Clinical trials: Preterm Birth Complication
Premature Birth
Family-Centered Intervention for Preterm Children: Effects at School Age and Biosocial Mediators
This study is to extend our previous research to longitudinally examine the effectiveness of intervention programs (FCIP and UCP) for VLBW preterm children in Taiwan at seven years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT03668626
- Testing
- Family-centered intervention program (FCIP)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Red Blood Cells, Preterm
Blood Transfusions in Preterm Infants
A cross sectional study to assess the effect of blood transfusions on the outcome of preterm infants
- Trial name
- NCT05331235
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital
Prematurity
PIOMI Effects on Preterm Infant Outcomes
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) on body weight gain, breastfeeding behavior, and length of hospital stay in preterm infants hospitalized in the neonatal…
- Trial name
- NCT07366190
- Testing
- Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI), nursing care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
Preterm Infant, Full-term Infant
A Novel Parent Education Program for Early Intervention
One in ten infants born in the USA is born preterm before 37 weeks of gestation and 50% of those will have motor and cognitive delays requiring intervention at school age.
- Trial name
- NCT04266717
- Testing
- Baby Play Intervention, Milestone Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Preterm Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Guangzhou Preterm and Term Birth Cohort Study
The Guangzhou Preterm-Term Birth Cohort (GPTBC) is a prospective observational study of how early-life nutrition, environmental exposures, and family factors relate to the health and development of preterm and term infants and…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- GPTBC (NCT07756177)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Vitamin E for Extremely Preterm Infants
The purpose of this pilot trial is to test the safety and efficacy of administering one dose of vitamin E, via a tube into the stomach, to extremely preterm infants (less than 27 weeks gestation and less than 1000 grams birth…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- NCT01193270
- Testing
- Vitamin E
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Infant Mortality, Preterm Birth
Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Infant Survival
The purpose of this community-based randomized trial is to examine whether a daily antenatal and postnatal multiple micronutrient supplement given to women will enhance newborn and infant survival and health and other birth…
- Conditions
- Infant Mortality, Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- JiVitA-3 (NCT00860470)
- Testing
- Iron (27 mg) - folic acid (600 ug), Multiple micronutrient
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 44,567 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Short Cervix, PROM, Preterm (Pregnancy)
Microbiological and Biochemical Profiling of Amniotic Fluid in Women With Short Cervix or Premature Rupture of Membranes
This study aims at assessing the efficacy, reliability, and clinical impact of Amniotic Fluid analysis by Nanopore DNA sequencing compared to the standard bacterial cultures in detecting intra-amniotic/inflammation in patients…
- Trial name
- CIPRO (NCT07792083)
- Testing
- amniotic fluid collection
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Preterm Birth
Infection and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Miscarriage (spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and preterm birth) is the most common adverse out-come of pregnancy and a significant proportion is caused by infection.
- Trial name
- NCT02673216
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 2,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Statens Serum Institut
Preterm Pregnancy, Preterm Birth
Prediction of the Onset of Term and Preterm Labour
This study will collect samples from pregnant women in order to identify biomarkers that relate to onset of spontaneous preterm labour.
