Clinical trials: Postpartum Period
Postpartum Depression
Escitalopram (Lexapro) for the Treatment of Postpartum Depression
The purpose of this study is to determine whether women with postpartum major depressive disorder (MDD) will experience a significant decrease in depressive symptoms from baseline over an eight-week treatment intervention with…
- Trial name
- LexaproPPD (NCT00833469)
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Surgical Site Infection Following Cesarean Delivery
Comparison of Surgical Skin Preps During Cesarean Deliveries
In women that undergo non-emergency cesarean delivery, we are comparing the skin preparation solutions for best outcome of surgical site infection.
- Trial name
- NCT01870583
- Testing
- Iodine povidone, Chlorhexidine, Combination iodine and chlorhexidine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,404 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Contraception
Patient Compliance With Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Administration
This a randomized control trial to identify if patients who desire LARC are more likely to have success receiving the desired form of contraception if it is placed a) during the postpartum hospital stay, either in the immediate…
- Trial name
- NCT03305081
- Testing
- Levonorgestrel IUD, copper IUD, etonorgestrel implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University School of Medicine
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
Perinatal Depression, Post Partum Depression
Characterizing the Neural Substrates of Irritability in Women: an Experimental Neuroendocrine Model
The proposed study involves experimentally manipulating reproductive hormones in nonpregnant, euthymic women to create a scaled down version of the changes that occur during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Depression, Post Partum Depression, Depression, Postpartum, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04051320
- Testing
- Leuprolide Acetate 3.75 MG/ML, Estradiol 2 Mg tablet, Micronized progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Safety and Effectiveness of the Jada System in Treating Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Jada System in the control and reduction of primary postpartum hemorrhage.
- Trial name
- PEARLE (NCT02883673)
- Testing
- Jada System
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people
- Sponsor
- Alydia Health
Pregnancy
Efficacy of Labor Epidurals for Postpartum Tubal Ligation
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect of continuous postpartum epidural saline infusion on the reactivation of labor epidurals for postpartum tubal ligation surgery following vaginal delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT02564016
- Testing
- Normal Saline Infusion, Capped Epidural
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Postpartum Depression, Parenting
Social Media Intervention for Postpartum Depression
This study is intended to compare the acceptability and feasibility and explore outcomes related to two different formats of a parenting program for mothers with postpartum depressive symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT02355067
- Testing
- Social Media Intervention, Traditional In-Person Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Depression, Postpartum, Depression, Unipolar
Tracking Depression Symptoms With a Health Chatbot
The goal of this research is to bridge a significant "effectiveness" gap in the treatment of depression. The investigators have developed a chatbot which will assist in performing measurement-based care (MBC) via Facebook…
- Trial name
- NCT03990389
- Testing
- Chatbot Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Ketamine, Lactation
The Pharmacokinetics of Ketamine in the Breast Milk of Lactating Women
Quantification of Ketamine in Breast Milk at 3 hour Intervals up to 30 hours-- obtained from lactating women who receive 2 different Intramuscular injections of ketamine on two separate days at least 5 days apart.
- Trial name
- KRF-LAC (NCT04285684)
- Testing
- ketamine in lactation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Ketamine Research Foundation
Diphtheria, Pertussis
Tdap Vaccine in Post-Partum Women
Monitoring immune response and longevity in serum and milk after Tdap administration to postpartum women. The clinical trial will involve women (aged 18 - 45 years) who have just delivered full-term infants (greater than or equal…
- Conditions
- Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
- Trial name
- NCT01711645
- Testing
- Tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed onto aluminum phosphate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy
Remote BP Monitoring in the PP Period
The purpose of this study is to trial remote patient monitoring (RPM) in the postpartum hypertensive population in a randomized control design, with an aim to increase the number of blood pressure measurements taken during the…
- Trial name
- NCT03728790
- Testing
- Remote Patient Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Pain, Postoperative, Depression, Postpartum
Ketamine Tolerated Dose for Postpartum Depression and Pain After Cesarean Delivery (PREPARE 1)
The purpose of this study is to identify a tolerable dose for postpartum ketamine infusion using a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) 3+3 design.
- Trial name
- NCT05907213
- Testing
- Ketamine (Ketalar) Dose Level 1, Ketamine (Ketalar) Dose Level 2, Ketamine (Ketalar) Dose Level 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Grace Lim, MD, MS
Postpartum Depression
Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Brexanolone-induced Antidepressant Effects in Postpartum Depression
This is a feasibility study of performing repeated EEG recordings and assessment of affective states during open-label administration of BRX to women with postpartum depression.
- Trial name
- BRX-PPD (NCT05543746)
- Testing
- Brexanolone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hypertension
Monitoring and Testing of Blood Pressure in Postpartum Women
The purpose of this research study is to find out the usefulness of checking a woman's blood pressure remotely (at home) for 3 weeks after being discharged from the hospital after having a baby (or babies).
- Trial name
- SMART-BP (NCT05236725)
- Testing
- Remote Blood Pressure Cuff, Blood pressure monitoring smart phone app, BabyScripts™, Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,607 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
Other Chronic Postoperative Pain
High Pain Intervention in Cesarean Sections
In previous studies the investigators have seen that the severity of pain one day after cesarean delivery can predict the presence of pain and depression 2 months later.
- Trial name
- NCT01298778
- Testing
- Duramorph 150, Acetaminophen, Duramorph 300
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Contraception
Immediate Postplacental IUD Insertion
The study will be a randomized clinical trial. Women with less than 10 prenatal visits and/or 2 or more no show visits who desire an Intrauterine Device (IUD) will be considered for enrollment.
- Trial name
- NCT02169869
- Testing
- Mirena, Paragard
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension in Postpartum
Is Procardia XL 60 mg Q Daily Equivalent to 30 mg XL Given Twice Daily?
Antihypertensive therapy has been used in pregnant patients antepartum to improve blood pressure (BP) elevation in cases of chronic hypertension, and postpartum for persistent hypertension after delivery in cases of gestational…
- Trial name
- NCT03595982
- Testing
- Procardia XL 30Mg, Procardia XL 60Mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Contraception, Breastfeeding
Immediate Postpartum Contraceptive Implant Placement and Breastfeeding Success in Women at Risk for Low Milk Supply: A Non-inferiority Trial
The investigators goal is to measure the impact of timing of postpartum contraceptive implant insertion on breastfeeding success and duration and to explore women's experiences with and attitudes towards contraceptive and…
- Conditions
- Contraception, Breastfeeding, Postpartum Contraception
- Trial name
- NCT02866279
- Testing
- Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center