Clinical trials: Perinatal
Maternal-Fetal Relations, Mother-Child Relations
Neurobehavioral Effects of Prenatal Mindfulness Training on Maternal Presence and Compassionate Love
This study investigates how prenatal mindfulness training fosters prosocial qualities a mother brings to parenting-specifically, her ability to be present with and experience compassionate love for her child.
- Conditions
- Maternal-Fetal Relations, Mother-Child Relations, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05241600
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting, Non-Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Class
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidemarie Laurent
Pregnancy, Postpartum Period
Effect of Exercise on Perinatal Depression
Fifteen percent of women experience depression during pregnancy or postpartum (i.e., perinatal depression). Furthermore, 38% of low income women experience postpartum depression.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Postpartum Period, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02791932
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
HIE - Hypoxic - Ischemic Encephalopathy, Perinatal Anoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
Biomarkers Study in Infants With Prior Neonatal Brain Injury
This research focuses on the long-term cognitive development of children, including healthy infants and those who had a perinatal brain injury.
- Conditions
- HIE - Hypoxic - Ischemic Encephalopathy, Perinatal Anoxic-ischemic Brain Injury, Premature Birth, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- NCT07413900
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Related
Sleep and Tracking Effects in Pregnancy Study
Purpose: The investigators hypothesize that a simple, personalized, smartphone-based activity intervention using a wrist-based activity tracker will help high risk pregnant women reduce their stress during pregnancy.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Related, Weight Gain, Weight Change Trajectory
- Trial name
- STEP (NCT04173559)
- Testing
- Activity Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
High Perinatal Mortality, High Neonatal Mortality
Measuring the Impact of a Mobile Health System to Support Healthy Pregnancies and Improve Newborn Survival
The purpose of this community-based randomized controlled trial is to test whether the mCARE-II intervention package, delivered by the existing Government of Bangladesh community health workforce, will improve neonatal and…
- Conditions
- High Perinatal Mortality, High Neonatal Mortality, Low Antenatal Care Service Utilization, Low Postnatal Care Service Utilization
- Trial name
- mCARE-II (NCT02909179)
- Testing
- mCARE-II
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 113,539 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Perinatal Mental Health Care Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Best Practices in Perinatal Mental Health During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in health care during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Although adverse effects of COVID-19 on perinatal mental health have been documented, changes in the perinatal mental health…
- Trial name
- NCT04779775
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minho
Perinatal Grief, Perinatal Loss
Comparison of Social Media-Based and Online Training in Grief Counseling Education
This randomized trial aims to compare the effectiveness of two digital educational approaches for perinatal grief counseling training among midwives and nurses working in perinatal care settings in Türkiye: a social media-based…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Grief, Perinatal Loss, Bereavement
- Trial name
- NCT07723170
- Testing
- Social Media-Based Perinatal Grief Counseling Education, Online Perinatal Grief Counseling Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istinye University
Pregnancy, Birth Weight
Prenatal Multi-micronutrient Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal maternal micronutrient supplementation has been suggested as a means to reduce the proportion of low birth weight babies in low-income countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00168688
- Testing
- multi micronutrient supplement, MN1, MN2
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
HIV Infections
A Study of Zidovudine in Infants Exposed to the HIV Before or Soon After Birth
To determine if intravenous (IV) and oral zidovudine (AZT) can be safely given to children aged 1 day to 3 months who were born to mothers with an HIV infection. Also to determine the correct dose of AZT for young children.
- Trial name
- NCT00001007
- Testing
- Zidovudine
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Perinatal Depression, Perinatal Anxiety
Prospective Study Evaluating a Novel Mobile App Based Preventive Behavioral Intervention for Perinatal Mood Disorders
The primary aim of the study is to investigate whether a novel mobile App-based behavioral intervention in pregnant women can: (1) prevent and/or decrease the incidence of perinatal mood disorders (2) decrease the severity and/or…
- Trial name
- NCT04914299
- Testing
- App-based "positive intelligence" intervention, Standard of care
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Perinatal Hypoxia
Serum Erythropoietin Level in Perinatal Asphyxia
This study is to evaluate brain and kidney injuries in full-term neonates with perinatal asphyxia by detecting specific biomarker in blood (Erythropoietin).
- Trial name
- NCT05018364
- Testing
- Serum erythropoietin level
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Child Development, Mental Health
Impact of a Medical-Financial Partnership Intervention on Parent Mental Health, Perinatal Outcomes, and Child Developmental Risk
Poverty and financial stress are key social drivers of health and root causes of worse health beginning in pregnancy, continuing into childhood, and extending over the life course, but clinical tools to address the health impacts…
- Trial name
- NCT07064915
- Testing
- Medical-Financial Partnership Support
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Idiopathic Polyhydramios Cases
Cerebroplacental Ratio and Perinatal Outcomes in Mild and Moderate Idiopathic Polyhydramios Cases
This study aims to evaluate the predictability of fetal Doppler parameters in terms of perinatal adverse outcomes in singleton pregnancies with mild and moderate idiopathic polyhydramnios
- Trial name
- NCT06211855
- Testing
- doppler assesment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
Opioid-use Disorder, Pregnancy Related
Perinatal Care and Medication Assisted Treatment: Carbon/Emery Counties
The purpose of this study is to enhance perinatal opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in a rural setting by developing an evaluated curriculum of perinatal OUD provider education.
- Trial name
- NCT04448015
- Testing
- Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder Education and Enhanced Perinatal Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Down Syndrome, Edwards Syndrome
Whole Blood Specimen Collection From Pregnant Subjects
To obtain whole blood specimens from pregnant subjects to be used for research and development and clinical validation studies of prenatal assays.
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Edwards Syndrome, Patau Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT02430584
- Testing
- Observational - no intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Progenity, Inc.
HIV Infection, Tuberculosis
Daily Isoniazid to Prevent Tuberculosis in Infants Born to Mothers With HIV
Tuberculosis (TB) is highly endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The increased burden of TB in settings with high prevalence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is associated with high rates of transmission of Mycobacterium…
- Conditions
- HIV Infection, Tuberculosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT00080119
- Testing
- Isoniazid (INH), Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX)
- Where
- 6 sites in Botswana, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Major Depressive Disorder, Perinatal Depression
The Role of Sex Steroids and Serotonin Brain Dynamics in Perinatal Mental Health
Hormonal transitions such as across pregnancy and postpartum may trigger depressive episodes in some women. It is not known why, but estrogen sensitivity may play a critical role.
- Trial name
- NCT03795688
- Testing
- Pregnancy
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vibe G Frøkjær, MD, PhD
Metabolic Disease, Neurological and Mental Health Conditions
Singapore PREconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes
We aim to test the following primary hypothesis that nutrition, lifestyle, and maternal emotional health prior to pregnancy and/or during the first trimester alter the expression of metabolic or neurodevelopmental endophenotypes…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disease, Neurological and Mental Health Conditions, Genetics Predisposition, Skin Condition
- Trial name
- S-PRESTO (NCT03531658)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,054 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
COVID-19, Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Long-term Respiratory Complications in Infants With Perinatal COVID-19
Study outcomes and endpoints: Primary outcome: to assess clinical characteristics of infants with confirmed COVID-19 infection at birth and to evaluate long-term respiratory consequences of neonatal COVID-19 infection.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Respiratory Function Tests
- Trial name
- COLF (NCT05793723)
- Testing
- Pulmonary function testing device
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
HIV Infections
Effects of Maternal Anti-HIV Treatment on Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women
In clinical trials being conducted throughout the world, pregnant HIV-infected women are given anti-HIV drugs before, during, and after they give birth to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT00100867
- Where
- 23 sites in Botswana, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections