Clinical trials: Fetal Complications
Breech Presentation
Rebozo and External Cephalic Version in Breech Presentation.
Breech presentation occurs in approximately 3-5% of all pregnancies, and breech birth is more complicated and risky for the fetus than births of fetuses in the cephalic position.
- Trial name
- RECeiVe (NCT02331160)
- Testing
- Rebozo
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 370 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital
Fetal Growth Retardation
Fetal Cardiac Function
The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of PE and FGR on fetal cardiac function. Pregnancies with preeclampsia and FGR, and preeclampsia with normal fetal growth are evaluated by echocardiography and compared with…
- Trial name
- NCT06381258
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Fetal Surveillance, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Comparison of Follow-up Protocols in Terms of Fetal, Neonatal and Maternal Results in Intrauterine Growth Retardation
This study will be undertaken to determine whether the frequency of fetal surveillance can be safely reduced from bi-weekly to weekly in the case of fetusus with intrauterine growth restriction.
- Trial name
- NCT04141189
- Testing
- weekly, bi-weekly
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 206 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
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
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in Finland According to Meconium Samples
Meconium samples are collected anonymously from newborns in Helsinki University Hospital maternity ward. The study tries to to find how many women continue to use alcohol during the second half of the pregnancy.
- Trial name
- RASMEK21 (NCT04918043)
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanna Kahila
Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR), Preterm Birth
Enhancing Prediction of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Africa Through Partnerships and Innovation
Pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy), poor fetal growth, unexplained stillbirth, and spontaneous preterm birth are major causes of illness and death for mothers and babies in…
- Conditions
- Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR), Preterm Birth, Still Births, Abruptio Placentae
- Trial name
- EPAPOA (NCT07844876)
- Where
- 2 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity
Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy
This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity, Premature Birth, Pregnancy Complications
- Trial name
- NCT05341960
- Testing
- Food Delivery, Financial Support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Postpartum Complication, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Labor Education to Reduce Postpartum Traumatic Stress
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is determine if education on common events in labor in nulliparous women can reduce the postpartum traumatic symptoms.
- Trial name
- LEPT (NCT06992791)
- Testing
- Prenatal Education on Childbirth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation
Cardiac Displacement From Third Trimester to Early Childhood
The aim is to increase awareness of the relationship between (IUGR) and cardiac function in the foetus, the development of cardiac function over time after delivery and what significance a possible early disturbed myocardial…
- Conditions
- IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- CADETTE (NCT02583763)
- Testing
- Echocardiography, Blood sample
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Gestational Diabetes
The Role of Umbilical Cord Thickness in Prediction of Fetal Macrosomia in Patients With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
The aim of this work is the prediction of fetal macrosomia by measuring: 1. HbA1C. 2. Umbilical cord thickness. 3. Interventricular septum thickness.
- Trial name
- NCT02643225
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Mindfulness Breath Awareness Meditation, Preeclampsia
Mindfulness Breath Awareness Meditation and Preeclampsia
The effect of mindfulness breath awareness meditation on health profile, vital signs, and fetal heart rate in pregnant women with preeclampsia
- Trial name
- NCT06065709
- Testing
- Mindfulness breath awareness meditation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aysegul Kilicli
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Dissecting the Genetics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
The purpose of this study is to help scientists understand why some people who were exposed to alcohol in the womb have special facial features but other people do not.
- Trial name
- DiGFASD (NCT04072809)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 751 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Recurrent Miscarriages
Maternal KIR and Fetal HLA-C Genes in Recurrent Miscarriages
For implantation of developing conceptus, placental cells need to invade mother's uterus to access maternal blood supply in a control manner.
- Trial name
- NCT00180804
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Fetal Growth Retardation
Comparison of Pesticide and Pharmaceutical Contaminants Levels in Placenta and Cord Blood Samples of Pregnant Women With Fetal Growth Retardation and Healthy Pregnant Women
Aim: In this study, pesticide and pharmaceutical contaminants levels in the placenta and cord blood of pregnant women with fetal growth retardation and healthy pregnant women will be compared in placenta and cord blood samples…
- Trial name
- NCT05088148
- Testing
- . Pesticide and Pharmaceutical analysis
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
Preeclampsia, Severe Preeclampsia
Pre-Eclampsia And Growth Restriction: a Longitudinal Study
Preeclampsia may have several causes leading to different characteristics of the pathology. Differentiation between the "type of preeclampsia" would help to treat patients more accurately.
- Conditions
- Preeclampsia, Severe Preeclampsia, Fetal Growth Restriction, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- PEARL (NCT02379832)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Gestational Diabetes
Fetal Cardiac Function Parameters and HbA1c As Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
This is a prospective cohort study to assess the predictive value of fetal cardiac parameters, the change in fetal cardiac parameters (CFP), HbA1c, and/or the change in HbA1c (ΔHbA1c) for gestational diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT05019508
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
Intermittent Auscultation Using Handheld Doppler: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Perinatal Outcomes in Uganda
A novel handheld Doppler has been developed which is rugged and is powered only by a hand crank. This study aims to test the use of this Doppler versus the Pinard horn to monitor the fetal heart rate in labour in a hospital…
- Trial name
- NCT02273037
- Testing
- Fetal heart rate Doppler, Partograph
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,987 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Postpartum Urinary Incontinence, Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Prenatal Exercise Including Perineal Massage and Maternal-Neonatal Outcomes
The study is divided into three phases: Phase 1: Baseline survey to obtain an overall understanding of the current situation of voluntary participation in prenatal perineal massage.
- Conditions
- Postpartum Urinary Incontinence, Postpartum Depression (PPD), Neonatal Complications, Gestational Diabetes
- Trial name
- PEPM-RCT (NCT07314502)
- Testing
- Supervised prenatal exercise including antenatal perineal massage
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South China Normal University
Pregnancy, Premature Birth
Development of a Nationally Scalable Model of Group Prenatal Care to Improve Birth Outcomes: "Expect With Me"
This study addresses the intractable challenges of adverse birth outcomes, including preterm delivery and low birthweight, by proposing the development, implementation and evaluation of a model of group prenatal care that could…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- NCT02169024
- Testing
- Expect With Me group prenatal care, Standard individual prenatal care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Stillbirth, Neonatal Respiratory Depression
Newborn Heart Rate as a Catalyst for Improved Survival
Heart rate (HR) is not routinely assessed during newborn resuscitations in low- and lower-middle income countries (LMICs). Many non-breathing newborns classified as fresh stillbirths have a heartbeat and are live born.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Neonatal Respiratory Depression, Neonatal Bradycardia, Neonatal Resuscitation
- Trial name
- NCT03799861
- Testing
- Epoch 2: HBB with NeoBeat, Epoch 3: HR-guided HBB
- Where
- 3 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 24,034 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American Academy of Pediatrics