Clinical trials: Birth Weight
Weight Change
Weight Change Among Users of Three Progestin-Only Methods of Contraception Over a 12-Month Time Period
The purpose of this study is to learn whether women who use progestin-only methods of birth control such as the contraceptive implant (Implanon), the levonorgestral-releasing IUS (Mirena), or depot medroxyprogesterone…
- Trial name
- BMI (NCT01592058)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 427 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
PREG1, Obesity
Pilot Study: Identification of a Multi-omic Predictive Signature for Preterm Birth in Obese African American Women
1. Determine if the stool or vaginal microbiome and urinary metabolite profiles in a pregnant obese population of African American women differ from their pregnant non-obese counterparts 2.
- Trial name
- NCT03181555
- Testing
- Exploratory
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Exposures Associated With Pregnancy, Delivery and Lactation
Impact of Perinatal Exposure to Non-caloric Sweeteners on Food Preferences and Weight Gain in the First Year of Life
During last years, non-caloric sweeteners (NCSs) have been increasingly incorporated into foodstuffs in replacement of sucrose in Chile.
- Trial name
- NCT03972176
- Volunteers
- 315 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Overconsumption, Obesity
Nutri-score Labels on the Nutritional Quality of Out-of-home Food Selection
Participants will be asked to make hypothetical food choices in an online simulation study of an OOH delivery app. This study will be a three-arm randomised controlled design, with intervention type as the 3-level grouping…
- Trial name
- NCT07423845
- Testing
- Labelling condition - Calorie labelling, Labelling condition - Nutri-score labelling, Labelling condition: Nutri-score labelling + educational intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 870 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Cesarean Section Complications
Effect of Three Weight-adjusted Vasopressors for Elective Cesarean Delivery
This study compared the effects of prophylactic infusion of metaraminol, phenylephrine and norepinephrine adjusted according to body weight on fetal acid-base balance and maternal hemodynamics.
- Trial name
- NCT04991662
- Testing
- metaraminol, Phenylephrine, Norepinephrine
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xuzhou Medical University
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
HIV, Obesity
Obesogenic Origins of Maternal and Child Metabolic Health Involving Dolutegravir
A total of 1900 pregnant women in the 1st trimester and their children will be enrolled and followed for two years (ORCHID study main cohort).
- Conditions
- HIV, Obesity, Obesity, Infant, Maternal Obesity During Childbirth
- Trial name
- ORCHID (NCT04991402)
- Testing
- Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,920 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Low Birth Weight, Perinatology
Effect of Delayed Cord Clamping on Haematological Status in Low Birth Weight Infants
Delayed cord clamping (DCC, clamping after cessation of pulsations in the cord around 2-3 min after delivery) is effective in increasing (low birth weight) infant haemoglobin and iron status until six months after birth, without…
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight, Perinatology, Iron Status, Cord Clamping
- Trial name
- NCT01487980
- Testing
- Cord clamping
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanger Hospital
Prematurity, Low Birth Weight
Paternal Involvement in Nursing Guidance and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy in Mothers of High-Risk Newborns
This study aims to evaluate whether a structured nursing guidance program that increases fathers' participation in the care of hospitalized high-risk newborns improves maternal outcomes compared with routine nursing care.
- Conditions
- Prematurity, Low Birth Weight, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
- Trial name
- NCT07834008
- Testing
- step-by-step parent education, active father participation in breastfeeding support
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Wound Complication
Cesarean Skin Incision Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference between Pfannenstiel and midline vertical skin incision at time of cesarean section in preventing wound complications in the morbidly obese patient.
- Trial name
- C-SIT (NCT01897376)
- Testing
- Pfannenstiel incision, vertical skin incision
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Childhood Obesity, Anemia
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort in China
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort (JBC) is the largest prospective cohort study to explore prenatal risk factors, early life feeding practice and growth pattern/ adiposity in Chinese children.Between 1999 and 2013, 338 413 mother-child…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Anemia, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy; Hypertension
- Trial name
- JBC (NCT03217656)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang University
Obesity
Health After Birth Intervention Trial
This trial is to assess the feasibility of a larger, definitive RCT and determine the clinical effectiveness of an NHS 1:1 programme versus a modified programme with a low carbohydrate dietary intervention (as per Feinman and…
- Trial name
- HABIT (NCT05137691)
- Testing
- Adapted NHS weight management 1:1 programme, NHS 1:1 weight management programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Margaret University
Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes
Exercise and Pregnancy: Randomized Clinical Trial
The effects of physical exercise on pregnancy remain to be elucidated. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to study the impact of exercise on maternal and perinatal outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT00641550
- Testing
- Physical exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Estadual da Paraiba
Early-Onset Sepses, Neonatal, Periventricular Haemorrhage Neonatal
Zinc Supplementation on Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Premature birth is a major cause of neonatal death in addition to neonatal asphyxia and infections. Early in life, premature babies must get aggressive nutrition so that there is no extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) in the…
- Conditions
- Early-Onset Sepses, Neonatal, Periventricular Haemorrhage Neonatal, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Trial name
- NCT04050488
- Testing
- Zinc Sulfate
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Vitamin E for Extremely Preterm Infants
The purpose of this pilot trial is to test the safety and efficacy of administering one dose of vitamin E, via a tube into the stomach, to extremely preterm infants (less than 27 weeks gestation and less than 1000 grams birth…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- NCT01193270
- Testing
- Vitamin E
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Birth Weight, Weight Gain Trajectory
Effects of Monitoring Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
In this study, at least 400 women with high-risk of pregnancy hypertension will use a wearable device to monitor the blood pressure during gestational age from 12 weeks to 28weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT06217913
- Testing
- wearable device to monitor the blood pressure
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Pregnancy Related, Diet Modification
Effects of Diet on Pregnancy Outcome and Child Obesity
The purpose of the study is to compare 3 different diets in pregnancy, equal in calories, and fats, different in refined grains compared to whole grains as a source of carbohydrates, and in calories from carbohydrate, compared to…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Diet Modification, Obesity, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT03232762
- Testing
- Refined Grains, Whole Grains
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 303 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Birth Asphyxia, Very Low Birth Weight Baby
Naushero Feroze Neonatal Survival Project
The present study will be carried out in close collaboration with the National Program for Lady Health Workers, a Ministry of Health program with 100,000 Lady Health Workers covering 60% of the rural population of Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Birth Asphyxia, Very Low Birth Weight Baby, Neonatal Sepsis
- Trial name
- AKU (NCT01350765)
- Testing
- Intervention, Control
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 37,201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Obesity, Pregnancy
Peri-operative Cefazolin Prophylaxis at Time of Cesarean Delivery in the Obese Gravida
Obesity has become an increasingly prevalent public health problem in the United States, reaching epidemic proportions. According to 2009 CDC epidemiologic data on obesity in the United States, 35.7% of the United States…
- Trial name
- NCT01904500
- Testing
- Pre-operative cefazolin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Pregnancy, Birth Weight
Prenatal Multi-micronutrient Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal maternal micronutrient supplementation has been suggested as a means to reduce the proportion of low birth weight babies in low-income countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00168688
- Testing
- multi micronutrient supplement, MN1, MN2
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project