Clinical trials: Mother
Breastfeeding
Breast for Success: A Family-Centered Intervention in Support of Breastfeeding Among High-risk Low-income Mothers
Breast for Success is a new direct service program focused on overcoming barriers to breastfeeding for low-income inner-city mothers by use of a culturally competent and home-based educational and support intervention.
- Trial name
- BFS (NCT01272661)
- Testing
- Enhanced Curriculum, Enhanced Curriculum+Breastfeeding Doula, Enhanced Curriculum +Father Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,296 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Pregnancy
Electrode-based Sensor for Non-invasive Fetal Heart Rate and EMG Monitoring With Improved Reliability
The specific goal of the proposed research is to develop a reliable, non-invasive fetal and maternal heart rate and contraction monitor that is unaffected by obesity and requires less nursing intervention than the tocodynamometer…
- Trial name
- NCT01400880
- Testing
- Electrode-based Sensor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Convergent Engineering, Inc.
Malignant Neoplasm
Haploidentical Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
This phase II trial studies how well haploidentical donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant works in treating patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Trial name
- NCT01871441
- Testing
- Total-body irradiation, Donor lymphocytes infusion (DLI), Cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
HIV Infections
HIV Treatment Reinitiation in Women Who Received Anti-HIV Drugs to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
The purpose of this study is to determine if pregnancy-limited, short-term combination HIV treatment regimens -- which were used solely for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and discontinued postpartum …
- Trial name
- Nearly Naive (NCT00442962)
- Testing
- Efavirenz, Emtricitabine/Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Brazil and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Physical Inactivity
Pilot Testing an Innovative Physical Activity Intervention for Parents Attending Their Children's Sport Practices
The intervention aims to increase physical activity, an important health behavior, in a high-risk sample (i.e., Black and Hispanic/Latino mothers).
- Trial name
- NCT05461742
- Testing
- Physical activity intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Obesity
Pattern - Reach Aim 2
The purpose of this research study is to learn about different approaches to promoting healthy growth among infants, and understanding parents' likes and dislikes of an approach to reducing risk factors for obesity later in life.
- Trial name
- NCT04216264
- Testing
- Standard response, Targeted response
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Anxiety
Happy Mother - Healthy Baby: Supplement Study on Biological Processes Underlying Anxiety During Pregnancy
As a supplement to the ongoing randomized evaluation of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) anxiety prevention intervention in Pakistan (R01-MH111859), the investigators propose to explore potential biological mechanisms…
- Trial name
- HMHB-Bio (NCT04566861)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety during pregnancy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postpartum Period
Involving Men in Maternity Care in Burkina Faso
The uptake of postpartum contraception, postpartum care attendance and the practice of exclusive breastfeeding are low in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT02309489
- Testing
- Partner involvement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety
Virtual Group Psychoeducational Discussions With Spanish-Speaking Mothers of Infants in Pediatric Primary Care
The goal of the proposed research is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a virtual group session which is intended to be offered universally to Spanish-speaking parents of newborns/infants attending pediatric primary…
- Trial name
- NCT05423093
- Testing
- Single-Session Virtual Group Psychoeducational Session about Postpartum Depression
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Insufficient Lactation
Improving Lactation Success in Black Mothers of Critically Ill Infants
Racial disparities result in Black infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) receiving less breast milk (BM) than White and Hispanic infants.1 BM improves infant health yet mothers of critically ill infants produce…
- Trial name
- NCT05147987
- Testing
- Hands free wearable breast pump
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
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
Perinatal Depression
Scaling Up Maternal Mental Healthcare by Increasing Access to Treatment (SUMMIT)
SUMMIT's (Scaling Up Maternal Mental health care by Increasing access to Treatment) overarching goal is to examine the scalability and patient-centered provision of brief, evidence-based psychological treatments for perinatal…
- Trial name
- SUMMIT (NCT04153864)
- Testing
- Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,230 people
- Sponsor
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Mobile WACh NEO: Mobile Solutions for Neonatal Health and Maternal Support
To improve neonatal mortality, it is critical to engage families, especially mothers, in essential newborn care (ENC) and appropriate care-seeking for neonatal illness as well as to support maternal mental health and…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04598165
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 6 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 5,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
HIV Infection, Rotavirus Infection
Safety and Immune Response of a Rotavirus Vaccine in HIV-infected and Uninfected Children Born to HIV-infected Mothers
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children, accounting for 45% of severe diarrhea disease in both developed and developing countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00880698
- Testing
- RotaTeq
- Where
- 6 sites in Botswana, Tanzania and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Nurse Delivered Counseling, Emotional Distress
Listening Visits for Emotionally Distressed Mothers of Hospitalized Newborns
The proposed research has potential to dramatically improve care for emotionally distressed mothers of newborns hospitalized on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- Trial name
- NCT03704948
- Testing
- RCT Treatment -Listening Visits delivered by NICU nurse in person, RCT Control Usual mental health care delivered by NICU social workers, Open trial: Listening Visits delivered by a NICU nurse via zoom
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Congenital Heart Disease, Periventricular Leucomalacia
Randomized Trial of Maternal Progesterone Therapy
Neurodevelopmental disability is now recognized as the most common long-term complication after cardiac surgery in neonates. Research studies have shown that progesterone is critical to the development of the brain and in a…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Periventricular Leucomalacia, Brain Development, Cardiac Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT02133573
- Testing
- Progesterone, Vaginal lubricant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Iron Deficiency Anemia of Pregnancy, Iron Malabsorption
Intravenous Iron for Iron-deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia in pregnancy worldwide, and, when severe, can have serious consequences for mothers and babies.
- Trial name
- IVIDA (NCT03438227)
- Testing
- Iron dextran, Ferrous sulfate 325mg
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Hypothermia, Newborn
Kangaroo Mother Care to Prevent Hypothermia in Term Infants
The overall hypothesis is that better adherence to Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in combination with existing WHO thermoregulation care will reduce the incidence of moderate hypothermia (32-36 degrees C) or severe hypothermia (<32.0…
- Trial name
- NCT02189759
- Testing
- Continuous Kangaroo Mother Care to one hour after birth, Standard Kangaroo Mother Care to one hour after birth, Continuous Kangaroo Mother Care to discharge
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 375 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fetal Monitoring
A Clinical Study for Validating the Equivalence of Bloomlife MFM-Pro to Clinical Standard-of-care for Performing Antepartum Fetal Monitoring
Bloomlife MFM-Pro is a non-invasive, wireless, external monitoring system used to measure fetal heart rate and maternal heart rate on pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy, starting from 32 weeks of gestation.
- Trial name
- NST (NCT04915131)
- Testing
- Bloomlife MFM-Pro
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bloom Technologies
Sepsis
Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial
This will be a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess whether washing the umbilical cord with a disinfectant (4% chlorhexidine) helps to reduce neonatal deaths in Zambia when compared to the current standard of care, dry…
- Trial name
- ZamCAT (NCT01241318)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (4%), Dry cord care
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 77,535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University