Clinical trials: Neonatal Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Vitamin A Supplementation in Newborns Study
This study was a randomized, community-based trial testing whether dosing newborn infants in the first few days after delivery with a large dose of vitamin A could reduce early infant morbidity, mortality and improve growth.
- Trial name
- NCT00114868
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 14,035 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Risk Factors for Poor Prognosis in Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis
This is a retrospective study led by Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, focusing on newborns diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)-a serious gastrointestinal disease that threatens newborns' lives-between…
- Trial name
- RFPNEC (NCT07249697)
- Testing
- Observational retrospective cohort study
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Pre-Eclampsia
Indonesia Pravastatin to Prevent Preeclampsia Study
BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity worldwide. There is currently no cure for preeclampsia, the only definitive treatment is termination of pregnancy by induction of labour or caesarean…
- Trial name
- INOVASIA (NCT03648970)
- Testing
- Pravastatin
- Where
- 7 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Airlangga
Perinatal Mortality
Low-dose High-frequency Training of Facility Health Care Providers in Mali
This 3-arm cluster randomized trial (C-RCT) has the following objectives: Primary Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of an on-site case-based focused low-dose high-frequency training strategy in a primary health care facility…
- Trial name
- NCT03656237
- Testing
- Usual Training, Audits + LDHF Training
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
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
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
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
Vitamin A Deficiency, HIV
Single-dose Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation of Mothers and Neonates
The ZVITAMBO PROJECT is testing whether giving mothers and infants a single large dose of vitamin A during the immediate post partum period will reduce: 1.
- Trial name
- ZVITAMBO (NCT00198718)
- Testing
- Vitamin A (retinyl palmitate)
- Volunteers
- 28,220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Perinatal Problems, Still Births
Community-based Perinatal and Newborn Care in Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan: an AKU-AKHSP Collaboration
There is limited evidence from community-based interventions to guide the development of effective maternal, perinatal and newborn care practices and services in developing countries.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Problems, Still Births, Neonatal Deaths
- Trial name
- NCT02412293
- Testing
- Health Education & Promotion, Training of Health Workers, Community Mobilization
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Implementation, Maternal Mortality
Accelerating Maternal and Newborn Survival: The AMANI Study
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if a practice facilitation package (including both audit and feedback and enhanced mentorship) can increase the use of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and…
- Conditions
- Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Implementation, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
- Trial name
- AMANI (NCT07560839)
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback, Enhanced Mentorship
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Covid19, Androgen Receptor Gene Overexpression
COVID-19 In-vitro Diagnostic Test and Androgen Receptor Gene Expression
This research study will evaluate the association of Androgen Receptor (AR) gene expression and COVID-19 disease severity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04530500
- Testing
- COVID-19 Androgen Sensitivity Test (CoVAST)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Labor
Strengthening Facility-based Intrapartum/Immediate Newborn Care to Reduce Mortality of Preterm Infants in Migori County, Kenya and Busoga Region, Uganda
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combination of evidence-based strategies can improve intrapartum and newborn care in facilities to reduce mortality among preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Labor, PreTerm Birth, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi-KE-UG (NCT03112018)
- Testing
- data strengthening, modified Safe childbirth checklist - control, modified Safe childbirth checklist - enhanced
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 102,988 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Analysis of Integrated Clinical, Laboratory and Prognostic Data of Neonates With Necrotizing Enterocolitis
This is a retrospective study led by The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, focusing on newborns diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)-a serious gastrointestinal disease that threatens newborns'…
- Trial name
- ACLPNEC (NCT07207915)
- Testing
- Observational retrospective cohort study
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
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
Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation
Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Versus Placebo in Improving Child Survival (NeoVitA Trial)
The study is a large randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of neonatal vitamin A supplementation administered to neonates once orally either on the day of birth or in the next 2 days in improving infant…
- Trial name
- NCT01138449
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 44,984 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
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
Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome
BioThrax® (Anthrax) Vaccine in Pregnancy Registry
The purpose of this study is to determine if inadvertent receipt of the BioThrax vaccine during pregnancy is independently associated with adverse maternal, pregnancy, or infant health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Congenital Abnormalities
- Trial name
- NCT01653392
- Testing
- Observational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emergent BioSolutions
Intrapartum Mortality
Assessment and Evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist --Phase II
PHFI independently evaluated the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist program in preventing stillbirths and early neonatal deaths.
- Trial name
- NCT01994304
- Testing
- SCC
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Public Health Foundation of India
Infectious Disease, Neoplasms
AnovaOS Network Powered Patient Registry
The objective of this study is the development, implementation and management of a registry of patient data that captures clinically meaningful, real-world, data on the diagnosis, nature, course of infection, treatment(s) and…
- Conditions
- Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism (D50-D89), Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
- Trial name
- NCT05013944
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anova Enterprises, Inc