Clinical trials: Kangaroo Mother Care Method
Low-Birth-Weight
Impact of Promoting Community Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for Low Birth Weight Infants
This study is being conducted to assess the impact of promoting community initiated Kangaroo Mother Care (ciKMC) for low birth weight babies on post enrolment neonatal mortality and mortality post enrolment upto 6 months of age.
- Trial name
- KMC-LBW (NCT02653534)
- Testing
- Kangaroo Mother Care
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 8,402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Preterm Birth, Hypothermia, Newborn
Kangaroo Mother Care With Plastic Bag (Trials 1A & 1B)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as continuously as possible together with the use of a plastic bag in combination with routine World Health Organization (WHO)…
- Trial name
- NCT03141736
- Testing
- KMC & WHO protocol (0-1 hour), KMC, WHO protocol & bag (0-1 hour), KMC & WHO protocol (1-24 hours)
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brain Activity, Preterm
Neurofunctional Study of Preterm Infants' Brain Activity
During hospital stay, a family centered therapeutic approach is increasingly seen as the preferred clinical and care model to be adopted, since it is effective in promoting the neurobehavioral development of the infant and the…
- Trial name
- NCT05805254
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Preterm Infant, Hypothermia, Newborn
Early Kangaroo Mother Care in Gambian Hospitalised Unstable Neonates
The mortality effect of kangaroo mother care in stable newborns <2000g is well established but mortality effect in unstable newborns is not conclusively known.
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, Hypothermia, Newborn, Death, Kangaroo Mother Care
- Trial name
- eKMC (NCT03555981)
- Testing
- Early Kangaroo Mother Care, Standard care
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 279 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Breast Feeding, Body Temperature Changes
Facilitating Skin-to-Skin Contact In the Postnatal Period
This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of a skin-to-skin facilitating garment used by mother-infant dyads. It has three phases including researcher observation, randomised controlled trialing and qualitative midwifery staff…
- Trial name
- NCT02998463
- Testing
- skin-to-skin facilitating garment
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Birmingham City University
Preterm, Low Birthweight
Low-Cost and Reusable Thermal Jacket for Managing Preterm or Low Birth Weight Neonates.
Globally, over 15 million neonates are born preterm each year. They account for approximately 30% of global neonatal deaths and 19% of total neonatal deaths in Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Low Birthweight, Hypothermia Neonatal
- Trial name
- NCT06277843
- Testing
- Thermal Jacket
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Low Birthweight, Preterm
Enhancing the Survival of Low Birth Weight Infants in Low-Resource Settings
Kangaroo Care, which includes skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding, and timely follow-up, is a proven method to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings where the risks of prematurity, neonatal…
- Conditions
- Low Birthweight, Preterm, Kangaroo Mother Care
- Trial name
- NCT06937580
- Testing
- Peer Support and Baby Box
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana
- Volunteers
- 328 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Extreme Prematurity, Extremely Low Birth Weight
RCT: The Effect of Held Position During Kangaroo Care on Physiological Parameters of Premature Infants
The goal of this superiority crossover randomised controlled trial is to investigate whether there is an optimal position at which to perform kangaroo mother care (KMC) in extremely preterm infants in the NICU.
