Clinical trials: Lactation Disorders
Premature Birth, Breastmilk Collection
Targeted Nutrition for Moderate to Late Preterm Infants
This study will be comparing the postnatal growth of moderate to late preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) born between gestational ages of 30 weeks 0 days to 35 weeks and 6 days who are receiving enteral…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Breastmilk Collection, Postnatal Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- NCT05515614
- Testing
- Targeted Fortification, Enfamil Liquid Human Milk Fortifier
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Mercury Poisoning, Lead Poisoning
Environmental Contaminants and Infant Development
This study is designed to examine the effects of prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants on cognitive and behavioral development and physical growth in two groups of Inuit infants-one in Northern Quebec; the other in…
- Trial name
- NCT00013858
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Threatened Abortion
Serum Progesterone and Threatened Abortion During Lactation
This study aims to evaluate the effect of first-trimester maternal serum progesterone levels on threatened abortion in women who conceive during the lactation period.
- Trial name
- NCT07357922
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu Education and Research Hospital Organization
Lactation Disorder - Postpartum Condition or Complication, Nutrition, Healthy
Use of Ritual Epost Postnatal Multivitamins During the Postpartum Period
Multivitamin/multimineral supplements (MVI) provide important nutrition supplement to the diet of pregnant women to cover potential deficiencies and optimize nutrition status of both mom and baby, especially when the diet is…
- Trial name
- NCT05736562
- Testing
- Ritual Epre Multimineral-Vitamin Supplement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City University of New York
Drug Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers
Postpartum 8-aminoquinoline Breast Milk Study
In Papua New Guinea, administration of primaquine (PQ) or tafenoquine (TQ) to breastfeeding mothers is contraindicated during the first six months postpartum, when infants are recommended to be exclusively breastfed, because of a…
- Trial name
- NCT07060404
- Testing
- Daily primaquine (0.5 mg/kg per day) for 14 days given with food food and water, Daily primaquine 1 mg/kg per day for 7 days given with food and water, Single-dose tafenoquine given with food and water to prevent gastrointestinal discomfort
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Curtin University
Neurodevelopment, Child Growth
Building Opportunities for Nurturing Care to Enhance Child Development in Eastern and Southern Africa
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to adapt and test a package of interventions to provide nurturing care for children aged 0-2 years in three countries (Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe).
- Trial name
- BONDS (NCT07430826)
- Testing
- Friendship Bench, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Curriculum, Play-Based Curriculum
- Volunteers
- 1,260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV Infections
Nevirapine (NVP) Use to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
HIV can be transmitted from an HIV infected mother to her infant through her breast milk. The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving infants of HIV infected mothers the anti-HIV drug nevirapine (NVP) for six weeks…
- Trial name
- NCT00074399
- Testing
- Nevirapine
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 775 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Narrative Nursing for Cesarean Mothers' Anxiety and Breastfeeding Confidence
This study tests whether a nurse-led "4-step narrative nursing" program can reduce anxiety and improve breastfeeding confidence in mothers who are having a planned or non-emergency cesarean section.
- Conditions
- Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression (PPD), Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, Cesarean Section Wound
- Trial name
- NARRCARE (NCT07272252)
- Testing
- 4-step narrative nursing program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xi Huang
Breastfeeding, COVID-19 Infection
Researchers At UC San Diego Are Learning About the Benefits of Human Milk and How It Influences Infant and Child Health
The purpose of the UCSD Human Milk Biorepository is to establish and maintain a repository of breast milk samples that can be used to learn more about how breast milk influences infant and child health.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19 Vaccine, Remdesivir
- Trial name
- NCT05553743
- Testing
- COVID-19 Exposure, Antibiotic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Skin to Skin Contact
The Effect of Skin to Skin Contact on Postpartum Hemorrhage, Pain And Breastfeeding
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of postpartum hemorrhage, pain and onset of early breastfeeding so that the skin applied at the third stage of birth is in contact with the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT04425096
- Testing
- Skin to skin contact
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Infant Nutrition Disorders
Breastfeeding Duration and Tongue-tie in Neonates.
The goal of this observational study is to examine how performed frenotomy in term-born infants influences the breastfeeding duration.
- Trial name
- NCT05946590
- Testing
- Frenotomy
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital
Malnutrition in Pregnancy, Other Disorders of Breast and Lactation Associated With Childbirth
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Cell Phone Technology as Community Based Intervention to Improve Exclusive Breast Feeding
Primary hypotheses In a hospital-based CRCT, cell phone lactational counseling starting in the third trimester of pregnancy to 24 weeks after delivery will improve the prevalence of EBF by 7.5 % (7.5% increase in EBF by…
- Trial name
- BFC (NCT01383070)
- Testing
- Lactational Counseling by Cell phone
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 1,036 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur
Preterm Infant, Breast Feeding
Positive Feeding of the Preterm Infant
The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a…
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, Breast Feeding, Bottle Feeding, Enteral Feeding
- Trial name
- PoP (NCT06189352)
- Testing
- Positive feeding of the preterm infant
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Parenting Self Efficacy, Postpartum Depression
Essential Coaching for Every Mother in Tanzania
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a text message intervention called Essential Coaching for Every Mother in Tanzania to improve mothers' access to essential newborn care information during the immediate six-week postnatal…
- Conditions
- Parenting Self Efficacy, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy
- Trial name
- ECEMTZ (NCT05362305)
- Testing
- Essential Coaching for Every Mother
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Women, Postnatal Care
Effects of VE, Focus, Expressive Touch on Pain, Anxiety, Breastfeeding and Mobilization in Women Delivering by Cesarean Section
Cesarean section is one of the most common surgical interventions in many countries. It is seen that 21.1% of women worldwide, 57.5% in Turkey, give birth by cesarean section.
- Trial name
- NCT06740669
- Testing
- Virtual reality glasses (VR) application, Those who are applied expressive touch, Focus
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Iron Deficiency
Iron and the Breast-Fed Infant: Iron Status and Two Regimens of Iron Supplementation
Normal breastfed infants can develop iron deficiency by 6 months of age. This trial tested the hypothesis that regular provision of a source of iron beginning at 4 months of age improves iron status and could prevent iron…
- Trial name
- BFe01B1 (NCT00760890)
- Testing
- Fer-In-Sol (ferrous sulfate), Iron fortified cereal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hiv
Stepped Care to Optimize PrEP Effectiveness in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
To reach HIV-uninfected pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa, who are at very high risk of HIV, researchers will test a new and innovative package of interventions: 1) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is a daily…
- Trial name
- SCOPE-PP (NCT05322629)
- Testing
- PrEP adherence biofeedback, Standard of care counseling
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Shoulder Pain Back Pain Postpartum Period, Back Pain
Effects of Body Mechanics Training on Shoulder-Back Pain and Breastfeeding Ergonomics in Breastfeeding Mothers
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial and mothers in the intervention group will receive training on posture correction,breastfeeding positions, and shoulder and back muscle strengthening movements.
- Conditions
- Shoulder Pain Back Pain Postpartum Period, Back Pain, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT07104227)
- Testing
- body mechanics training, to inform
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Infantile Colic, Breast Feeding
The Role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Microbiomes on Infantile Colic and Atopic Dermatitis in Term Infants
Background: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and microbiota are both key factors for infants to shape the gut flora and develop the immune system.
- Conditions
- Infantile Colic, Breast Feeding, Atopic Dermatitis, Infant Formula
- Trial name
- NCT05992493
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Engorgement
Engorgement Study With a Double Electric Breast Pump
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of an FDA approved Class II medical device, the Simplisse Double Electric Breast Pump, in relieving the symptoms of engorgement.
- Trial name
- NCT01619371
- Testing
- Simplisse Double Electric Breast Pump
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Maternal Infant and Lactation Knowledge