System to Support Healthy Pregnancies and Improve Newborn Survival
The purpose of this community-based randomized controlled trial is to test whether the mCARE-II intervention package, delivered by the existing Government of Bangladesh community health workforce, will improve neonatal and…
- Conditions
- High Perinatal Mortality, High Neonatal Mortality, Low Antenatal Care Service Utilization, Low Postnatal Care Service Utilization
- Trial name
- mCARE-II (NCT02909179)
- Testing
- mCARE-II
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 113,539 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Family Planning Services, Post Partum Depression
Mental and Reproductive Health Integration and Access
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether an integrated package of mental health screening, brief psychosocial support, and family planning counseling delivered within routine postnatal care can improve reproductive and…
- Trial name
- MARIA (NCT07659509)
- Testing
- MARIA Integrated Maternal Mental Health and Family Planning Package
- Where
- 2 sites in Jordan
- Volunteers
- 920 people
- Sponsor
- Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network
Postnatal Complication
Family Led Postnatal Care in Ethiopia
Family-led Postnatal Care-FPNC A midwife involves families and uses a visual checklist to assess and counsel. The midwife then gives families the checklist along with information on how to retrieve a "homecare kit" that has a…
- Trial name
- FPNC (NCT05563974)
- Testing
- Family led postnatal care
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
Perinatal Population Health
Enhancing Perinatal Population Health Through Community Care Hubs
Enhancing Perinatal Population Health through Community Care Hubs (CARE) is designed to test system level, organizational level, and workforce level strategies that may activate individual, community health worker (CHW), CHW…
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT07869212)
- Testing
- Integrated Data Systems, Learning Collaborative, Resiliency Skill Building
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Infant Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The Effects of a Caregiver-initiated Reading Intervention to Their Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a caregiver-initiated reading intervention to their infant, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), on the caregiver-infant dyad, both during hospitalization and…
- Trial name
- NCT07789145
- Testing
- Reading Intervention
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), Postnatal AKI
NIRS Monitoring in the NICU and AKI
The primary objective of this study is to describe the pattern of renal tissue oxygen saturation (SrSO2) using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in premature infants <30 weeks gestational age.
- Trial name
- NCT07222722
- Testing
- NIRS Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
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
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth
Group Antenatal/Postnatal Care in Rwanda
The focus of this work is to improve antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) at the health center level in five districts in Rwanda (Bugesera, Burera, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, and Rubavu).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi Rwanda (NCT03154177)
- Testing
- Group ANC/PNC, Ultrasound+Pregnancy Testing
- Where
- 2 sites in Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 26,381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Intervention
Effect of Culturally Tailored Health Education on Postnatal Care Use Among Postpartum Women in Ethiopia
This clinical study aims to find out if a redesigned health education program-one that respects local cultural beliefs and is based on well-known behavior change theories-can help improve how well mothers care for their newborns…
- Trial name
- ECTHE (NCT07095296)
- Testing
- Health Education
- Volunteers
- 864 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Postnatal Growth
Silicone Earplugs for VLBW Newborns in Intensive Care
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of individual noise reduction using silicone earplugs for very low birthweight newborns in neonatal intensive care on growth and development.
- Trial name
- NCT00565357
- Testing
- Silicone Earplugs, Control
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Fear of Childbirth, Pregnancy
Fear of Childbirth - Comparison of Two Treatments
Childbirth related fear is a public health issue strongly related to subsequent reproduction, a request for caesarean section and women's and children's health.
- Trial name
- NCT02306434
- Testing
- Therapy by iCBT, Standard care-counselling
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 258 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
High-risk Pregnancy, Hospitalization
LLM-Generated Medical Summaries During Hospitalization to Improve Patient Activation in High-Risk Pregnancies
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if AI-generated medical summaries help hospitalized pregnant participants better understand and actively participate in their own care.
- Conditions
- High-risk Pregnancy, Hospitalization, Patient Activation, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Trial name
- NCT07823517
- Testing
- LLM-Generated Medical Summaries
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
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
Newborn Health, Multiple Micronutrient Deficiencies During Pregnancy
The MOM-CARE Trial : Evaluating Antenatal and Postnatal MMSPlus for Improved Infant Birth and Growth Outcomes
This clinical trial aims to learn if MMS Plus improves infant health compared to standard MMS during pregnancy and the postnatal period in women living in peri-urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Newborn Health, Multiple Micronutrient Deficiencies During Pregnancy, Nutrition During Pregnancy, Adaptive Trial
- Trial name
- MOM-CARE (NCT07029282)
- Testing
- MMS, MMS Plus, IFA
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization
Health and Wellness After Preterm Birth
This study continues an adaptation of the behavioral intervention Care Coordination After Preterm Birth (CCAPB). This is a pragmatic pilot randomized controlled feasibility trial of CCAPB with baseline and post-intervention…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization, Tobacco Use, Contraceptive Usage
- Trial name
- NCT05756634
- Testing
- Care Coordination after Preterm Birth (CCAPB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Postpartum Period
Mirena Intrauterine System Timing of Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial
In order to determine the timing of LNG-IUS insertion that results in a greater proportion of women using the LNG-IUS at 6-months post-partum, we will perform a randomized control trial of interval versus immediate post-placenta…
- Trial name
- MISTIC (NCT01272960)
- Testing
- Post-Placenta Mirena Insertion, Interval Insertion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Pregnancy, High Risk
PRISMA Maternal and Newborn Health Study
Access to quality antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC), including maternal, newborn, and infant services, is integral to reducing adverse pregnancy-related health outcomes and promoting positive birth experiences.
- Trial name
- PRiSMA-MNH (NCT05904145)
- Where
- 5 sites in Ghana, India and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 267,897 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University