Clinical trials: Maternal Mortality
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Creating VIP Corps to Reduce Maternal Deaths
The goal of this observational study is to create and rigorously evaluate a violence intervention and prevention corps (VIP Corps) training using a randomized controlled trial among undergraduate and professional students; and to…
- Trial name
- NCT06089109
- Testing
- The Big 3, Implementation and Effectiveness of VIP Corps Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 598 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann Coker
Maternal Sepsis During Labor, Hemorrhage, Postpartum
Scaling Up an Integrated Approach to Improve Delivery Care in North Guatemala With Stepped Wedge Design
"¡Que Vivan las Madres!: Venga a tener su parto al CAP" (QVLM) is a guatemalan quasi-experimental study that has been performed from January 2014 to January 2017 by the Epidemiological Research Center in Sexual and Reproductive…
- Conditions
- Maternal Sepsis During Labor, Hemorrhage, Postpartum, Eclampsia; Complicating Pregnancy, Pre-Eclampsia
- Trial name
- QVLM (NCT03151070)
- Testing
- QVLM Intervention package
- Volunteers
- 32,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Juan de Dios Guatemala
Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy
Feasibility and Acceptability of Risk Stratification in the Fourth Trimester to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality globally and are associated with peripartum and future cardiovascular disease, including stroke, heart failure, and myocardial…
- Trial name
- NCT05631067
- Testing
- Remote blood pressure monitoring, NT proBNP assessment
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Provider Confidence, Provider Behavior
Multilevel Community-Centered Intervention to Reduce Pregnancy Related and Associated Morbidity and Mortality (PRAMM) Disparities
The goal of the study involving human subjects is to train providers to address patient-provider interactions. The study will survey providers to assess pre-post knowledge, understanding, and behavior changes.
- Trial name
- NCT07025057
- Testing
- Provider training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure
Women First: Preconception Maternal Nutrition
Multi-country three-arm, individually randomized, non-masked, controlled trial to ascertain the benefits of ensuring optimal maternal nutrition before conception and providing an evidence base for programmatic priority directed…
- Conditions
- Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- WF (NCT01883193)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Maternal Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 7,374 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Bacterial Vaginosis, Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Perinatal Infections in Pakistan
There are large differences in health outcomes related to pregnancy and birth between developed and developing countries. This study will investigate how infections, medical history, health care behavior and psychosocial issues…
- Conditions
- Bacterial Vaginosis, Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture, Chorioamnionitis, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT00070746
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality
Trial of the Impact of Vitamin A on Maternal Mortality
Main objectives: To evaluate the impact of weekly vitamin A supplementation (VAS) to women of reproductive age (15-45 years) on maternal mortality in rural Ghana, and to compare this with the impact on overall mortality.
- Conditions
- Vitamin A Deficiency, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
- Trial name
- ObaapaVitA (NCT00211341)
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Pregnancy Related Complications
PRONTO: Obstetric and Neonatal Emergency Training Program: A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Measure Impact
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
- PRONTO (NCT01477554)
- Testing
- PRONTO training
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Maternal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
Evaluation of a Smartphone Application to Reduce Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Ethiopia
The purpose of this trial is to determine if the safe delivery smartphone application distributed to health workers in Ethiopia will decrease perinatal mortality and the incidence of postpartum haemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT01945931
- Testing
- Safe Delivery Smartphone Application
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,601 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Mortality
Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Project
We seek to determine whether we can reduce day 28 mortality in Zambian newborns by training traditional birth attendants a modified version of the neonatal resuscitation protocol (NRP) and by improving their abiltiy to identify…
- Trial name
- LUNESP (NCT00518856)
- Testing
- Neonatal resuscitation protocol, Standard of care
- Volunteers
- 3,559 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality (All Cause)
MNCH Programming in Southwest Uganda Maternal and Child Health In Bushenyi and Rubirizi Districts, UGANDA
The investigators will assess whether in Bushenyi District in southwestern Uganda, a two year intervention providing comprehensive MNCH programming will: Reduce morbidity and mortality for children under five years old and…
- Trial name
- HCUM (NCT01571765)
- Testing
- MNCH programming in health district
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 10,985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
An Implementation Study of Interventions to Promote Safe Motherhood in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among all countries in Africa and indeed worldwide, with a maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births in 2011 (UNFPA, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT03299491
- Testing
- MWA intervention, IEC intervention
- Volunteers
- 3,784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Hypertension
Congenital Malformations and Maternal Use of Anti-hypertensive Medication in the United Kingdom
Assess Fetal Mortality and Malformations in Women treated with antihypertensive medication during preganancy. Mother - Child pairs will be analysed in a cohort selected from the UK in the CPRD database.
- Trial name
- NCT02459990
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
PREGNANCY
Induction Versus Expectant Management With Abnormal Maternal Biochemical Markers
Induction of labor at term versus expectant management among women with abnormal maternal biochemical markers. A randomized controlled trial
- Trial name
- NCT02754635
- Testing
- Induction of labour, Expectant management
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Prenatal Care
Group Antenatal Care: The Power of Peers for Increasing Skilled Birth Attendance in Achham, Nepal
In rural Nepal, the major drivers of underutilization of skilled birth attendance are poverty, poor social support and inadequate birth planning.
- Trial name
- NCT02330887
- Testing
- Group Antenatal Care, Individual Antenatal Care
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Possible
Maternal Mortality Disparities, Maternal Morbidity Disparities
Scaling up Maternal Health Equity Best Practices
This study works with prenatal and postnatal care providers in 12 Michigan counties to scale up best practices for maternal health equity.
- Trial name
- NCT06541951
- Testing
- Services as usual, Scale-up implementation approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Maternal Death
Novel Vacuum-Induced Hemorrhage Control for Postpartum Hemorrhage
This will be the first, definitive, randomized control trial (N=424) to test the hypothesis that the Jada® System is effective, safe and cost-effective in treating PPH, compared to standard care.
- Trial name
- NOVIC (NCT05382403)
- Testing
- Jada® System, Standard care
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana
- Volunteers
- 424 people
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension
Enhancing Intergenerational Health in Nigeria: Peripartum as Critical Life Stage for Cardiovascular Health
The purpose of the ENHANCE-CVH study is to promote intergenerational cardiovascular health (CVH) of women and children in Abuja and the surrounding Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
- Conditions
- Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension, Obesity and Overweight, Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Trial name
- ENHANCE-CVH (NCT06773299)
- Testing
- PAT+HEALTH curriculum - Nigeria
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Lower Uterine Segment, Labor
Ultrasound Measure of the Thickness of the Lower Segment in Women Having a History of Caesarian
The rate of caesarians dramatically increased for 15 years. The main indication of caesarian became the iterative caesarian of principle because of a history of caesarian.
- Trial name
- NCT01916044
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,955 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Neonatal Mortality, Maternal Mortality
Impact of New Tools of Simulation-enhanced Peer Learning on Neonatal and Maternal Mortality
In the vast majority of developing nations, frontline birth attendants are often the only care providers responsible for newborn care including newborn resuscitation, thermal care, feeding and administration of medications.
- Trial name
- Sim-II (NCT04904380)
- Testing
- Active peer learning
- Volunteers
- 3,456 people
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology