Clinical trials: Maternal Deaths
Maternal Death, Newborn Death
Impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in Luapula Province of Zambia Province of Zambia
This study would like to determine if the introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist and associated mentorship can improve the adherence of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) to the essential practices of childbirth delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT03263182
- Testing
- Introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist
- Where
- 4 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.
Death, Infant, Morbidity;Infant
Trial to Compare Two Strains of BCG
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare BCG-Japan versus BCG-Russia 1:1 in 15,000 infants with respect to…
- Trial name
- STRAIN III (NCT04383925)
- Testing
- BCG-Japan, BCG-Russia
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 16,390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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
Low Birth Weight Baby, Small for Gestational Age (SGA)
Biological Impacts of Rising Temperatures on Maternal, Fetal, and Newborn Health: A Cohort Study (BIRTH Cohort)
The goal of this study is to learn how being exposed to high environmental temperatures during pregnancy affects the health of pregnant women and their babies.
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight Baby, Small for Gestational Age (SGA), Preterm Birth, Pregnancy Complications
- Trial name
- BIRTH (NCT06957769)
- Testing
- heat stress
- Where
- 3 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Pregnancy Outcome Trends in Low-resource Geographic Areas
Maternal Newborn Health Registry
The primary purpose of this population-based study is to quantify and understand the trends in pregnancy outcomes in defined low-resource geographic areas over time, in order to provide population-based data on stillbirths…
- Trial name
- MNH (NCT01073475)
- Testing
- There is no intervention associated with the parent MNHR study. For the MNHR COVID sub-study, participants will be asked to provide a blood specimen at or near delivery.
- Where
- 15 sites in United States, Bangladesh and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 950,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Perinatal Death, Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy of Maternal Deaths, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Deaths in BetterBirth
The purpose of this study is to conduct Verbal Autopsies of deaths ( stillbirths and neonatal deaths together) identified in the BetterBirth trial to identify their potential causes, timing, and social determinants.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Death, Neonatal Death, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT03213509
- Testing
- Interview (Social and Verbal Autopsy)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Maternal Death, Maternal Complication of Pregnancy
Assessing the Maternal Outcome Monitoring Systems
Pregnancy-related death is a growing public health issues, which are of particular concern to minority groups, including African-Americans and Spanish-speaking Latinas.
- Trial name
- MOMS (NCT06415942)
- Testing
- Maternal Outcome Monitoring and Support system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Maternal Death
Maternal Health Service Utilization Among Women of Reproductive Age in Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Introduction: Maternal health service (MHS) utilization helps to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality. However, the existing evidence is not sufficient to design effective and efficient strategies.
- Trial name
- MHSU (NCT05865873)
- Testing
- Health education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hawassa University
Circulating Cell Free Fetal DNA, Intrauterine Fetal Demise
The Use of Cell Free Fetal DNA in the Maternal Blood in the Evaluation of Intrauterine Fetal Demise and Miscarriage
Women presenting to Washington Hospital Center with fetal loss would be offered participation in the study. The objective is to determine if ccffDNA obtained from maternal blood is present in the setting of missed abortion or…
- Conditions
- Circulating Cell Free Fetal DNA, Intrauterine Fetal Demise, Miscarriage
- Trial name
- NCT01916928
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medstar Health Research Institute
Childbirth Process
Changes in Pain Level With the Use of the Regulated Expiratory Method.
Historically, pain management during childbirth has been a primary concern in the obstetric community. In recent decades, childbirth care providers have been witnessing, especially in developed countries, a real revolution in…
- Trial name
- NCT04302090
- Testing
- Regulated expiratory method
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Tunis El Manar
Maternal Mortality
Effectiveness of the Education Program on Increasing the Competency Level of Health Cadres in Indonesia
Ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM): By 2030, every country should reduce its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by at least two-thirds from the 2010 baseline.
- Trial name
- NCT06134518
- Testing
- The education program, the initial orientation from the PHCs
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hiroshima University
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Improved Accessibility of EmONC Services for Maternal and Newborn Health: a Community Based Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an integrated EmONC package (community mobilization, training of community-based health care providers and a maternal and neonatal health pack) reduce perinatal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Omphalitis, Birth Asphyxia
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01751945)
- Testing
- EmONC package
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Infant Mortality, Infant Death
Today Not Tomorrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program (TNT- PISP)
This pilot project aims to implement and investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a unique community based prenatal care and support model for African American women and infants in Dane County.
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Infant Death, Racial Bias, Prenatal Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04100577
- Testing
- Today Not Tomorrrow Pregnancy and Infant Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pre-eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy Induced
Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia
This project is being undertaken to test the hypothesis that implementing a community based package of care for women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy will result in overall improvement in maternal and neonatal outcomes.
- Trial name
- CLIP (NCT01911494)
- Testing
- Community Engagement, PIERS on the Move mHealth decision aid, Magnesium Sulfate
- Where
- 4 sites in India, Mozambique and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 87,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Low Dose Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia
The purpose of this study is to assess, in pregnant women with calcium-poor diets, what is the effectiveness of low-dose (500 mg/day) calcium supplements associated with an educational intervention, compared to the educational…
- Conditions
- Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Dietary Calcium Deficiency
- Trial name
- AMCAL (NCT02338687)
- Testing
- calcium, Educational sessions
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Fetal Growth Retardation, Stillbirth and Fetal Death
Antenatal Melatonin Supplementation for Neuroprotection in Fetal Growth Restriction
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a significant health care issue, affecting 20,000 Australian pregnancies every year. Undetected FGR is one of the key risk factors for stillbirth, but FGR can also cause significant impairments…
- Conditions
- Fetal Growth Retardation, Stillbirth and Fetal Death, Pregnancy Preterm
- Trial name
- PROTECTMe (NCT05651347)
- Testing
- Melatonin 10 MG
- Where
- 12 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Stillbirth, Fetal Death
Investigating the Structured Use of Ultrasound Scanning for Fetal Growth
Fetal growth restriction during pregnancy represents one of the biggest risk factors for stillbirth (Gardosi et al, 2013), with 'about one in three term, normally formed antepartum stillbirths are related to abnormalities of…
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Fetal Death, Fetal Growth Retardation, Small for Gestational Age
- Trial name
- OxGRIP (NCT03662178)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Pregnancy, Eclampsia
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings
In many low-income countries, the use of ultrasound by medical officers and non-physician health care staff (e.g., midwives) for antenatal identification of high risk pregnancies is a new intervention requiring authoritative…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Eclampsia, Placenta Previa, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT01990625
- Testing
- Antenatal Ultrasound Scan
- Where
- 5 sites in Guatemala, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 45,038 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth
Linking Facility-based Mortality Audits With Community Engagement in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the countries in South Asia where neonatal mortality rates remain stagnant. Babies born in Pakistan encounter the highest risk of dying; of every 1,000 babies born, 46 die before the end of their first month…
- Conditions
- External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- NCT03904706
- Testing
- Audits only, Audits with community feedback
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,871 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Severe Maternal Morbidity, Maternal Death
The Effects of Medicaid Policy Interventions on Severe Maternal Morbidity
The goal of this study is to learn about the effects of Medicaid policy interventions on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and mortality and maternal health. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05678699
- Testing
- Medicaid healthcare quality interventions (incentive payment and obstetric bundled payment), Doula, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh