Clinical trials: Child Mortality
Asphyxia Neonatorum, Neonatal Mortality
Neonatal Resuscitation in Zambia
Asphyxia is a leading cause of neonatal death in Zambia. This study will be conducted in two cities in Zambia to determine if the combined Neonatal Resuscitation Program/Essential Newborn Care Program compared to the new World…
- Conditions
- Asphyxia Neonatorum, Neonatal Mortality, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT00097097
- Testing
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Evaluating RISQ System Implementation in Acutely Malnourished Children in Chad (CRIMSON)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system implementation on mortality and processes of care in a nutritional program treating children 6 to 59 months of…
- Trial name
- CRIMSON (NCT06123390)
- Testing
- The Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) System
- Where
- Chad
- Volunteers
- 14,671 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension
Enhancing Intergenerational Health in Nigeria: Peripartum as Critical Life Stage for Cardiovascular Health
The purpose of the ENHANCE-CVH study is to promote intergenerational cardiovascular health (CVH) of women and children in Abuja and the surrounding Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
- Conditions
- Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension, Obesity and Overweight, Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Trial name
- ENHANCE-CVH (NCT06773299)
- Testing
- PAT+HEALTH curriculum - Nigeria
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Immunoglobulin Prophylaxis, Cytomegalovirus Infections
Immunoglobiulin-specific Prophylaxis of Citomegalovirus Infections in Immunocompromised Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a globally prevalent, human-specific herpesvirus characterised by a lifelong latency after primary infection, an often asymptomatic reactivation and affecting up to 100% of adults based on region…
- Conditions
- Immunoglobulin Prophylaxis, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Transplant-Related Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT07013370
- Testing
- Anti-CMV immunoglobulins [Megalotect (R)]
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Antonello Di Paolo, M.D., Ph.D.
Measles Vaccine
Trial of Additional Measles Vaccine to Reduce Child Mortality
Background: All observational studies and a few randomised controlled trials (RCT) suggest that early measles vaccine (MV), in particular an early two-dose strategy, has a much better effect on overall mortality than later MV.
- Trial name
- NCT01644721
- Testing
- Early measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles
Early Two-dose Measles Vaccination Trial
The specific aims are to examine in Guinea-Bissau: whether the standard titre Schwarz (SW) or standard-titre Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ) measles vaccine will be the best vaccine strain for use in a routine one-dose measles vaccination…
- Trial name
- NCT00168558
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 5,879 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Child Mortality, Azithromycin
Resiliency Through Azithromycin for Children (REACH), Côte d'Ivoire
The aim of the study is to gather preliminary evidence on the operational feasibility and acceptability of integrating bi-annual mass drug administration (MDA) of single-dose azithromycin for children ages 1 to 11 months in high…
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT04617626)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 1,735 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Diarrhea
Home Based Child Care to Reduce Mortality and Malnutrition in Tribal Children of Melghat, India: CRCT
Melghat is poorly developed tribal area in India with very high child mortality \& malnutrition prevalence (grossly inadequate medical facilities). Important health problems.
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Diarrhea, Malaria, Neonatal Sepsis
- Trial name
- HBCC (NCT02473796)
- Testing
- Home based child care
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 7,594 people
- Sponsor
- MAHAN Trust
Malaria, Diarrhea
Liberia National Community Health Assistant (NCHA) Program and Under-five Mortality
Last Mile Health (LMH) has partnered with the Liberian Ministry of Health (MOH) to support the design and implementation of the National Community Health Assistant Program (NCHAP).
- Conditions
- Malaria, Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05123378
- Testing
- Liberia National Community Health Assistant Program
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 23,702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Last Mile Health
Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome
MORDOR II Burkina Faso: Longitudinal Trial
Globally, childhood mortality has shown a promising downward trend in recent years, however, many sub-Saharan countries still have relatively high child mortality rates.
- Conditions
- Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome, Child Mortality, Resistance Bacterial
- Trial name
- GAMIN (NCT03676751)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diarrhoea, Malaria
Can Mass Media Campaigns Reduce Child Mortality
A cluster-randomised trial will be undertaken in Burkina Faso to investigate whether a comprehensive mass media campaign using local radio stations can change behaviours on a scale large enough to result in measurable and…
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Malaria, Pneumonia, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- NCT01517230
- Testing
- Local radio campaign to reduce under-five child mortality
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality
Scalable Public Health Empowerment, Research, and Education Sites (SPHERES)
SPHERES is a health service research trial in the Indonesian primary care system designed to improve health system performance using a structured data-driven action model.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B
- Trial name
- SPHERES (NCT07126041)
- Testing
- Prescription for Action (SPHERES Model)
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 1,750,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia
Abuse Neglect Social, Deprivation, Maltreatment Syndrome (Infant or Child)
Nursing Led Interdisciplinary Intervention in Prevention of Girl Child Mortality and Maltreatment
In Northern India, skewed sex ratios, female feticide and higher child mortality rates for girls have become serious concern. The female child mortality as a result of son preference have increased during the last several…
- Trial name
- NCT02279368
- Testing
- Family Counselling and safeguarding
- Where
- 3 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adwin Life Care
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Malaria Prevalence in Children
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the use of (1) 'malaria prevalence', (2) 'malaria incidence' and (3) 'malaria mortality' as a measure of malaria transmission in The Gambia, while mosquito insecticides (larvicides)…
- Trial name
- NCT00322816
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 2,552 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Children, Anaesthesia
NEonate-Children sTudy of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe Epidemiology of Morbidity and Mortality in Neonatal Anaesthesia
To study the 30-day morbidity and mortality after neonatal anaesthesia, and predictive factors that can be responsible for poor outcome.
- Trial name
- NECTARINE (NCT02350348)
- Where
- 10 sites in Belgium, Denmark and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people
- Sponsor
- European Society of Anaesthesiology
Child Rearing, Adolescent Development
Follow-up of Families in Early Preventive Intervention
This project supports the post-third-grade assessment of 693 children and their families who were enrolled in a randomized trial of a program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses that was epidemiologically and…
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Adolescent Development, Reproductive Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- MemphisYear9 (NCT00438516)
- Testing
- nurse home visitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 627 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Bacterial Pneumonia, Viral Pneumonia
Inhaled Corticosteroids in U-5 Children With Acute Respiratory Infection in Uganda: A Randomised Trial
The purpose of this study is to find out whether adjunct treatment with inhaled corticosteroids lead to faster improvement and reduce mortality of children under 5 years of age admitted to hospital with ALRI.
- Conditions
- Bacterial Pneumonia, Viral Pneumonia, Acute Asthma
- Trial name
- ICS (NCT01868113)
- Testing
- Inhaled corticosteroid
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,010 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Mortality, Hospitalization
Randomized Study of Not Giving Diphteria-tetanus-pertussis Vaccination With or After Measles Vaccination
In non-randomized studies, routine childhood vaccinations have been observed to have non-targeted effects. Difteria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine provided with or after measles vaccine (MV) is associated with increased…
- Conditions
- Mortality, Hospitalization, Adverse Events
- Trial name
- NCT00244673
- Testing
- DTP3/4+OPV+MV versus OPV+MV or DTP4+OPV4 versus OPV4
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 6,534 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Morbidity, Mortality
Impact of Zinc Supplementation on Mortality and Hospitalizations in Children Aged 1 Months to 23 Months
Children, aged 1 months to 23 months, in the intervention households received zinc, iron and folic acid and those in the control households were administered iron and folic acid (IFA) alone for a period of one year.
- Conditions
- Morbidity, Mortality, Diarrhea, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT00269542
- Testing
- Zinc and iron folic acid - Intervention
- Volunteers
- 94,359 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Malnutrition, Pneumonia
Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network
The CHAIN Network aims to identify modifiable biomedical and social factors driving the greatly increased risk of mortality among young undernourished children admitted to hospital with acute illness, as inpatients and after…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Sepsis
- Trial name
- CHAIN (NCT03208725)
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 4,335 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford