Clinical trials: Death, Infant
Perinatal Mortality
Saving Babies Lives
The central hypothesis of this study is that a neonatal healthcare programme that has a significant impact on neonatal mortality and which spans the healthcare journey from village to referral hospital can be developed and…
- Trial name
- SBL (NCT04663620)
- Testing
- Saving Babies Lives Programme, No Saving Babies Lives Programme
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 24,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Neonatal Death, Preterm Birth
SURVIVAL PLUSS: Increasing Capacity for Mama-baby Survival in Post-conflict Uganda and South Sudan
Universal coverage of good quality facility based care globally could prevent nearly 113,000 maternal deaths, 531,000 stillbirths and 1.3 million neonatal deaths annually by 2020.
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Preterm Birth, Low Birthweight, Neonatal Hypoglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT02605369
- Testing
- Intervention arm: An integrated package
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,877 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Malaria
A Surveillance Study of Diseases Specified as Adverse Events of Special Interest, of Other Adverse Events Leading to Hospitalisation or Death, and of Meningitis in Children in Africa Prior to Implementation of the RTS,S/AS01E Candidate Vaccine
The purpose of this pre-licensure cohort study was to estimate the incidence of adverse events of special interest (AESI), other adverse events (AE) leading to hospitalisation or death, meningitis and malaria in sub-Saharan…
- Trial name
- NCT02374450
- Testing
- Blood collection
- Where
- 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Ghana and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 36,366 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Mortality Through Six Months of Age, Vitamin A Deficiency
Community Trial of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation to Reduce Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh
The purpose of this trial is determine whether a 50,000 IU oral dose of vitamin A delivered to newborn infants within the first days of life, reduces six-month infant mortality by at least 15%.
- Trial name
- NCT00128557
- Testing
- vitamin A supplementation (15,000 ug retinol equivalents or 50,000 IU)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 15,937 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Hunter Syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II)
Extension of Study TKT024 Evaluating Long-Term Safety and Clinical Outcomes in MPS II Patients Receiving Idursulfase
Study TKT024EXT was a long-term, single-arm, open-label extension of Study TKT024, a one year Phase 2/Phase 3 registration study.
- Trial name
- NCT00630747
- Testing
- Idursulfase
- Where
- 52 sites in United States, Brazil and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Shire
Omphalitis, Infection
Impact of Umbilical Cord Cleansing With 4.0% Chlorhexidine on Neonatal Mortality
A community based trial that seeks to address the effect of umbilical cord cleansing using 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing solution
- Trial name
- CHX (NCT00434408)
- Testing
- chx once, CHX x 7 days, dry cord care
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 28,797 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mucopolysaccharidosis II
A Study of Potential Treatment-Responsive Biomarkers and Clinical Outcomes in Hunter Syndrome
This is a six-part prospective, multicenter, multiregional observational study of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), also known as Hunter syndrome, to assess biomarkers potentially related to disease severity…
- Trial name
- NCT04007536
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Netherlands and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Denali Therapeutics Inc.
Sudden Infant Death
Influence of Pacifiers on Breastfeeding Duration
The purpose of this study is to determine if the introduction of pacifier use to infants at 2 weeks of age, once breast feedings are well established, will affect the incidence and duration of successful breastfeedings.
- Trial name
- NCT00306956
- Testing
- offer a pacifier
- Where
- 5 sites in Argentina
- Volunteers
- 1,021 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Changes in Sleep Patterns and Stress in Infants Entering Child Care
When babies start day care, they experience many changes, some of which may affect their risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- Trial name
- NCT01265277
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rachel Moon, MD
Apparent Life-Threatening Event in Infants Under One Year of Age
Apparent Life Threatening Events, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Muscarinic Receptors
Apparent Life-Threatening Events (ALTE) in infants often lead to severe neurological complications or to sudden death. In such situations, cardio-pediatricians and intensive care physicians have no specific diagnosis or…
- Trial name
- iALTE (NCT03278977)
- Testing
- Blood sample for specific analyzes
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Hunter Syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis II
Biomarkers for Hunter Syndrome
International, multicenter, observational, longitudinal study to establish Hunter Syndrom biomarker/s and to explore the clinical robustness, specificity, and long-term variability of these biomarker/s
- Conditions
- Hunter Syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis II, Hunter's Syndrome, Mild Form, Hunter's Canal Syndrome
- Trial name
- BioHunter (NCT01330277)
- Where
- 4 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- CENTOGENE GmbH Rostock
Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality
Impact of Maternal Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplementation on Maternal and Infant Mortality in Bangladesh
The purpose of this trial is to determine whether providing women with a weekly oral supplement of vitamin A, either preformed or as beta-carotene, at a dosage equivalent to a recommended intake from early pregnancy through three…
- Conditions
- Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00198822
- Testing
- Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplements
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 59,666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mortality
Impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Strategy on Neonatal and Infant Mortality
This study is a cluster-randomized trial being conducted in the state of Haryana in North India. Eighteen geographical areas served by Primary Health Centres (PHCs) have been randomized to intervention or comparison areas.
- Trial name
- IMNCI-India (NCT00474981)
- Testing
- IMNCI
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 66,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Extremely Premature Infant, Anemia Neonatal
Heterologous Cord Blood-Derived Red Blood Cell for Transfusion in Extremely Preterm Infants
Anemia is a condition in which there are not enough red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. It is very common in extremely preterm infants (born before 28 weeks of pregnancy), and many of these babies require red…
- Conditions
- Extremely Premature Infant, Anemia Neonatal, Blood Transfusion, Umbilical Cord Blood
- Trial name
- NCT07502781
- Testing
- Cord Blood Red Blood Cells, Standard Adult Donor Red Blood Cells
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Sudden Infant Death
Infant Care Practices Study
This proposed project will engage American Indian communities through existing partnerships, utilizing a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) methodology to design a group intervention program to increase the safety of…
- Trial name
- ICP (NCT03494621)
- Testing
- Protecting Babies While they Sleep Curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
High Risk Pregnancy, Congenital Heart Disease
Fetal Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in High-Risk Pregnancies Associated With Fetal Demise
Each year world-wide, 2.5 million fetuses die unexpectedly in the last half of pregnancy, 25,000 in the United States, making fetal demise ten-times more common than Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
- Conditions
- High Risk Pregnancy, Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Hydrops, Twin Monochorionic Monoamniotic Placenta
- Trial name
- NCT03775954
- Testing
- Fetal Magnetocardiogram and Neonatal Electrocardiogram, Substudy only: Maternal/Infant Pharmacogenomic assessment postnatally
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
Glutamine Supplementation to Prevent Death or Infection in Extremely Premature Infants
This large multicenter double-masked clinical trial tested whether supplementation of standard neonatal parenteral nutrition with glutamine would reduce the risk of death or late-onset sepsis in extremely-low-birth-weight (ELBW…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- Glutamine (NCT00005775)
- Testing
- Glutamine
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,433 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Death, Infant, Morbidity;Infant
Trial to Compare Two Strains of BCG
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare BCG-Japan versus BCG-Russia 1:1 in 15,000 infants with respect to…
- Trial name
- STRAIN III (NCT04383925)
- Testing
- BCG-Japan, BCG-Russia
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 16,390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Asphyxia Neonatorum
First Breath: Neonatal Resuscitation in Developing Countries
In developing countries, neonatal death from birth asphyxia is a major problem. This study will be conducted in several countries to determine if the combined Neonatal Resuscitation Program/Essential Newborn Care Program compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00136708
- Testing
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Where
- 7 sites in Argentina, Guatemala and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 120,009 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health