Clinical trials: Intrauterine Fetal Demise
Stillbirth, Grief
MOMSonLINE2 ; A Pilot Study Testing Recruitment and Retention of Women of Color to an Online Support Group for Bereaved Mothers
This is a 6-week pilot study to see how research participants feel about an internet support site after a stillbirth or infant death. Losing a baby through stillbirth or early infant death is typically devastating for families.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Grief, Infant Death
- Trial name
- NCT04600076
- Testing
- BabyCenter site and the community group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Stillbirth, Obstetric Complication
Improving Intrapartum Care for Saving Life at Birth in Ethiopia Through PartoMa Approach
Overall Objective To introduce PartoMa approach (locally agreed and achievable intrapartum guidelines and a continual in-house training program) to Ethiopian context through continuous fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring using MOYO…
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Obstetric Complication, Maternal Death, Perinatal Death
- Trial name
- PartoMa-Eth (NCT06273007)
- Testing
- PartoMa intervention(Locally achievable intrapartum care guideline), in house LDHF trainings
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Haramaya Unversity
Spontaneous Abortion, Malaria
Study of DDT and Loss of Clinically-Recognized Pregnancies in South Africa
Background: In some countries, such as South Africa, the pesticide DDT is an important chemical for control of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. However, there is little evidence about the effects that it might have on human health.
- Conditions
- Spontaneous Abortion, Malaria, Pregnancy Outcome, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT00878098
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 513 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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
Maternal Death, Neonatal Death
Integrated Community Engagement and Audit Systems
The goal of this implementation research project is to determine the feasibility of establishing and implementing an acceptable and robust audit system with community representation at secondary health facilities to improve…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Neonatal Death, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT05640050
- Testing
- Audit Implementation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
High Risk Pregnancy
Ambulatory Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Small Babies
Most babies who measure small during pregnancy are born healthy. However, some are small because they are not growing as expected, usually because the placenta (the baby's 'life support' system) is not working properly.
- Trial name
- NCT02627482
- Testing
- Fetal heart rate monitor (Monica AN24)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Stillbirth
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Associated Stillbirths in a High Burden Setting
This is a descriptive study to determine the role of fetal GBS disease as a cause for stillbirths
- Trial name
- Stillborn (NCT02339077)
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Intrauterine Fetal Death
Causes of Fetal Death: Comparison of Diagnostic Accuracy Between Extensive and Selective Protocol Testing
Intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) is defined as the occurrence of fetal death at >20 weeks' gestation. IUFD affects about 1 in 160 pregnancies (6-7 per 1000 births).
- Trial name
- EMIBICI (NCT03214328)
- Testing
- Determination of causes of fetal death
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 602 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen
Pregnancy Related, Delivery of Health Care
Evaluating the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle Version 2
The purpose of this study is to learn about the implementation of NHS England's Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle Version 2 to reduce perinatal mortality.
- Trial name
- eVOLVE (NCT06453954)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,773 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Genetic Screening, Hereditary Disease
Study on Early Genetic Screening and Precise Strategy of Neonatal Critical Illness
The researchers hope to establish an overall program of early genetic screening for neonatal critical illness in China, and to develop precise intervention strategies to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment of hereditary…
- Conditions
- Genetic Screening, Hereditary Disease, Newborn, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT04905537
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Stillbirth
Research On Advanced Diagnostics and Management of All Pregnancies to Prevent Stillbirth (ROADMAPS)
The primary objective of the Stillbirth Research Consortium (SBRC) longitudinal cohort study is to develop and evaluate a robust multivariable prediction model to identify pregnancies at <14 weeks gestation that are at increased…
- Trial name
- ROADMAPS (NCT07745101)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Caesarean Section;Stillbirth
Neonatal Evaluation of Norepinephrine Infusion in Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section
This retrospective study aims to evaluate the fate of children born by cesarean section under spinal anesthesia with or without norepinephrine as vasopressor support for anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NECS (NCT04245891)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 265 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Cardiac Ion Channelopathy
Post-mortem Genetic Testing
This is a prospective observational study to examine the incidence of cardiac ion channelopathies in unexplained still births.
- Trial name
- NCT01120886
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Thayyil, Sudhin
Neonatal Death, Stillbirth
Asia Pregnancy Outcomes Study
Preterm birth is a major cause of child mortality and morbidity, most of which occurs in south-east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT03438110
- Where
- 3 sites in India, Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,226 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Anemia, Low Birth Weight
Dietary Diversity is Associated With Maternal Anemia and Key Prenatal Outcomes in Ethiopia
Background: Maternal and child under-nutrition is the underlying cause of death for millions across the globe. Anemia during pregnancy is among the leading nutritional disorders with serious short and long term consequences to…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Low Birth Weight, Pre-Term Birth, Still Birth
- Trial name
- NCT02620943
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 374 people
- Sponsor
- Dilla University
Fetal Death in Utero
Fetal Death in Utero in the Internship Experience of Midwifery Students : an Unavoidable Experience?
Fetal death in utero and the psychological and professional impact it could have on the midwifery student in training. Fetal death in utero corresponds to the spontaneous cessation of cardiac activity, from 14 weeks of…
- Trial name
- MFU (NCT06202508)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Bile Acid Effects in Fetal Arrhythmia Study
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a liver disorder of pregnancy that typically presents in late pregnancy with generalised itching.
- Conditions
- Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Obstetric Cholestasis
- Trial name
- BEATS (NCT03519399)
- Testing
- Monica AN24
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Delivery, Obstetric
Reduction of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With a Smartphone Application in Ghana
The purpose of this study is to determine whether use of the Safe Delivery smartphone application by midwives can reduce excess blood loss from bleeding, and infant death during childbirth in Ghanaian women.
- Conditions
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Delivery, Obstetric, Stillbirth, Infant Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT02185625
- Testing
- Safe Delivery smartphone application
- Where
- 15 sites in Ghana
- Volunteers
- 3,773 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Pregnancy Loss
ACTRAMAT-D: Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Pregnancy Loss After 12 Weeks of Gestation
In France The prevalence of Pregnancy Loss after 12 weeks of gestation is around 3%. This situation is probably associated to a risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Trial name
- ACTRAMAT-D (NCT03433989)
- Testing
- telephone interview
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Vitamin D Deficiency, Pre Eclampsia
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplementation to Pregnant Women and Their Infants in Pakistan.
Vitamin D deficiency is wide spread in South Asian population and is contributing to burden of disease in this region including Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Deficiency, Pre Eclampsia, Stillbirths, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT01229189
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 460 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University