Clinical trials: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Infant Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The Effects of a Caregiver-initiated Reading Intervention to Their Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a caregiver-initiated reading intervention to their infant, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), on the caregiver-infant dyad, both during hospitalization and…
- Trial name
- NCT07789145
- Testing
- Reading Intervention
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Premature Infant
Surfactant Therapy Via Supraglottic Airway to Preterm Neonates With RDS in Vietnam
Preterm babies often have trouble breathing because their lungs are not fully developed. This condition is called respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). A medicine called surfactant helps their lungs open up and work better.
- Trial name
- NEOSURF (NCT07098910)
- Testing
- Surfactant Administration Through Laryngeal or Supraglottic Airways (SALSA), Intubation - Surfactant administration - Extubation (INSURE)
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Anemia
NeoSpHb Study: Can a Painless Device Detect Anaemia in Babies Without Blood Tests? A Study in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The goal of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic performance and feasibility of non-invasive spectrophotometric haemoglobin (SpHb) measurement for detecting anaemia in infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit…
- Trial name
- NeoSpHb (NCT07788703)
- Testing
- Spectrophotometry hemoglobin
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
Health Care Worker Patient Transmission
Decontamination of Incubators in a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
Nosocomial infections are responsible for morbidity and mortality in hospitalized neonates. The environment of the neonates and especially the incubators can constitute the reservoir of pathogenic bacteria.
- Trial name
- DECONTA (NCT04337307)
- Testing
- Skin sampling of the hands of the healthcare workers involved in the decontamination of incubators
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Preterm Birth, Postpartum Depression
COntact RElationship in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The present research project aims to explore the value that contact relationships between caregivers and the preterm infant may have in terms of promoting developmental and maturational processes,by attending to the…
- Trial name
- CORE in NICU (NCT06462638)
- Testing
- Neurobehavioral states and physiological parameters evaluation, Maternal vocal pitch evaluation to assess depressive/anxious state
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Hypoglycemia, Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Effects of a Hypoglycemia Protocol With Glucose Gel on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Admission
Evaluate if the implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol with glucose gel has reduced the NICU admission rate of neonates with low-acuity neonatal hypoglycemia.
- Trial name
- NCT04085978
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Pediatrix
Maternal Depression
Problem Solving Education and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Mothers
Premature infants are born at substantial risk for poor health and developmental outcomes, which commonly include hearing and vision problems, developmental delays, and poor school performance.
- Trial name
- Project Solve (NCT01214967)
- Testing
- Problem Solving Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Colistin Adverse Reaction
Colistin Dosage Prsonalization Approach
A few studies have evaluated higher doses or the administration or a loading dose, which is routine in adults, in pediatric patients, and reported improved colistin exposure without an increased risk of nephrotoxicity The main…
- Trial name
- NCT06472271
- Testing
- Polymyxin e
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Mahmoud I Mostafa
Late Onset Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotising Enterocolitis
Lactoferrin Prophylaxis in VLBW and Regulator T-cells
The aim of the study is to evaluate whether oral administration of 200 mg/day lactoferrin (LF) to very low birth weight infants reduces late onset sepsis and necrotising enterocolitis and the effect of LF on regulatory T cells.
- Conditions
- Late Onset Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotising Enterocolitis, Very Low Birth Weight Infants
- Trial name
- NCT01287507
- Testing
- Lactoferrin (bovine origin)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Pain, Acute, Infant, Newborn
The Influence of Skin-to-skin Contact on Cortical Activity During Painful Procedures on Preterm Infants in the NICU
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of SSC compared to sucrose on pain induced activity in the preterm infant brain using: a) series of low intensity experimental stimuli (PinPrick);and b) medically required heel…
- Conditions
- Pain, Acute, Infant, Newborn, Electroencephalography
- Trial name
- iCAPmini (NCT03745963)
- Testing
- Skin-to-skin contact, 24% oral sucrose
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Deglutition Disorders
Comparing FEES to VFSS in Diagnosing Laryngeal Penetration and Aspiration in Infants in the NICU
The main purpose of the study is to determine whether the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is effective in detecting laryngeal penetration and tracheal aspiration when compared with the Videofluoroscopic…
- Trial name
- NCT02003287
- Testing
- VFSS, FEES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Procedural Pain, Preterm Infants
Effectiveness of Gentle Touch Technique on Pain Level During Painful Procedures in Preterm Infants
Preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units frequently undergo painful procedures that may affect their physiological stability, including pain level and respiratory parameters.
- Trial name
- NCT07470398
- Testing
- Gentle Touch Technique
- Where
- 3 sites in Iraq
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Karbala University
Family Centered Care, Decision Making
Effects of Parents Included in Medical Round of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The goal of this cross-over randomized controlled study is to evaluate the effects of medical rounds with parents. The main questions it aims to answer are: How feasible the protocol of this study is to include parents in the…
- Trial name
- NCT05717075
- Testing
- Parents Round
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Nagano Children's Hospital
Substance Use Disorders
Facilitating Treatment Entry and Family Planning in Substance-using Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Mothers
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess whether the hospital-based, adaptive behavioral intervention strategy promotes treatment entry and reduces risk of additional substance-exposed pregnancies (SEPs), as well as HIV and…
- Trial name
- NCT03165565
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Conventional Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Pediatric Disorder, Neonatal Disease
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Virtual Family-Centered Rounds
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of virtual family-centered rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit on parental and neonatal outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05762835
- Testing
- Virtual family-centered rounds (FCR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 514 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Very Low Birth Weight Infant
The Setting and Effect Evaluation of QT in NICU
In order to create a better environment for growth and development for very low birth weight infants(VLBWIs), investigators introduce quiet time, which is an intervention method that reduces environmental noise in the ward and…
- Trial name
- NCT05192668
- Testing
- Quiet time care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Nosocomial Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Sensitivity in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Assuit University Children Hospital
The study aims to assess the bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity in NICU of pediatric hospital of assuit university.
- Trial name
- NCT06891768
- Testing
- Blood culture
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Neonates
Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in China
This project aims to reduce antibiotic use in Chinese neonatal intensive care units (NICU) by 1) developing an adaptable framework of NICU-targeted antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP); 2) implementing the NICU-targeted ASP…
- Trial name
- NCT05073549
- Testing
- Collaborative Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP)
- Where
- 26 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Length of Stay
Alberta Collaborative QI Strategies to Improve Outcomes of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants (ABC-QI Trial)
The ABC-QI Trial aims to implement collaborative quality improvement (QI) strategies to standardize care for 32-36 week infants in Level 2 and 3 Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the province of Alberta.
- Trial name
- ABC-QI (NCT05231200)
- Testing
- QI Team Building, QI education, Standardized care bundle- respiratory care
- Where
- 12 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 9,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Preterm, Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding: Impact on Preterm Infants' Physiology and Feeding Performance
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of breastfeeding on the infant's test weight and physiological characteristics (oxygen saturation and heart rate) in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit…
- Conditions
- Preterm, Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding, Premature
- Trial name
- NCT05651035
- Testing
- oral feeding
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa