Clinical trials: Behavior, Infant
Sexual and Gender Minorities, Pregnancy Complications
Physical and Mental Health Among Sexual and Gender Minorities During Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum
Mental illness increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes (e.g. preterm birth), obstetric complications (e.g. emergency caesarean, birth injuries), and birth trauma.
- Conditions
- Sexual and Gender Minorities, Pregnancy Complications, Obstetric Complication, Psychological Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT05354284
- Testing
- online questionnaire
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Premature Infants
Therapeutic Touch in Premature Infants
Preterm birth is associated with increased physiological instability, stress responses, and developmental vulnerability due to immature organ systems and prolonged exposure to invasive procedures and environmental stressors in…
- Trial name
- NCT07363785
- Testing
- Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Preterm Birth Complication, Infant Self-regulation
Effects of a Parent-Mediated Self-Regulation Support Intervention in Preterm Infants
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a parent-mediated self-regulation support intervention on self-regulation skills in preterm infants and on parenting stress, perceived social support, and parental cooperation.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth Complication, Infant Self-regulation, Parenting Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07850297
- Testing
- Parent-Mediated Self-Regulation Support Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feryal Savcı
Obesity
Building Social Networks to Enhance Postpartum Weight Loss and Appropriate Infant Feeding Practices
The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can use social networks to spread health information and health behaviors that 1) support women in returning to their pre-pregnancy weight after delivery; and 2) promote healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT01081340
- Testing
- Social network building intervention, Home visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
MomZing Exercise Videos Online, Standard Exercise DVD
A Home Exercise Program for Women With Infants & Young Children
This Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer(STTR) project will develop and test the effectiveness of an interactive web program optimized for use on a Internet connected television(TV), titled Moms Exercising or (MomZing)…
- Trial name
- MamaMove (NCT01738984)
- Testing
- MomZing Web Program, Standard Exercise DVD
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 499 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Pediatric Obesity
Pediatric Obesity and the Infant Microbiome (BEACH)
The impact of breastfeeding on the infant microbiome in vaginally and Cesarean delivered offspring from obese and normal weight mothers.
- Trial name
- BEACH (NCT02843087)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Premature Birth
Improving Brain Development in Medically Healthy Premature Infants
Premature infants born between 28 and 33 weeks' gestation often have significant brain damage. Brain damage can be caused by the much greater stimulation the infant receives in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00065364
- Testing
- Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Breastfeeding
Frenotomy of the Labial Frenulum in Infants With Breastfeeding Difficulties
Upper lingual frenulum have been implicated as a cause for pain during breastfeeding and latch problems. The investigators hypothesize that performing frenotomy of the frenulum may improve breastfeeding.
- Trial name
- NCT00970255
- Testing
- Lingual Frenulum frenotomy
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Vitamin D Deficiency
Maternal Vit D Supplements & Infant and Maternal Biomarkers & Outcomes in Southern Ethiopia
Synthesis of vitamin D in the skin through the action of sunlight is a major source of vitamin D in parts of the world where foods are not fortified with the vitamin.
- Trial name
- NCT02210884
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition
Impact of Maternal Stress on Infant Stunting
This study takes place in rural Mam-Mayan communities of Guatemala characterized by high rates of childhood stunting. It aims to characterize women's exposure to nutrition, infection and psychosocial stressors vs.
- Conditions
- Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition, Physiological Stress, Emotional Stress
- Trial name
- NCT02755012
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Complication of Surgical Procedure
Measurement of Feeding Experience for Infants With Non-Oral Feedings
Feeding that circumvents the oral cavity drastically alters the infant's feeding experience (pre, intra and post feeding) and may lead to oral feeding difficulty.
- Trial name
- NCT02030951
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Childhood Obesity
Josef Ressel Centre Perinatal Programming
Background: Metabolic imprinting through early childhood nutrition seems to play an important role in the aetiology of obesity. Overweight at age two and later in life is associated with excessive weight gain as early as three…
- Trial name
- JRP (NCT03634930)
- Testing
- observation
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Moenie van der Kleyn
Cystic Fibrosis in Children, Cystic Fibrosis
Impacts of the Covid-19 Epidemic and Associated Lockdown Measures on the Management, Health and Behaviors of Cystic Fibrosis Patients During the 2020 Epidemic
Impacts of the Covid-19 epidemic and associated lockdown measures on the management, health and behaviors of cystic fibrosis patients during the 2020 epidemic
- Trial name
- MUCONFIN (NCT04463628)
- Testing
- Questionnaire, Interview
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 746 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Bottle Feeding
GrowWell - Responsive Bottle Feeding
The overall goal of this research is use digital health to augment the clinical encounter with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinicians and prevent rapid infant weight gain among children living in low-income households.
- Trial name
- NCT06319807
- Testing
- Digital Health Intervention, Safety Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Breastfeeding Difficulties, Maternal Breastfeeding Motivation
Structured Breastfeeding Education In Infants With Breast Refusal
This randomized controlled trial aims to examine the effects of structured breastfeeding education supported by midwives on the sucking skills of infants experiencing nipple refusal, maternal breastfeeding motivation, and…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding Difficulties, Maternal Breastfeeding Motivation, Nipple Refusal, Mother-infant Bonding
- Trial name
- NCT07496307
- Testing
- Structured Breastfeeding Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Postpartum Period, Contraception Behavior
Use of a Reproductive Life Planning Tool at the Pediatric Well-Baby Visit With Postpartum Women
Improved access to timely health care and contraception in the postpartum (PP) period is needed to reduce unintended pregnancies and help women achieve desired birth spacing.
- Conditions
- Postpartum Period, Contraception Behavior, Women's Health, Primary Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT03448289
- Testing
- RLPT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Anxiety Fear, Prenatal Depression
Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-S™): A Prenatal Program for Decreasing Maternal Anxiety and Depression
The M-O-M-S project evaluates the effectiveness of the M-O-M-S program for improving birth outcomes and maternal-infant attachment and role satisfaction in a large military sample.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Fear, Prenatal Depression, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- M-O-M-S (NCT03393637)
- Testing
- Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-S)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,717 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Incarnate Word
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Breast Milk and Infant Growth Among Lean, Overweight and Diabetic Mothers
Childhood obesity is a critical global public health concern. Breastfeeding is the ideal choice for infant nutrition. However, rapid and excess weight gain during infancy predicts later, even among breastfed infants.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes
- Trial name
- MIG (NCT01693406)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Social Communication
Baby Navigator Intervention to Improve Outcomes of Toddlers With Communication Delays
A confluence of empirical research on poverty, environmental risk factors, and brain development shows that early experiences are uniquely powerful in the first years of life, providing further impetus for early detection and…
- Trial name
- CD-R21 (NCT05215145)
- Testing
- Baby Navigator Bundle, Baby Navigator Bundle + Individual-ESI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University