Clinical trials: Perinatal
Neonatal Death, Prematurity
Outcomes Following Early Parenteral Nutrition Use in Preterm Neonates
BACKGROUND An essential part of neonatal care is providing nutrition to ensure that babies grow and develop. Providing this can be difficult in premature babies because their intestines are underdeveloped.
- Trial name
- NCT03767634
- Testing
- Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 97,507 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Leveraging Interactive Text Messaging to Monitor and Support Maternal Health in Kenya
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions such as interactive short message service (SMS) text messaging with healthcare workers (HCWs) have been proposed as efficient, accessible additions to traditional health care in…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- AI-NEO (NCT05369806)
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Topiramate in Neonates Receiving Whole Body Cooling for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
The goal is to see whether topiramate (an anti-epileptic agent) improves the outcome of babies with neonatal hypoxic encephalopathy who are receiving whole body cooling.
- Trial name
- NCT01765218
- Testing
- Topiramate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Kristin R Hoffman
Perinatal Depression
Responsive e-Health Intervention for Perinatal Depression in Healthcare Settings
Perinatal depression is experienced by at least 14-20% of pregnant and postpartum women, and is recognized as the most common complication of childbirth.
- Trial name
- MMB (NCT03995316)
- Testing
- Treatment As Usual + MMB 2.0, Treatment As Usual Only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Disease Transmission, Vertical, Vertical Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission
Trial of Three Neonatal Antiretroviral Regimens for Prevention of Intrapartum HIV Transmission
Giving anti-HIV medications to babies born of HIV positive mothers right after birth can lower the babies' risk of contracting HIV.
- Conditions
- Disease Transmission, Vertical, Vertical Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00099359
- Testing
- Zidovudine, Nevirapine (NVP), Epivir (3TC)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Argentina and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,735 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Perinatal Depression
A Smartphone-Assisted Brief Behavioral Intervention for Pregnant Women With Depression
Investigators developed Motherly 1.0, a smartphone app designed to treat and promote maternal mental health. A 2-arm parallel-randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) will be conducted to test the efficacy of Motherly in…
- Trial name
- NCT04495166
- Testing
- Motherly 1.0, Brief Psychotherapy, Educational app
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Postpartum Smoking Relapse
Perinatal Attentional Retraining Intervention for Smoking for Minority Women
The proposed research intends to randomize 50 abstinent pregnant Black or Hispanic smokers to receive either the attentional retraining (AR) or control VP task.
- Trial name
- PARIS (NCT04114877)
- Testing
- Attentional retraining (AR), Visual probe (VP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Cerebral Palsy, Perinatal Stroke
Single-session tDCS in Cerebral Palsy
The goal of this study is to characterize individual responses to a single application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP), and to test which electrode configuration…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Perinatal Stroke, Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Trial name
- NCT03635775
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Sleep-disordered Breathing, Major Depressive Disorder
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and PAP in Perinatal Depression
The goal of this study is to understand the contribution of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) to one of the most common and debilitating adverse pregnancy outcomes, perinatal depression.
- Trial name
- NCT02507297
- Testing
- Positive Airway Pressure (PAP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Pregnancy Related, Doula Care
Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas
The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Doula Care, Black Maternal and Infant Health, Prenatal Care
- Trial name
- Doula (NCT07157059)
- Testing
- Doula Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Pregnancy, Cannabis
Development of a Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Risk for Perinatal Cannabis Use
This study will recruit 20 women who are high risk for prenatal cannabis use for a 12-week program of using the tracker and receiving a Lifestyle Physical Activity program.
- Trial name
- NCT05528380
- Testing
- LPA + Fitbit Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
HIV Infections
Anti-HIV Drugs for Treating Infants Who Acquired HIV Infection at Birth
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of anti-HIV drug courses of different lengths in infants who became HIV infected at birth.
- Trial name
- NCT00102960
- Testing
- Abacavir sulfate, Didanosine, Efavirenz
- Volunteers
- 377 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy
Neuroprotective Effects of Hypothermia Combined With Inhaled Xenon Following Perinatal Asphyxia
This is a randomised controlled trial in newborn infants with perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy assessing whether a combination of hypothermia and inhaled xenon preserve cerebral metabolism and structure.
- Trial name
- TOBYXe (NCT00934700)
- Testing
- Xenon gas
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Nurse's Role, Stigma, Social
Testing an Arts-based Program to Reduce Nurse Stigma Towards Perinatal Substance Use
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and limited effectiveness of a digital, arts-based educational intervention addressing nurse stigma towards perinatal substance use.
- Conditions
- Nurse's Role, Stigma, Social, Implicit Bias
- Trial name
- NCT06410287
- Testing
- ArtSpective
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Depression, Postpartum Depression
Personalized Integrated Chronotherapy for Perinatal Depression
Perinatal depression and anxiety are common, serious, and frequently overlapping disorders that increase morbidity and mortality in new mothers (including suicide) and result in poor infant/child outcomes.
- Conditions
- Depression, Postpartum Depression, Prenatal Disorder, Circadian Dysregulation
- Trial name
- NCT04364646
- Testing
- Personalized Integrated Chronotherapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Perinatal Death, Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy of Maternal Deaths, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Deaths in BetterBirth
The purpose of this study is to conduct Verbal Autopsies of deaths ( stillbirths and neonatal deaths together) identified in the BetterBirth trial to identify their potential causes, timing, and social determinants.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Death, Neonatal Death, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT03213509
- Testing
- Interview (Social and Verbal Autopsy)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Parenting, Mother-child Relations
Collaborative Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting Support in Primary Care
Treating mothers' perinatal depressive and other mental health symptoms alone does not prevent impaired parenting quality and adverse infant outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02724774
- Testing
- Promoting First Relationships®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 252 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hepatitis B Chronic Infection, Pregnancy
Maternal Antiviral Prophylaxis to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Thailand
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is complicated by cirrhosis and liver cancer. In Thailand, 7% of adults are chronically infected by Hepatitis B virus (HBV).
- Trial name
- iTAP (NCT01745822)
- Testing
- tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
- Where
- 17 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 654 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Paternal Behavior, Father-Child Relations
DadSpace: Increasing Community Support Resources for Perinatal Fathers
The project is aimed at meeting the support needs of community fathers who are expecting a baby or who have recently had a baby.
- Conditions
- Paternal Behavior, Father-Child Relations, Family Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05063448
- Testing
- DadSpace
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
HIV Infections, H1N1 Influenza Virus
Safety of and Immune Response to an H1N1 Influenza Vaccine in HIV Infected Pregnant Women
Both pregnant women and people infected with HIV are at increased risk of viral infection, including influenza infection. Pregnant women infected with HIV may be at particular risk of infection from the new H1N1 influenza virus.
- Trial name
- NCT00992017
- Testing
- Influenza A (H1N1) monovalent vaccine
- Where
- 31 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)