Clinical trials: Fetal Health
Maternal Health Services
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Intervention to Improve Institutional Birth Rate in a Rural District of Ethiopia
Despite the efforts from the government, maternal healthcare services utilization is far below the recommended level in Ethiopia with a high urban-rural disparity.
- Trial name
- NCT05385380
- Testing
- Safe motherhood Promotion
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 727 people
- Sponsor
- Prof Yves Jacquemyn
Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
WHO Labor Care Guide for Obstetric Care Providers in Public Health Facilities in Mbarara, Southwestern Uganda
The goal of this mixed method multisite effectiveness-implementation study across all basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care facilities in Mbarara district and Mbarara City in Southwestern Uganda is to…
- Trial name
- NCT05979194
- Testing
- Labor Care Guide
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Pregnancy
Feasibility Study of PcyCare (Pregnancy Care) : A Self-Learning Educational Platform for Pregnant Women
Brief Summary - PcyCare (Pregnancy Care Aplication) (with expert participants) Objective: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of the PcyCare self-directed education platform for pregnant women.
- Trial name
- PcyCare (NCT07207733)
- Testing
- PcyCare: Self-Directed Education Platform for Pregnant Women
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nurul Jannah, M.Tr.Keb
Mother Fetus Relations, Health Behavior
Examining the Effect of Breastfeeding Education Given to Mothers Based on Postpartum Awareness Practices on Breast Milk and Cortisol Hormone at the Newborn Circadian Level
In addition to being an easily accessible and ready-made food for babies in the first years of life, breast milk plays a major role in transmitting information about the time of day to newborn babies and therefore in the…
- Trial name
- NCT06240676
- Testing
- AWARENESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kafkas University
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Prenatal Tobacco Exposure
Choices4Health: Intervention to Prevent Substance-exposed Pregnancy
This is a 4-year randomized, controlled study to test the efficacy of the CHOICES4Health-T (C4H-T) delivered by a computerized tablet, CHOICES4Health-C (C4H-C), delivered by a counselor, and brief advice (BA), on reducing…
- Conditions
- Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Prenatal Tobacco Exposure, Prenatal Marijuana Exposure
- Trial name
- C4H (NCT03633149)
- Testing
- Computer tablet-delivered C4H, Person-delivered C4H, Brief Advice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Pregnancy
Cluster-randomized Trial Measuring Integration of Professional Midwives and Obstetric Nurses in Rural Clinics in Mexico
Rates and causes of maternal mortality in Mexico have dropped only slightly; thus, reaching the internationally established Millennium Development Milestones (MDM) is still a distant goal.
- Trial name
- NCT01477541
- Testing
- PM/ON integration
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Breastfeeding Attitudes, Breast Feeding
Mobile Prenatal Education for Expectant Fathers and Its Effects on Bonding, Stress, Breastfeeding and Marital Satisfaction
The aim of this interventional clinical trial is to assess whether a mobile-based antenatal education programme for expectant fathers has a positive effect on father-infant bonding, stress levels, and breastfeeding attitudes.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding Attitudes, Breast Feeding, Paternal Behavior, Health Education
- Trial name
- NCT07295639
- Testing
- Mobile-based application
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
PTSD
Treatment for Antepartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD Study
The majority of women with perinatal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not receive mental health treatment despite the documented associations between PTSD and adverse pregnancy outcomes; this is likely due to workforce…
- Trial name
- TAPS (NCT05486793)
- Testing
- Written Exposure Therapy (WET), Emotion Focused Supportive Therapy (EFST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Prenatal Care, Maternal Health Services
Faith Leaders Advocating for Maternal Empowerment (FLAME)
In 2015, the average Ethiopian woman had a 1 in 64 lifetime risk of death due to complications of childbirth and 87,414 newborns died before their 28th day of life.
- Conditions
- Prenatal Care, Maternal Health Services, Perinatal Care
- Trial name
- NCT04039932
- Testing
- FLAME
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
PTSD
Yoga Online Feasibility to Reduce PTSD
Each year more than 26,000 pregnancies in the United States end in stillbirth (late fetal death at >20 weeks of gestation). A 2011 issue of the Lancet, dedicated entirely to stillbirth, recognized it as a "too-often-ignored"…
- Trial name
- NCT02925481
- Testing
- Moderate Online yoga participation, Stretching and toning, Low dose online yoga participation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Patient Empowerment
Mobile Video Education to Improve Patient Clinician Communication During Prenatal Clinic Visits
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an animated video delivered by text message in patients whose pregnancies are complicated with fetal anomalies.
- Trial name
- NCT06323343
- Testing
- Video Intervention, Webpage links
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Child Maltreatment, Child Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence
Prevention of Childhood Maltreatment in Families With Young Children
This study will examine the efficacy of Enhanced First Connections, which is a short-term perinatal home visiting program that includes infant and early childhood mental health consultation.
- Trial name
- NCT04341376
- Testing
- Enhanced First Connections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP), Maternal Health Care
Cost-Effectiveness of an mHealth Application in Pregnancy Care
Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention arm (mHealth application users) or the control arm, in which participants will record their data on paper or in Excel according to standard practice or the…
- Conditions
- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP), Maternal Health Care, Mobile Health Technology (mHealth), Preeclampsia (PE)
- Trial name
- Penelope (NCT07621133)
- Testing
- mHealth application Penelope, Control
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 166 people
- Sponsor
- Principal Engineering s.r.o.
Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity
BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of a checklist-based childbirth safety program (the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program) on reduction of severe maternal, fetal, and newborn harm in institutional deliveries in…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- BetterBirth (NCT02148952)
- Testing
- WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 157,689 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Pregnancy Related, Stress, Psychological
The Stony Brook University Calm-Mom Study
The present trial will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of 2 different internet-delivered programs for prenatal maternal stress.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Stress, Psychological, Anxiety, Perinatal Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04018625
- Testing
- SMART Mom, Mama Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Uptake of Antenatal Health Care Services
Improving Uptake of Antenatal Care Services in Rural Côte d'Ivoire
The past two decades have brought significant increases in the availability of maternal health care services in many low- and middle-income countries, with a large increase in the number of health facilities that provide these…
- Trial name
- Taabo ANC (NCT07341581)
- Testing
- Information video, Financial planning session, Vouchers
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 1,290 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Covid19, Pregnancy Related
Safety, Testing/Transmission, and Outcomes in Pregnancies With COVID-19
Pregnant women are a vulnerable and high-risk population, as COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk preterm birth, cesarean section, and maternal critical care.
- Conditions
- Covid19, Pregnancy Related, Maternal Complication of Pregnancy, Coronavirus
- Trial name
- STOPCOVID19 (NCT04718220)
- Testing
- Antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 IgG, Testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, Testing for SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 448 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Anxiety Disorders Generalized, Depression
Feasibility Trial of an Online Course (eMB) to Reduce Anxiety and Depression for Pregnant Women and Their Partners
This pilot study engaged pregnant couples experiencing elevated symptoms of maternal anxiety or depression with an existing online psychoeducation intervention, the Online Mothers and Babies Course (eMB).
- Trial name
- NCT05867680
- Testing
- Online Mothers and Babies Course (eMB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Prenatal Care
Comparison of Group Guidance to Routine Care for Pregnant Women at Low Risk
Prenatal care is defined as pregnancy-related health care services provided to a women between conception and delivery. Early, comprehensive prenatal care can promote healthier pregnancies and can reduce the risk of some adverse…
- Trial name
- NCT02476214
- Testing
- group prenatal care
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Vaccination Refusal
An Adaptive Prenatal Intervention to Increase Childhood Vaccinations
This study will test whether proactively connecting expectant parents with factual vaccination information during pregnancy can build confidence in vaccinations and lead to timely vaccinations during pregnancy and once their…
- Trial name
- ADEPT (NCT05795855)
- Testing
- ADEPT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 770 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University