Clinical trials: Postpartum Sepsis
Puerperal Sepsis, Postpartum Hemorrhage
Assessing Childbirth-related Complications at the Community Level in Kenya
Kenya is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that still experience high maternal mortality. For instance, in 2008/09 maternal mortality ratio was estimated to be 488/100,000 live births.
- Conditions
- Puerperal Sepsis, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, Retained Placenta, Without Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- NCT01665456
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 585 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wilson Liambila
Postpartum Period, Sepsis
Correlation of Survival in Puerperae by Electrical Impedance Tomography
Introduction: Electrical Impedance Tomography (TIE) consists of an equipment that enables the visualization / quantification in real time of the regional distribution of ventilation and pulmonary perfusion, as well as of…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Period, Sepsis, Respiratory Distress Syndrome,Adult, HELLP Syndrome
- Trial name
- COSIPBEIT (NCT03715647)
- Testing
- Sepsis, HELLP Syndrome, Respiratory Distress Syndrome Adult
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Amazon University
Postpartum Sepsis, Postpartum Endometritis
Antibiotic Prophlaxis for High-risk Laboring Women in Low Income Countries
This study, performed over a course of 3 years in 5 collaborating hospitals in Cameroon, Africa, will randomize 750 women in labor with prolonged rupture of membranes ≥ 8 hours or prolonged labor ≥ 18 hours to identical oral…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Sepsis, Postpartum Endometritis, Postpartum Fever
- Trial name
- NCT03248297
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Azithromycin and amoxicillin
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 756 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
HIV Infections, Viremia
Enhanced Virologic Monitoring for Pregnant and Postpartum Women With HIV
The goal of this study is to learn about supporting pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV with treatment adherence. The investigators will conduct a pilot study of an intervention that includes peer counseling about viral…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Viremia, Pregnancy Related
- Trial name
- NCT05845619
- Testing
- Enhanced virologic monitoring
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Improved Accessibility of EmONC Services for Maternal and Newborn Health: a Community Based Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an integrated EmONC package (community mobilization, training of community-based health care providers and a maternal and neonatal health pack) reduce perinatal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Omphalitis, Birth Asphyxia
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01751945)
- Testing
- EmONC package
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Chorioamnionitis, Puerperal Endometritis
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Prelabor Rupture of Membranes at Term
The aims of this study are to determine whether antibiotics administered routinely in women presenting with premature rupture of membranes later than the 37+0 weeks of gestation can alter the rate of maternal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Chorioamnionitis, Puerperal Endometritis, Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis, Neonatal Meningitis
- Trial name
- NCT01633294
- Testing
- Ampicillin + gentamicin
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal
Hiv, Transmission Vertical
Differentiated Service Delivery for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Living With HIV and Their Infants
Differentiated service delivery (DSD) is an evidence-based HIV care and treatment model endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) that simplifies HIV services for clients who are clinically stable, improving the quality and…
- Conditions
- Hiv, Transmission Vertical, Viremia, Health Care Acceptability
- Trial name
- NCT06629753
- Testing
- Differentiated service delivery model
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 278 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Antepartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Hemorrhage
Strengthening Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Services in a Rural District of Pakistan
The Maternal Neonatal and Child health indicators in District Dadu of Pakistan portrays a dismal pictures and after the floods of 2010-2011 the health infrastructure of this district was badly affected.
- Conditions
- Antepartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Anemia, Eclampsia
- Trial name
- SRC (NCT02797353)
- Testing
- Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Interventions
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Obstetric and Perinatal Complications, Postpartum Hemorrhage
A Skills and Drills Intervention for Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care at First Referral Units of North Karnataka
To evaluate the effectiveness of a First Referral Unit (FRU) Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) skills and drills intervention, to estimate the appropriateness and effectiveness of referrals in intervention arm compared…
- Conditions
- Obstetric and Perinatal Complications, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Preeclampsia/Eclampsia, Obstructed/Prolonged Labor
- Trial name
- NCT01865656
- Testing
- Skills training, Emergency obstetric drills, Revised Case Sheets
- Volunteers
- 15,018 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Maternal Sepsis, Infections
EnCoRe MoMS: Engaging Communities to Reduce Morbidity From Maternal Sepsis (Aim 1)
Sepsis is the second leading cause of maternal death in the U.S. Labor and postpartum are particularly vulnerable risk periods. The goal of this multi-center, multidisciplinary study is to evaluate a maternal sepsis safety bundle.
- Trial name
- NCT06145724
- Testing
- Maternal Sepsis Safety Bundle
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 33,183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
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
Maternal Death, Neonatal Death
Evaluating the Effects of SMS Text Messaging Support System Among Frontline Health Workers in Ghana
Introduction Maternal and neonatal mortality continue to be to be prominent public health issues in sub Saharan Africa including Ghana, with slow progress made towards attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 \& 5.
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Neonatal Death, Postpartum Haemorrhage, Pre-eclampsia
- Trial name
- Accelerate (NCT02468310)
- Testing
- Maternal and neonatal emergency protocols
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 65,831 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hannah Brown Amoakoh
Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Sepsis
Prevention of Perinatal Sepsis (PoPS): Evaluation of Chlorhexidine Wipes of Birth Canal and Newborn
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether use of the disinfectant chlorhexidine administered to the birth canal during labour and newborn at delivery can protect a woman and her baby from bacterial infections after birth.
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Sepsis, Puerperal Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00136370
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine, Birth canal wipe, sterile water external genital wipe
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention