Clinical trials: Morbidity;Infant
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
Malnutrition, Stunting
Controlled Trial to Test the Efficacy of Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements to Prevent Severe Stunting Among Infants
This study tests the hypothesis that infants receiving milk-powder containing fortified spread (lipid-based nutrient supplement) as a complementary food for one year have lower incidence of severe stunting (poor length gain) than…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Developmental Delay
- Trial name
- LCNI-5 (NCT00524446)
- Testing
- Milk-containing fortified spread, Soy-containing fortified spread, Maize-soy flour
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Anemia Neonatal, Polycythemia Secondary
Influence of Umbilical Cord Clamping Time in the Newborn
This study compares two umbilical cord clamping times; the early one, up to a minute (ECC) and the late or delayed one, when the cord stop beating (DCC).
- Conditions
- Anemia Neonatal, Polycythemia Secondary, Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
- Trial name
- NCT03624335
- Testing
- ECC, DCC, Blood Test 6hours
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pascual Gregori Roig
Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Preterm Birth
Respiratory Morbidity of Late-Preterm Vs Intrauterine Growth Retarded Infants at School Age
Background: It is increasingly recognized that late preterm infants have increased respiratory morbidity in the neonatal period as well as decreased lung function in later life.
- Trial name
- NCT04849494
- Testing
- ATS-DLD-78-C and ISAAC questionnaires
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
HIV Infections, Immune Activation
The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Science (UZ-CHS) BIRTH COHORT Study
Background Commencement of lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) immediately after HIV diagnosis (option B+), for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has greatly improved maternal-infant health in sub…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Immune Activation, Comorbidities
- Trial name
- UZ-CHS-BC (NCT04087239)
- Testing
- HIV
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zimbabwe
Hypothermia
Plastic Hat Trial to Prevent Hypothermia in Preterm Newborns in the Delivery Room
The purpose of this research project is to ascertain the effectiveness of plastic head covering in prevention of hypothermia. Hypothermia is defined by body temperature <36.5º Celsius by the World Health Organization.
- Trial name
- NCT00904228
- Testing
- placement of plastic cap during delivery room stabilization, placement of routine cap during delivery room stabilization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Pregnancy Related, Doula Care
Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas
The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Doula Care, Black Maternal and Infant Health, Prenatal Care
- Trial name
- Doula (NCT07157059)
- Testing
- Doula Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Prematurity, RSV
The Impact of a Short Intervention During RSV Prophylaxis on Influenza Vaccination Rate.
Premature infants (born before 34 wk) are routinely vaccinated against RSV but vaccination rate against influenza are low in spite of national programs.
- Conditions
- Prematurity, RSV, Influenza, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Trial name
- NCT01985620
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Malnutrition Pregnancy, Malnutrition in Children
Early Life Malnutrition, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Microbiome Trajectories
Malnutrition in women of reproductive age remains a public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Malnutrition during pregnancy affects foetal growth with a tendency of the exposed infants to also develop it.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition Pregnancy, Malnutrition in Children, Malnutrition (Calorie), Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
- Trial name
- UZBCS-2 (NCT07195006)
- Testing
- Malnutrition in pregnancy as exposure, Poor WASH living conditions as exposure
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 368 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zimbabwe
Nutritional Anemia, Infant Morbidity
Impact of Low Dose Iron-containing Micronutrient Powders on Iron Status and Morbidity of Young Children in Ethiopia
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety of iron supplementation in MNPs. A quasi-experimental matched-control cluster design will be used in, purposely selected, 18 intervention and 18 matched-control clusters of Oromia…
- Trial name
- NCT02479815
- Testing
- Micronutrient Powder (MNP)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 2,356 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Covid19, Thymic Hypoplasia
Is Thymus Size of Infants Who Born to COVID-19 Positive Mothers Associated With Neonatal Morbidities?
COVID-19 infected pregnant women is thought to have variable degrees of inflammatory response against the disease. Investigators of present study, suggested that fetuses are affected from the possible fetal inflammatory syndrome…
- Trial name
- NCT04470739
- Testing
- chest x-ray
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Covid19, Breastfeeding, Exclusive
Exclusive Breastfeeding in Infants of Mothers Infected With Novel Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic emerges an issue for breastfeeding.Earlier in pandemic mothers who had COVID-19 were separated from their babies due to insufficient data but this approach was abandoned due to the lack of transmission via…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Newborn Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT04925908
- Testing
- RT-PCR for SARS-Cov-2
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Hypothermia, Morbidity
Perinatal Hypothermia, Risk Factors and Long-Term Consequences in Guinea-Bissau, Westafrica
Low body temperature (hypothermia (HT)) at birth contributes to infant mortality in low-income countries. A study from Guinéa-Bissau indicates that HT results in an increased mortality rate, which persist at least two months…
- Conditions
- Hypothermia, Morbidity, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00429000
- Testing
- thermospot
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles
Early Two-dose Measles Vaccination Trial
The specific aims are to examine in Guinea-Bissau: whether the standard titre Schwarz (SW) or standard-titre Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ) measles vaccine will be the best vaccine strain for use in a routine one-dose measles vaccination…
- Trial name
- NCT00168558
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 5,879 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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
Suspected Damage to Fetus From Other Disease in the Mother, Affecting Management of Mother, With Delivery, Patient Death or Serious Disability Associated With A Haemolytic Reaction Due to the Administration of ABO-Incompatible Blood or Blood Products
The Use of Lung Ultrasonography in the Delivery Room in Neonates
Lung ultrasonography has become frequently used in neonatal intensive care units because it is a diagnostic, useful, harmless, radiation-free, bedside, reproducible and practical method.
- Trial name
- LUSIN (NCT06314789)
- Testing
- doing lung ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kırıkkale University
Failure to Thrive, Newborn Morbidity
Impact of Home Weight Tele-monitoring on the Number of Office Visits in the First Six Weeks of Life in Infants.
Currently American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Bright Futures Guideline recommends 2 visits for all healthy term newborn infants in the first 6 weeks of life, first at 3-5 days of life and the second at around a month.
- Trial name
- NCT04985227
- Testing
- Home weight monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Low Birth Weight, Infant Mortality
Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Birth Weight
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of providing supplements containing alternative combinations of micronutrients during pregnancy on birth weight and other infant and maternal health and nutritional outcomes…
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, Pregnancy, Nutritional Status
- Trial name
- NCT00115271
- Testing
- Nutritional supplements
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Newborn Morbidity, Simulation Training
Educational Strategy in Exchange Transfusion
Abstract Background: Exchange transfusion is a highly complex procedure that requires high levels of expertise. Paediatricians trainees do not have adequate training because opportunities to perform this procedure in practice are…
- Conditions
- Newborn Morbidity, Simulation Training, Telemedicine, Assessment, Self
- Trial name
- INTEXUS (NCT04070066)
- Testing
- Digital didactic environment, • Simulated scenario
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de la Sabana
Asphyxia Neonatorum, Neonatal Mortality
Neonatal Resuscitation in Zambia
Asphyxia is a leading cause of neonatal death in Zambia. This study will be conducted in two cities in Zambia to determine if the combined Neonatal Resuscitation Program/Essential Newborn Care Program compared to the new World…
- Conditions
- Asphyxia Neonatorum, Neonatal Mortality, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT00097097
- Testing
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 40,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health