Clinical trials: Perinatal Mortality
Pregnancy, Maternal Health
Wired Mothers - Use of Mobile Phones to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health in Zanzibar
Reducing maternal and newborn mortality remains a global challenge. Because obstetric complications cannot be predicted, skilled attendance at the time of delivery and access to emergency obstetric care remain the most effective…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Maternal Health, Newborn Death, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01821222
- Testing
- Wired mothers
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,550 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant
Trial to Compare BCG-Bulgaria and BCG-Denmark
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of Hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Danish strain (AJ Vaccines…
- Conditions
- Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant, Morbidity;Newborn, Morbidity;Infant
- Trial name
- BCGSTRAIN IV (NCT05397678)
- Testing
- BCG-Denmark, BCG-Bulgaria
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Fetal Growth Retardation
STV Analysis Versus Visual Evaluation of Cardiotocography in FGR
This stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial investigates whether in pregnant women with severe, early-onset fetal growth restriction, the use of STV analysis in fetal monitoring improves the chances of perinatal…
- Trial name
- SAVEFGR (NCT06010238)
- Testing
- Short term variation, Visual interpretation
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Mobile WACh NEO: Mobile Solutions for Neonatal Health and Maternal Support
To improve neonatal mortality, it is critical to engage families, especially mothers, in essential newborn care (ENC) and appropriate care-seeking for neonatal illness as well as to support maternal mental health and…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04598165
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 6 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 5,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Malaria, Low Birth Weight
Malaria in Pregnancy: Nutrition and Immunologic Effects
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of zinc and/or vitamin A supplementation in reducing the risk of placental malaria and its associated adverse pregnancy outcomes.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Low Birth Weight, Anemia, Perinatal Mortality
- Trial name
- MAL2 (NCT01115478)
- Testing
- Vitamin A, Zinc
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity
BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of a checklist-based childbirth safety program (the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program) on reduction of severe maternal, fetal, and newborn harm in institutional deliveries in…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- BetterBirth (NCT02148952)
- Testing
- WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 157,689 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Air Pollution, Pesticides
Environmental Exposures and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
This project is a descriptive study designed to identify the exposure of infants who died of MIN to ambient air pollutants, and to measure pesticide concentrations in biological matrices (hair, serum, LCS) within a sample from…
- Trial name
- ExpoMIN (NCT06708793)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
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
Extremely Premature Infant, Anemia Neonatal
Heterologous Cord Blood-Derived Red Blood Cell for Transfusion in Extremely Preterm Infants
Anemia is a condition in which there are not enough red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. It is very common in extremely preterm infants (born before 28 weeks of pregnancy), and many of these babies require red…
- Conditions
- Extremely Premature Infant, Anemia Neonatal, Blood Transfusion, Umbilical Cord Blood
- Trial name
- NCT07502781
- Testing
- Cord Blood Red Blood Cells, Standard Adult Donor Red Blood Cells
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Advanced Maternal Age Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy
University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant Cohort
The University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant (UNIHOPE) Cohort is the major part of the National Key Research and Development Program on Reproductive Health \& Major Birth Defects Control and Prevention Project, which is funded…
- Conditions
- Advanced Maternal Age Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Perinatal Death, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- UNIHOPE (NCT03220750)
- Where
- 9 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Neonatal Death
NEO-study, Newborn Emergency Outcome
Globally, 2.9 million newborn infants die within the first 28 day of life and 2.6 million babies are born dead, 1.3 million of these being alive at the onset of labor.
- Trial name
- NEO (NCT04093778)
- Testing
- Low dose high frequency training and Safe Delivery Phone Application
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
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
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
CHV-NEO: Community-based Digital Communication to Support Neonatal Health
Neonatal mortality (defined as death in the first 28 days of life) remains unacceptably high in sub-Sarahan Africa. The concentrated risk of neonatal illness in the first weeks of life and its potential to rapidly deteriorate…
- Trial name
- NCT05187897
- Testing
- CHV-NEO
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Gestational Weight Gain
BEP Targeting Strategies in Ethiopia
The goal of this randomized effectiveness study is to evaluate the different targeting strategies for the delivery of balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplements among pregnant women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Conditions
- Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Gestational Weight Gain, Stillbirth, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- BEP (NCT06125860)
- Testing
- Targeted BEP based on baseline nutritional status, Targeted BEP based on baseline nutritional status and monthly GWG monitoring, Universal BEP
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 7,851 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Pregnancy Related
Well-Mama Community Doula Navigator Study
This study will develop and test an intervention, called the Well-Mama intervention, which includes the use of a checklist by Community Doula Navigators to support pregnant women.
- Trial name
- NCT05179369
- Testing
- Standard Care with Well-Mama Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 576 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Early Neonatal Death and Stillbirth
The NICHD Global Network (GN) for Women's and Children's Health Research, a multi-site, international research network, provides a unique infrastructure to implement an expanded perinatal verbal autopsy study using the FIRST…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Stilbirth
- Trial name
- VA (NCT00640055)
- Testing
- Coordinator, Physician-assigned cause of death
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, Pakistan and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Premature Birth, NEUROPROTECTION
Magnesium Sulphate Neuroprotective Strategies for Preterm Deliveries
A Cochrane systematic review has confirmed that fetal exposure to magnesium sulphate given before preterm birth has a neuroprotective role.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, NEUROPROTECTION, MAGNESIUM SULPHATE, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT05674565
- Testing
- Magnesium sulfate loading with maintenance dose, Magnesium sulfate loading dose only
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 336 people
- Sponsor
- Zagazig University