Clinical trials: Preterm Infants
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn, TTN
Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) Versus Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in Neonates
The investigators hypothesize that ultrasonography of the newborn lung can be used as an effective diagnostic tool in neonates ≥ 28 weeks gestation with early symptoms of respiratory distress.
- Conditions
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn, TTN, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, RDS
- Trial name
- NCT01517958
- Testing
- Respiratory Distress Group, Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Breastfeeding, Preterm Infant
The Effect of the SNS-Based Feeding on Transition to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Preterm Infants
This study investigated the effect of the Supplemental Nursing System (SNS)-based feeding on the time to transition to exclusive breastfeeding, sucking success, and the time to discharge in preterm infants
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Preterm Infant, Sucking Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05815706
- Testing
- MEDELA Supplemental nursing system
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Preterm Infants, Term Infants
The Intestinal Innate Immune System in Newborns. Development and Inflammation in Health and Disease
The goal of this observational study is to determine the normal development of the human intestinal immune system in premature and mature neonatal life and to determine the pathophysiology behind life-threatening gastrointestinal…
- Conditions
- Preterm Infants, Term Infants, Necrotising Enterocolitis, Atresia; Bowel
- Trial name
- INTINE (NCT06092463)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Language Delay, Language Development
Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings…
- Conditions
- Language Delay, Language Development, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Mother-Infant Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05861531
- Testing
- Oromotor stimulation, Reading curriculum, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Immature Newborn, Premature Birth
Gestational Age Assessment Tool
In the UK and worldwide many babies are born without carers knowing their gestation as the mothers will not have had good antenatal care. It is possible to estimate gestation but this requires a detailed clinical exam.
- Trial name
- GestATion (NCT02534194)
- Testing
- Image acquisition
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Mother-Infant Interaction, Premature Birth
The Effect Of Baby Smell On The Amount Of Breast Milk, Salivary Cortisol Level And Mother Baby Attachment
The goal of this [type of study: randomized controlled clinical trial] is to [determine the effect of applying the scent of premature newborns who cannot be breastfed to the mother on the mother's milk amount, salivary cortisol…
- Trial name
- NCT06096961
- Testing
- Baby smell
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Hemolytic Disease of Newborn, Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Safe Threshold to Discontinue Phototherapy in Hemolytic Disease of Newborn
We hypothesized that adopting a lower rather than a higher threshold for phototherapy discontinuation will be associated with reduced rates of rebound hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm neonates with hemolytic disease of…
- Trial name
- NCT04218318
- Testing
- phototherapy
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Hypovitaminosis D
Vitamin D Status and the Adequacy of Vitamin D Intake in Early Preterm Infants
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient. Deficiency of vitamin D is widespread. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in early preterm infants is unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT01793402
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Anxiety Fear, Prenatal Depression
Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-S™): A Prenatal Program for Decreasing Maternal Anxiety and Depression
The M-O-M-S project evaluates the effectiveness of the M-O-M-S program for improving birth outcomes and maternal-infant attachment and role satisfaction in a large military sample.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Fear, Prenatal Depression, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth
- Trial name
- M-O-M-S (NCT03393637)
- Testing
- Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-S)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,717 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Incarnate Word
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Association of SCNN1A Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms With Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lung fluid absorption disorders are largely mediated by transepithelial Na+ reabsorption through alpha epithelial sodium channels (α-ENaCs) in alveolar epithelial cells.
- Trial name
- NCT02333669
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
Early-Onset Sepsis Surveillance Study
In this observational study, the NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NRN) is conducting surveillance of all infants born at NRN centers to identify all newborns who are diagnosed with early-onset sepsis (EOS) and/or meningitis.
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- EOS (NCT00874367)
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 615 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Bottle Feeding, Preterm İnfant
The Effect of Breast Milk Odor on Feeeding in Preterm Infants
This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experiment to assess the impact of breast milk odor, applied before the first oral feeding of preterm infants transitioning to oral feeding, on their feeding performance.
- Trial name
- NCT06563973
- Testing
- Milk odor, Pacifier
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
The Role of Sustained Inflation on Short Term Respiratory Outcomes in Term Infants
Sustained inflation (SI) has been reported to be effective for reducing the need for intubation and/or invasive ventilation in preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn, Respiratory Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT03165305
- Testing
- Sustained Inflation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Infant, Premature, Diseases
Effect of Tactile-Kinesthetic Stimulation on Preterm Neonates
An interventional study to evaluate the effect of tactile-kinesthetic stimulation (TKS) on growth, neurobehavior and development among preterm neonates in the neonatal unit of Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT04807088
- Testing
- Tactile-kinesthetic Stimulation
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Preterm Birth Infants
Effect of Antenatal Dexamethasone on Postnatal Adrenal Hormones in Preterm Neonates
This study is designed to evaluate the effect of antenatal dexamethasone administration on postnatal adrenal hormone levels in preterm neonates.
- Trial name
- NCT07916142
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Exploring the Utility of Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Lung Disease
This is a single centre exploratory study that aims to apply hyperpolarized xenon-129 (129Xe) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods and measurements in individual patients with and without lung disease to better understand…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis, Emphysema
- Trial name
- NCT03455686
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Nurse Care Coordination
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses' Assessment of Preterm Infants' Pain and Sedation
The aim of this study was to investigate the consistency of NICU nurses' assessment of pain and sedation using NPASS in preterm infants in the NICU
- Trial name
- NCT06885437
- Testing
- Pain and sedation assessment with the N-PASS scale by each nurse
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Gut Microbiota Modulation
STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF L. CASEI DG® (ENTEROLACTIS BABY) IN HEALTHY PRETERM AND FULL-TERM INFANTS.
The goal of this clinical trial was to learn whether giving Enterolactis Baby®, a probiotic food supplement containing Lactobacillus casei DG® (under the new taxonomical denomination: Lacticaseibacillus paracasei DG, CNCM…
- Trial name
- NCT07882537
- Testing
- Enterolactis Baby® drops
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alfasigma S.p.A.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Multi-observational Study for the Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) in At-risk Populations
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that affects about 78 million people worldwide. Its prevalence and degree of impact on individuals and families place it among disorders of global importance.
- Trial name
- BABY@NET (NCT06915805)
- Where
- 5 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Premature, Breast Feeding
Effect of Teach-Back Education on Breastfeeding and Bonding in Mothers of Preterm Infants
The aim of this randomized controlled experimental study is to contribute to the standardization of nursing interventions for premature mothers and to establish a scientific basis for breastfeeding education models in our…
- Conditions
- Premature, Breast Feeding, Mother-Child Relationship
- Trial name
- TEACH-PRE (NCT07371845)
- Testing
- Teach-Back Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University