- Conditions
- Extreme Prematurity, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Premature Birth
- Trial name
- NCT05686252
- Testing
- Held Position
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Neonatal Neurobehavior
Effect of KMC on Neurobehavior of Preterm Neonates
This prospective cohort study was conducted on stable preterm infants (31 to 35 weeks gestation). Neonates were subjected to either daily KMC for 60 minutes, daily KMC for 120 minutes or conventional care (controls) for at least…
- Trial name
- NCT03740594
- Testing
- KMC
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Mother-Child Relations
Early Versus Inmediately Skin to Skin Contact in Cesarean Section
Breastfeeding plays a fundamental role in the health of girls and boys by providing adequate nutrition, promoting development and mainly preventing diseases.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Mother-Child Relations, Kangaroo-mother Care
- Trial name
- NCT05292924
- Testing
- Early SCC
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Asociación Mexicana de Salud Primal
Premature Neonate
Effect of "Kangaroo Mother Care" on Premature Infants Physiological Outcomes
This project aims at testing the effect of applying the KMC on the premature infants' physiological outcomes. The findings of this project are expected to contribute to the discipline of preterm infants' care by providing…
- Trial name
- NCT02919540
- Testing
- Kangaroo care approach
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth
Comparison of Outcomes of Early Kangaroo Mother Care and Standard Method Care in Healthy Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonates at a Tertiary Care Hospital
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether early initiation of kangaroo mother care (KMC) can improve clinical outcomes in healthy low birth weight preterm neonates (gestational age 30-37 weeks, birth weight <2000 g).
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, Preterm Infant
- Trial name
- NCT07259486
- Testing
- Kangaroo Mother Care, Standard Medical Care (SMC)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Health Sciences Lahore
Low Birth Weight Infants, Preterm Infants
Predictors and Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Pakistan
This quasi-experimental study evaluated the impact of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) versus Conventional Care (CC) on the growth, developmental milestones, breastfeeding, vaccination, and mortality of low birth weight infants in…
- Trial name
- NCT06559020
- Testing
- Kangroo mother care
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan
Preterm Infant, Hypothermia Neonatal
Kangaroo Mother Care With Plastic Bag (Trials 2A & 2B)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as continuously as possible together with the use of a plastic bag in combination with routine World Health Organization (WHO)…
- Trial name
- NCT03141723
- Testing
- KMC & WHO protocol (0-1 hour), KMC, WHO protocol & bag (0-1 hour), KMC & WHO protocol (1-24 hours)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 423 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Low-Birth-Weight
Formative Research to Develop an Intervention Package to Promote Practice of Kangaroo Mother Care for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Infants in a Community (CKMC)
The study is being conducted to develop an intervention to assess the feasibility of implementing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for low birth weight (LBW) and preterm babies in a community setting.
- Trial name
- CKMC (NCT02613624)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis
Effect of Kangaroo Care on Heart Rate Variability in Late-onset Neonatal Sepsis
Background: Neonatal sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in preterm newborns. The autonomic nervous system modulates the response to sepsis through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex.
- Trial name
- NCT05991648
- Testing
- Kangaroo Care (skin-to-skin contact)
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de la Sabana
Full-term Newborn Babies
Efficacy of a Scarf to Facilitate Mother-newborn Contact Designed to Facilitate Skin-to-skin Contact
The skin-to-skin contact maneuver (kangaroo) has shown benefits in newborn babies. This is two-arm randomized open clinical trial to evaluate whether the use of a scarf specifically designed to facilitate the skin-to-skin method…
- Trial name
- MOKA (NCT04881071)
- Testing
- Scarf, Usual clinical practice
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 143 people
- Sponsor
- Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
Kangaroo Mother Care Method
Effect of Kangaroo Position on Electromyographic Activity, Macrocirculation and Microcirculation of Preterm Newborns
Growing evidences indicates that the Kangaroo Mother Method is associated with health benefits for the child and her mother. Improvements have been found in physiological parameters of the preterm infants assisted by the method.
- Trial name
- NCT03611088
- Testing
- Kangaroo Position.
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute
Newborn Morbidity
Implementation at Scale and Evaluation of KMC
The goal of this quasi-experimental study design is to look at feasibility and document the process and challenges of implementing KMC at scale in district Sanghar (Sindh) and Lasbella (Balochistan) .
- Trial name
- KMC (NCT06130488)
- Testing
- KMC
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Premature Birth of Newborn
The Norwegian Family Centered Care Study
This study evaluates possible effects of two different NICU designs; by comparing traditional and Family Centered Care in terms of infant nutrition, health and growth, and coping by family.
- Trial name
- NCT02452580
- Testing
- Family Centered Care
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Vestre Viken Hospital Trust