Clinical trials: Puerperal Disorder
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
Postpartum Period
Social Media Use and Motherhood
This study aims to analyze the relationship between social media use, body image disorders, sexuality, sleep quality, and physical activity during the postpartum period.
- Trial name
- NCT07715019
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University of Salamanca
Anoxia-Ischemia, Brain, Neonatal Encephalopathy
Neonate Cerebral Activity in Immediate Post Partum
Neonatal anoxia-ischemia causes significant neurodevelopmental disorders. In this study the investigators want to better understand the interactions between the nervous and the hemodynamic cerebral systems during the adaptation…
- Trial name
- POSTPARTUM (NCT04225975)
- Testing
- electroencephalogram, oxymetry
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Obesity, Pregnancy Related
Optimizing Health From Pregnancy Through One Year Postpartum
This study will evaluate the impact of different combinations of intervention as a function of gestational weight gain in pregnant woman. Participants will be randomized at two points during the study.
- Trial name
- HABIT (NCT03069690)
- Testing
- HABITpreg, HABITpost
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Suspected, Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Confirmed
Northwell Health Visits: A Family Connects Pilot Implementation at Northwell Health
Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is a three year pilot replication of the evidence-based model, Family Connects, which is a brief universal Nurse Practitioner home visiting program for new mothers and their infants.
- Conditions
- Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Suspected, Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Confirmed, Postpartum Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03887910
- Testing
- Enhanced Intervention, Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Multiple Sclerosis
Preventive Use of COrticosteroids During the Post-Partum in Relapsing MS Patients (COPP-MS)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is most prevalent among women of childbearing age. The post-partum (PP) period is a critical phase in MS patients, during which a recrudescence of disease activity is expected.
- Trial name
- COPP-MS (NCT03917589)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Post Partum Depression
Relationship-Based Intervention for Post-Partum Depression
A short term dyadic psychotherapy intervention for mothers with Post-Partum depression and their babies in the first year of life was developed.
- Trial name
- NCT04193462
- Testing
- Post-partum depression- Dyadic psychotherapy-, Post-partum depression- Psycho-educational therapy
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Postpartum CVD Risk in Women With Previous Preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia and Circulating Biomarkers
In order to assess circulating biomarkers of cardiovascular risk, we will conduct a 10-year follow-up study comparing 32 exposed (women with a history of pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia) and 32 unexposed (women with a…
- Trial name
- NCT02136667
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Uterine Atony
ED90 Determination of Carbetocin for the Prevention of Uterine Atony in Women Undergoing an Elective Cesarean Delivery
The purpose of this trial is to determine the effective dose of carbetocin which would prevent the occurrence of postpartum uterine atony in 90% of women undergoing an elective cesarean delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT01579201
- Testing
- Carbetocin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Effectiveness, Safety and Feasibility of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives' (ANM) Use of Oxytocin in Uniject™ to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage in India
This cluster randomized community-based trial is designed to test the hypothesis that the intramuscular administration of 10 IU of oxytocin in Uniject™ during the third stage of labor by an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) at births…
- Trial name
- NCT01108302
- Testing
- Oxytocin in Uniject
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postpartum Depression
Mobile Phone Based Peer Support to Prevent Postpartum Depression Among Adolescent Mothers
This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile phone based peer support intervention among adolescent mothers.
- Trial name
- NCT02818075
- Testing
- Mobile Phone Based Peer Support, Usual Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Buccal Misoprostol During Cesarean Section for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage
Objective: to demonstrate that buccal misoprostol administration during cesarean delivery in women with risk factors for uterine atony decreases the need for additional uterotonic medications, uterine atony and postpartum…
- Trial name
- NCT01733329
- Testing
- Misoprostol, Folic Acid
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperal Disorders
Effects of Pregnancy and Childbirth on Pelvic Floor Morphology and Sexual Function in Egyptian Women
To evaluate levator ani muscle morphology following normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section (elective and emergent), using three-dimensional (3D) transperineal ultrasound, and to study the effect of mode of delivery on…
- Trial name
- NCT02245386
- Testing
- transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Al-Azhar University
Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, Gestational Hypertension
Community Health Worker Support to Lower Blood Pressure After a Pregnancy With High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure during or after pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, eclampsia, or Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelet (HELLP) syndrome) raises a mother's risk of heart disease later in…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, Eclampsia
- Trial name
- AW2H (NCT07778966)
- Testing
- Alabama Womb to Heart Solution (AW2H) Community Health Worker (CHW) Program, Usual postpartum care with self-measured blood pressure education and home blood pressure monitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Prevention & Control
KAN-DO: A Family-based Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention (KAN-DO: Kids \& Adults Now - Defeat Obesity) encouraging postpartum mothers and their preschool-aged children to work together to promote healthy eating…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Prevention & Control, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- KAN-DO (NCT00563264)
- Testing
- KAN-DO
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 832 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Early Skin-to-skin Contact, Psychological Distress
Effects of the Couplet Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This is a quasi-experimental before and after intervention study taking place in the level III NICU of Turku University Hospital in Finland to evaluate the effects of the Couplet Care, a care model which provides maternal and…
- Conditions
- Early Skin-to-skin Contact, Psychological Distress, Parenting, Preterm Infant
- Trial name
- NCT05655104
- Testing
- Couplet Care
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Pelvic Floor Disorders
Treatment of Scars and Dysfunctions of the Pelvic Floor in Postpartum
Recruitment of patients who have suffered third- and fourth-degree perineal tear during childbirth, and who have given birth at the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (Santander, Spain).
- Trial name
- NoRFor (NCT04098965)
- Testing
- Pysiotherapy techniques, physician treatment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de León
HIV/AIDS
A Peer-Led Intervention to Improve Postpartum Retention in HIV Care
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a theory-driven peer intervention for pregnant and postpartum women living HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT04168008
- Testing
- WISH Adherence, WISH Parenting
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Hypertension in Pregnancy
Understanding Blood Pressure Changes After Birth
Research Question How does maternal blood pressure respond in the postpartum period for women who had a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy? Aim To evaluate the recovery of maternal blood pressure after a pregnancy affected by new…
- Trial name
- NCT05137808
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
Mastitis
Study of Acupuncture and Care Interventions for the Treatment of Breast Inflammation During Breastfeeding
The objective of the study was to test the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment hastens recovery time from inflammatory symptoms of the breast during breastfeeding.
- Trial name
- NCT00405158
- Testing
- Acupuncture treatment, Administration of oxytocin nasal spray, Improved breast milk removal
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Karlstad University