Clinical trials: Fetal Development
Premature Birth, NEC
Prenatal Administration of Spermine Promotes Maturation of Premature Fetal Gut Epithelial Tight Junction: Experimental Study on Fetal Rabbit
Infections, particularly on the gastrointestinal tract, has been known to be one of the leading causes of death in preterm infants. This is due to the immaturity of the intestinal epithelial cells.
- Trial name
- NCT04004091
- Testing
- Spermine
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dr. Riana Pauline Tamba, SpB(K)BA
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
Pregnancy, Mental Health
Life vs. Digital Music Interventions Performed by Professionals Throughout Pregnancy to Increase Mental Health for Mothers and Their Offspring
This prospective study was preceded by an extensive feasibility study between 2021-2024. Thereby, pregnant women were exposed to live music and a variety of creative workshops such as vibration, modelling, creative writing…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Mental Health, Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
- Trial name
- MusicMums (NCT07003048)
- Testing
- Singing, dancing in small groups and active listening to live music at the Berlin Philharmony building
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clara Angela Foundation
Pregnancy Related, Maternal-Fetal Relations
Maternal and Fetal Metabolic Changes
The goal of this observational prospective project is to study the metabolic alterations during normal and complicated pregnancies, obtaining an early detection of metabolic changes, offering new insights into future prevention…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Maternal-Fetal Relations, Metabolism Disorder, Glucose
- Trial name
- MoMM-FET (NCT06288126)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 457 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana
Infant Malnutrition, Fetal Growth Retardation
DEUX OEUFs: Cracking the Potential of Eggs to Improve Child Growth and Development
This proposed randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of maternal egg consumption during pregnancy on birth length.
- Trial name
- NCT06405360
- Testing
- Egg consumption
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 464 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Preterm Labor, Respiratory Distress Syndrome
The Relationship of Fetal Lung Elastography Values With the Development of Respiratory Distress in Cases of Preterm Labor
The aim of this study was to compare fetal lung elastography (FAE) values between groups with and without Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in preterm neonates and to evaluate the potential of FAE to predict the risk of…
- Trial name
- NCT06168149
- Testing
- fetal lung elastography measurement
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Child Development, Cannabis Use
Maternal Choline Supplementation and Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: Impact on Early Brain Development
The goal of this study is to determine if providing a nutritional supplement, phosphatidylcholine, to pregnant women who have used cannabis products during the current pregnancy improves the offspring\'s brain-related…
- Trial name
- NCT06379971
- Testing
- Choline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edward's Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Non-Invasive Determination of Fetal Chromosome Abnormalities
The overall significance of this study is to develop a laboratory developed test (LDT) to use a new marker in the maternal blood to better identify pregnancies that have a child with a chromosome abnormality such as Down syndrome…
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edward's Syndrome (Trisomy 18), Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13), Klinefelter Syndrome (47, XXY)
- Trial name
- NCT00891852
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lenetix Medical Screening Laboratory
Pregnancy
Advanced Fetal Imaging - Phase II
The goal of Advanced Fetal Imaging - Phase II is to advance fetal MRI imaging by designing MRI coils specifically for pregnant women and testing recently developed MRI image acquisition techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT02840019
- Testing
- Investigational MRI coil designed for pregnant women, MRI Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Fetal Monitoring
A Clinical Study for the Development of a Device (Lovelace) for Antepartum Fetal Monitoring
Bloomlife Lovelace FT is a non-invasive, wireless, external measurement system used to measure accelerometer and electrophysiological signals on pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy, by acquiring biopotential signals from…
- Trial name
- NCT05665400
- Testing
- Bloomlife Lovelace FT
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bloom Technologies
Prognathism, Retrognathism
Natural History of Craniofacial Anomalies and Developmental Growth Variants
Background: Some head and facial abnormalities are rare and present at birth. Others are more common, and may not show up until puberty. These conditions have different causes and characteristics.
- Conditions
- Prognathism, Retrognathism, Dentofacial Deformities
- Trial name
- NCT02639312
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Pre-Eclampsia, Fetal Growth Retardation
Comparison of Doses of Acetylsalicylic Acid in Women With Previous History of Preeclampsia
Placental insufficiency is the source of preeclampsia (PE) and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Current data demonstrate a significant beneficial effect of prophylactic use of aspirin on the recurrence of placental…
- Conditions
- Pre-Eclampsia, Fetal Growth Retardation, Premature Birth, Placental Insufficiency
- Trial name
- NCT01352234
- Testing
- Acetylsalicylic Acid 160 mg, Acetylsalicylic Acid 80 mg
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
RDS
Fetal Pulmonary Artery Acceleration to Ejection Time Ratio (PATET) in the Prediction of Subsequent Development of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
Fetal PATET ratio evaluation to predict neonatal RDS
- Trial name
- NCT03008200
- Testing
- ultrasound examination
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
Fatty Acids During Pregnancy and Lactation and Body Fat Mass in Newborns
Pregnant and lactating women receive n-3 fatty acids starting from week 15 of gestation until 4 months post-partum (pp) in comparison to a control group, who only gets information about adequately healthy nutrition during…
- Trial name
- NCT00362089
- Testing
- Marinol D-40
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Congenital Hypothyroidism
TG Gene Mutations and Congenital Hypothyroidism
The aim of this study was to identify mutations in the thyroglobulin gene that might be present in patients with fetal goiter and congenital goiter hypothyroidism.
- Trial name
- NCT00493103
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Gender Relations, Violence
Bandebereho 6 Year Follow up RCT in Rwanda
This study seeks to conduct a six-year follow-up of the Bandebereho randomized control trial (RCT) to assess the longer-term impact of the gender-transformative Bandebereho couples intervention on participating men, women, and…
- Conditions
- Gender Relations, Violence, Child Development, Contraception
- Trial name
- NCT04861870
- Testing
- MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 2,818 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Promundo, United States
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Tweens to Teens Project at Penn State
The goal of this study is to help investigators to understand more about the development of characteristics related to being male or female (what is called gender development).
- Trial name
- T2T@PSU (NCT01184651)
- Testing
- Questionnaires/Interviews
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Inattention, Impulsivity
Developmental Origins of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
This is a study evaluating the relationship between prenatal nutrition and neural development in infants born to mothers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
- Conditions
- Inattention, Impulsivity, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT01982422
- Testing
- Whole Food, Nutrient-Dense Dietary Intervention, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Intrauterine Development
The Reus-Tarragona Birth Cohort Study of Early Development and Ageing.
The recent fall in birth and death rates has led to demographic changes such as low fertility and high life expectancy . The WHO reports the median age of the European population to be the highest in the world and predicts that…
- Trial name
- NCT01778205
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 831 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Determining the Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Dexamethasone Treatment in Children With 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency and Their Mothers
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a genetic disorder that affects the amount of steroids that the body forms. The most common form of CAH is 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD), which leads to cortisol deficiency and causes…
- Trial name
- NCT00617292
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Brazil and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)