Clinical trials: Obstetric Care
Low Birth Weight, Kangaroo Mother Care
Admission to Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Ward and Maternal Postpartum Depression
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if extended admission to the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) ward helps to prevent postpartum depression in mothers of low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting whose newborns were…
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight, Kangaroo Mother Care, Postpartum Depression, Neurodevelopmental Outcome
- Trial name
- KMC PPD (NCT06545760)
- Testing
- Kangaroo mother care (KMC) support for > 2 days, Kangaroo mother care (KMC) support for < 2 days
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,908 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pre-Eclampsia, Premature Birth
PREPARE, Prematurity Reduction by Pre-eclampsia Care
Investigators will test a novel system of integrated care, to promote the use of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Guidelines for the management of pre-eclampsia and initiate the use of a structured risk assessment strategy to reduce…
- Trial name
- PREPARE (NCT03073317)
- Testing
- FullPIERS and sFlit/PLGF (Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1-to-Placental Growth Factor Ratio)
- Where
- 8 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Fernandes Figueira
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Video Education in High Risk Populations
This is a prospective, single-center, randomized control study to determine if video education at the time of postpartum discharge improves patient knowledge on the warning signs for the top three causes of severe maternal…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Sepsis, Postpartum Preeclampsia
- Trial name
- NCT06310720
- Testing
- Video Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Premature Birth, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Non-invasive Neurally Adjusted Ventilator Assist or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Preterm Infants
Strategies to prevent lung injury, facilitate lung development, and to support the preterm infant's capacity to breathe are decisive.
- Trial name
- NCT04333563
- Testing
- CPAP, NIV NAVA
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
Premature Birth
Improving Brain Development in Medically Healthy Premature Infants
Premature infants born between 28 and 33 weeks' gestation often have significant brain damage. Brain damage can be caused by the much greater stimulation the infant receives in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00065364
- Testing
- Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Premature Birth
Video Recording in the Delivery Room in Very Preterm Infants (Video Apgar Trial)
A video of the delivery room management will be taken using standardized conditions. The video will be evaluated either locally by those directly involved in the delivery room care of this specific infant or anonymously at the…
- Trial name
- NCT01420107
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Premature Birth of Newborn
Improving Preterm Infant Outcomes With Family Integrated Care and Mobile Technology
The purpose of this study is to compare the standard of care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), known as Family Centered Care, to a new model of care, called mobile enhanced Family Integrated Care.
- Trial name
- mFI-Care (NCT03418870)
- Testing
- Family Integrated Care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 347 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Preterm Birth
Placental Inflammation in Prenatal Care
Objective of study is to explore expression of stress-related genes and inflammation in placentas and umbilical cord blood for women participating in group prenatal care compared with women receiving individual prenatal care.
- Trial name
- PINC (NCT02476656)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Mothers, Premature
Empowering Mothers Whose Babies Are Hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Family Integrated Care is designed to eliminate the barriers between parents and their infants in the NICU by involving parents of premature infants in their care.
- Conditions
- Mothers, Premature, Empowerment
- Trial name
- NCT06958458
- Testing
- Mother Integrated Care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Yalova
Premature, Development, Child
Study of the Emergence of Sensory Self-awareness in Premature Newborns Using the Rooting Reflex
The main objective is to demonstrate the presence of the rooting reflex in premature and the emergence of sensory self-awareness in premature by showing a difference in the response of the rooting reflex to external tactile…
- Conditions
- Premature, Development, Child, Rooting Reflex
- Trial name
- PREMATACT (NCT06365164)
- Testing
- Tactile stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Infection, Bacterial, Infection, Fungal
Point-of-care Tests for Bacterial Vaginosis and Candidosis
Vaginal infection in early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous preterm delivery and late miscarriage. Most studies presume that vaginal infections are responsible for up to 40% of preterm birth.
- Conditions
- Infection, Bacterial, Infection, Fungal, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- NCT04287504
- Testing
- SavvyCheck Vaginal Yeast Test, OSOM BVBLUE Test
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Maternity Continuum of Care, Obstetric Health Literacy
Effect of Mobile Health Integrated Antenatal Care Intervention
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released wide-ranging guidelines on antenatal care (ANC) with the aiming to provide ongoing maternity care and "positive pregnancy experience".
- Conditions
- Maternity Continuum of Care, Obstetric Health Literacy, Maternal Outcomes, Perinatal Outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT07130890
- Testing
- Health for All Mobile health application
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yibelu Bazezew Bitewa
Prematurity
Immediate Parent -Infant Skin-to-Skin Study (IPISTOSS)
The World Health Organization recommend all stable low birth weight neonates to have Skin-to-skin-Contact (SSC) after birth. Intermittent SSC is used in Sweden in neonatal units.
- Trial name
- NCT03521310
- Testing
- Skin-to-skin, Conventional care
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Björn Westrup, MD PhD
Prematurity; Extreme
A Study of Factors Associated With Failure of the Golden Hour Protocol in the Initial Care of Extremely Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Newborns
Preterm infants are a particularly vulnerable population, especially during the first hours of life as they adapt to life outside the womb.
- Trial name
- PREM-GH (NCT07829562)
- Testing
- Golden hour
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Newborn Morbidity, Pain
Epidemiology of Painful Procedures in Neonates
Sick or premature neonates are exposed to frequent painful and stressful procedures during their stay in neonatal intensive care units.
- Conditions
- Newborn Morbidity, Pain, Procedures, Intratracheal Intubation
- Trial name
- EPIPPAIN (NCT01346813)
- Where
- 21 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hôpital Armand Trousseau