- Conditions
- Preterm Pregnancy, Preterm Birth, Preterm Birth Complication, Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane
- Trial name
- PREDICT (NCT04590677)
- Testing
- Samples required from group 1 (procedure within observational study), Samples required from group 2 (procedure within observational study)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Premature Birth, Mothers of Newborn Infants
Maternal Self-efficacy and Motor Development in Premature Infants: Clinical Trial Protocol
Mothers of premature newborns face special home care situations due to the conditions of their children after hospital discharge; This requires promoting the positive perception of maternal self-efficacy and thus achieving the…
- Trial name
- NCT06420635
- Testing
- Interdisciplinary intervention program on maternal self-efficacy and the motor development of premature children, Traditional kangaroo program
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de la Sabana
Preterm Birth
Evaluation of a Novel Diagnostic Kit for the Detection of Placental Alpha-Microglobulin-1 in the Prediction of Preterm Birth in Women Presenting With Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor
Currently, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) indicate in their most recent Practice Bulletin on the Management of Preterm Labor that many tests to identify women at risk of preterm birth have been…
- Trial name
- PartoSure (NCT05742997)
- Testing
- PartoSure, Fetal Fibronectine
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
Preterm Delivery, Cervical Length
RCT of Progesterone to Prevent Preterm Birth in Nulliparous Women With a Short Cervix
The purpose of this study is to see if giving progesterone medication to pregnant women, who have never delivered a baby after 19 weeks of pregnancy and who have a short cervix, lowers the risk of early delivery and improves the…
- Trial name
- SCAN (NCT00439374)
- Testing
- 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 657 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The George Washington University Biostatistics Center
Prematurity; Extreme
Exercise Intervention to Rescue the Adverse Effect of Preterm Birth on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health.
In spite of advances in neonatal intensive care allowing the first generation survivors of extreme prematurity to now reach young adulthood, these individuals present with reduced exercise capacity; a strong predictor of later…
- Trial name
- NCT03504215
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Premature, Orogastric Tube
Development and Efficiency of Atraumatic Orogastric Tube Insertion Protocol with Combination of Wrapping, Fetal Position, Breastmilk, and Sucrose
This study aimed to reduce the pain and increase comfort during the orogastric tube insertion (OGT) procedure, which is routinely applied to feed these babies at 32-34 weeks of age, in preterm newborns with a sucking reflex.In…
- Conditions
- Premature, Orogastric Tube, Oral Sucrose
- Trial name
- OGT (NCT05180058)
- Testing
- Wrapping + Breastmilk Group
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ayse Sonay Turkmen, Prof.Dr
Premature Birth
Improving Brain Development in Medically Healthy Premature Infants
Premature infants born between 28 and 33 weeks' gestation often have significant brain damage. Brain damage can be caused by the much greater stimulation the infant receives in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00065364
- Testing
- Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Threaten Preterm, Prethrem Labour
The Effects of Adjunctive Therapy With Vaginal Tablets Lactobacillus Acidophilus and a Low Dose Estriol (Gynoflor®) to Prolong Pregnancy Time in Preterm Labor, A Randomized Controlled Trial
The study aim to study The Adjunctive therapy with vaginal tablets containing Lactobacillus acidophilus KS400 and low-dose Estriol (Gynoflor®) in addition to standard tocolytic treatment administered once daily for 6 days…
- Conditions
- Threaten Preterm, Prethrem Labour, Bacterial Vaginitis
- Trial name
- NCT07344064
- Testing
- Gynoflor
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Thailand
Premature Birth
Group Antenatal Care: Effectiveness and Contextual Factors Linked to Implementation Success in Malawi
In this study, we test the effectiveness of an evidence-based model of group antenatal care by comparing it to individual (usual) antenatal care (Aim 1) across 7 antenatal clinics in Blantyre District, Malawi.
- Trial name
- NCT03673709
- Testing
- Antenatal Care
- Where
- 7 sites in Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,887 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
The Effects of Erythropoietin (EPO) on the Transfusion Requirements of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
This study tested the safety and efficacy of transfusing erythropoietin (Epo) and iron in infants of <1,250g birth weight. For infants 401-1,000g birth weight, we tested whether early erythropoietin (Epo) and iron therapy would…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- EPO (NCT01203514)
- Testing
- Erythropoietin
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Preterm Birth, Blood Transfusion Complication
Blood Warming in Preterm Infants to Decrease Hypothermia
Background/significance: Over 100,000 early preterm infants are born annually in the United States and suffer morbidity and mortality during hospitalization in a neonatal intensive care unit. One such condition is hypothermia.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Blood Transfusion Complication, Hypothermia
- Trial name
- NCT05170633
- Testing
- Ranger blood warmer (3M Healthcare, Oakdale, Minnesota)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina