Clinical trials: Child Mortality
Child Mortality
Improving Care Through Azithromycin Research for Infants in Africa
Infectious diseases are among the most common causes of mortality in the over 2.5 million children under 5 years of age (U5) who died in 2018 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
- Trial name
- ICARIA (NCT04235816)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 20,560 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Nutrition
Community Trial of Zinc Supplementation on Preschool Child Mortality and Morbidity in Southern Nepal
The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily supplementation of young children in Nepal with either zinc, iron-folic acid, or both can reduce mortality and morbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT00109551
- Testing
- zinc sulphate dietary supplement, iron sulphate-folic acid dietary supplement
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Nepal
- Volunteers
- 58,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Child Mortality, Child Morbidity
A Second Dose of Measles Vaccine (MV) in the Second Year of Life
This study evaluates the non-specific effects on child mortality and morbidity of a second dose of measles in the second year of life.
- Trial name
- NCT02943681
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,812 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Infant Mortality, Infant Death
Today Not Tomorrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program (TNT- PISP)
This pilot project aims to implement and investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a unique community based prenatal care and support model for African American women and infants in Dane County.
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Infant Death, Racial Bias, Prenatal Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04100577
- Testing
- Today Not Tomorrrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
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)
Child Mortality
Community-Based Interventions for Infant Health in Nepal
An Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Participatory Interventions for Pregnant Women in Nepal to Reduce Fetal \& Infant Mortality and to Improve Fetal Growth \& Cognitive Development in Infancy
- Trial name
- NCT00656591
- Testing
- Methotrexate
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 192,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Child Health
Septic Shock, Sepsis, Severe
As an Early Indicator Biomarker of Prognosis and Mortality in Children With Sepsis and Septic Shock: suPAR
The sepsis and septic shock remain major causes of child morbidity and mortality, despite the use of modern antibiotics and resuscitation therapies.
- Trial name
- suPAR (NCT04459572)
- Testing
- suPAR
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ege University
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
Measles
Non-Specific Effects of Standard Titre Measles Vaccination
The general objectives of the proposed research work are: A1) to reduce childhood mortality in developing countries through better control of measles infection by finding the best immunization strategy, and A2) to investigate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00168662
- Testing
- Measles and inactivated polio vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 7,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Maternal Mortality
Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and…
- Trial name
- NCT01487707
- Testing
- Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program, Safe Birth Kit, Community Folk Media Campaigns
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Neonatal Death, Mental Competency
Survive and Thrive Boa Vista Early Childhood Program
The proposed project will tackle the two most salient problems for children under 5 in Brazil: the continued high rates of neonatal mortality, and the large disparities in early childhood development.
- Trial name
- STBV (NCT03386747)
- Testing
- Home visits to improve parenting behaviors, Center based parenting groups
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Pregnancy
Routine Iron Prophylaxis During Pregnancy
Comparison of two policies of iron administration during pregnancy in regard to health and program feasibility in an area with endemic malaria and high prevalence of HIV infection.
- Trial name
- PROFEG (NCT00488579)
- Testing
- Two policies of iron prophylaxis
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 4,326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Istitute For Health and Welfare, Finland
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
Mortality, Vaccines
The Effect on Overall Mortality of a National Policy of Limiting Measles Vaccination to Children Below 12 Months of Age
The national Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Guinea-Bissau focuses its efforts exclusively on children below 12 months of age; children who have reached 12 months of age are no longer entitled to vaccines through the…
- Trial name
- MVEPI (NCT01306006)
- Testing
- Providing measles vaccine for all children 9-35 months who have not yet received a routine measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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