Clinical trials: Preterm Birth Complication
Preterm Birth
Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth (PREVENT-PTB Study)
This research study is being done to find out whether a screening blood test can help identify women with an increased risk of preterm birth.
- Trial name
- NCT03530332
- Testing
- PreTRM test
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ware Branch
Premature Birth
Association Between Mother-Infant Attunement During Interaction and the Quality of General Movements
The proposed research has the potential of contributing to the limited empirical literature on the relationship between maternal sensitivity and motor development of preterm infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01764958
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assuta Hospital Systems
Nurse's Role, Preterm Birth
The Effect of Kangaroo Father Care Transport on Preterm Infants
This study was planned to investigate the effect of paternal kangaroo care and transport on physiologic parameters, anxiety and paternal attachment in preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Nurse's Role, Preterm Birth, Fathers
- Trial name
- NCT06725914
- Testing
- kangaroo care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zeynep Büşra GÜÇLÜ
Preterm Birth, Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane
Cerclage After Full Dilatation Caesarean Section
CRAFT-OBS: Observational Study; To evaluate subsequent pregnancy risk of preterm birth in women with a history of previous caesarean in established labour.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane, Preterm Spontaneous Labor With Preterm Delivery
- Trial name
- CRAFT (NCT04110704)
- Testing
- Insertion of transvaginal cerclage
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Prematurity
Dietary Protein in the Very-low-birth-weight Infant
In this randomized study The investigators aim to compare the growth of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants fed either a high protein or a standard protein preterm infant formula.
- Trial name
- NCT01208493
- Testing
- preterm infant formula with high protein levels, preterm standard infant formula
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Premature Birth, Premature Infant
The Effects Of Auditory Interventions On Pain And Comfort In Premature Infants
This study investigated the effects of three interventions -recorded mother's voice, white noise, and MiniMuffs, muffs used to attenuate environmental sounds- applied during a heel lance on pain and comfort in premature infants.
- Trial name
- NCT04067206
- Testing
- RECORDED MOTHER'S VOICE, White Noise, MiniMuff
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Pregnancy, Premature Birth
Development of a Nationally Scalable Model of Group Prenatal Care to Improve Birth Outcomes: "Expect With Me"
This study addresses the intractable challenges of adverse birth outcomes, including preterm delivery and low birthweight, by proposing the development, implementation and evaluation of a model of group prenatal care that could…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- NCT02169024
- Testing
- Expect With Me group prenatal care, Standard individual prenatal care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor
Impact of the PREEMI Package on Neonatal Mortality
The purpose of this Quality Improvement initiative is to reduce severe morbidity and mortality among premature infants through proven and cost-effective clinical management during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- PREEMI (NCT03923023)
- Where
- 2 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 11,195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Premature Birth
A Smart, "Always -On" Health Monitoring System
This is a pilot study is to test a wireless, skin-sensor device against current technology in the NICU to monitor vitals
- Trial name
- NCT02865070
- Testing
- Skin Sensor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Postpartum Infection
Trends in Pregnancy Outcomes Beyond Twenty Weeks Gestational Age in Assisted Reproductive Technology Conceived Pregnancies in British Columbia
Examining outcomes beyond 20 weeks gestational age in pregnancies conceived by ART compared to spontaneously conceived pregnancies 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06726603
- Testing
- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Premature Obstetric Labor
Progesterone and Aminophylline for the Prevention of Preterm Labour
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the combination of aminophylline and Progesterone (P4) is acceptable to women at high-risk of Pre-term labour (PTL).
- Trial name
- PROGRAM (NCT03152942)
- Testing
- Progesterone, Aminophylline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St Stephens Aids Trust
Preterm Birth, Short Cervical Length
The Impact of Vaginal and IM Progestins on the Cervix
The purpose of this study is to analyze how the body handles and responds to progesterone treatment in parous and nulliparous women at risk of pre-term birth.
- Trial name
- NCT01954095
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Language Development
Language Development in Preterm Children
This research investigates the ways in which preterm birth affects how very young children learn to speak and understand language, and how older children gain efficiency in language processing.
- Trial name
- NCT01599780
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Premature Birth
Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Growth and Body Composition in Preterm and Term Infants
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of measuring body composition by air displacement plethysmography (ADP) in rapidly growing, medically stable late gestation [32-35 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA)] premature…
- Trial name
- PREMA (NCT00833222)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Preterm Birth
NICU-HEALTH (Hospital Exposures and Long-Term Health)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of environmental exposures during the NICU hospitalization on preterm infant development. The research team is interested in both chemical and non-chemical exposures.
- Trial name
- NCT01963065
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Premature Birth
A Longitudinal Study of Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Preterm Infants
The main purpose of this study is to extend the investigators' previous research to longitudinally examine the effectiveness of three early intervention programs: usual care program, clinic-based intervention program and…
- Trial name
- NCT00946244
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Healthy
Brain Structure and Development in Pre-Term and Full-Term Infants
The purpose of this study is to see how full-term and pre-term infants' brains relate to their movement and development throughout the first two years of life.
- Trial name
- NCT00679471
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Christiana Care Health Services
Preterm Birth, Activity Restriction
DE-RESTRICT: Deimplementing Activity Restriction for Preterm Birth Prevention
DE-RESTRICT is a pilot study testing whether a strategy to reduce the use of activity restriction and bedrest in pregnancy is acceptable, appropriate, and feasible for prenatal care providers, and whether it changes how often…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Activity Restriction, Bed Rest, Low-Value Care
- Trial name
- NCT07698483
- Testing
- Multicomponent deimplementation strategy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Preterm, Preterm Infant Development
Nutritional Maturity in Preterm Newborns (Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention, PIOMI)
Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) has been found to improve short-term clinical outcomes in preterm infants and contribute to their feeding skills.
- Trial name
- PIOMI (NCT07894380)
- Testing
- The PIOMI initiative in maternal interaction, Control
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
PreTerm Birth
Supporting Mothers of Preterm Infants
Preterm birth is the leading contributor to mortality among children younger than 5 years. One effective and inexpensive intervention is providing skin-to-skin care (STSC) whereby the mother of a preterm baby provides…
- Trial name
- NCT03013660
- Testing
- Limited Financial Support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts Medical Center