Clinical trials: Stillbirth and Fetal Death
Fetal Distress, Stillbirth
Introducing Fetal Scalp Stimulation as an Adjunct to Intermittent Auscultation in Low-Resource Settings.
This study is a pilot study taking place in Moshi, Tanzania at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC). The study aims to introduce fetal scalp stimulation into the intermittent auscultation protocols at KCMC, and to…
- Conditions
- Fetal Distress, Stillbirth, Birth Asphyxia, Acidosis
- Trial name
- NCT02862925
- Testing
- Fetal Scalp Stimulation
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia
Sildenafil Citrate to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Low-resource Settings
The PRISM pilot feasibility study consists of two phases to determine: 1) to delivery practices, rates of primary and secondary outcomes, and feasibility of enrollment rates, and 2) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of…
- Conditions
- Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia, Birth Asphyxia, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PRISM (NCT05946681)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,017 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Pregnancy Complications, Preeclampsia
Severe Pregnancy Complications Are Associated With Elevated Factor VIII Plasma Activity
Congenital and acquired thrombophilia were identified as risk factors for thrombosis in systemic vessels.Thrombophilias have also been recently found to be associated with preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preeclampsia, Placental Abruption, Intrauterine Fetal Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- NCT00573118
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Anembryonic Pregnancy, Gestation Abnormality
Mifepristone and Misoprostol for Fetal Demise
This is a pilot clinical trial to evaluate whether the medical management of early pregnancy failure with mifepristone and misoprostol is an effective and acceptable treatment.
- Conditions
- Anembryonic Pregnancy, Gestation Abnormality, Intrauterine Fetal Demise Term
- Trial name
- MIMID (NCT00177372)
- Testing
- mifepristone/misoprostol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Maternal Death, Infant Death
Effects of a Health Workforce Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Intervention in Kinshasa
The aim of the study is to evaluate a health workforce capacity building and quality improvement intervention focused on integrated day-of-birth and post-pregnancy care at 16 hospitals in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Infant Death, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT03363308
- Testing
- training for health care workers supplmented by QI teams
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
Lactation Suppressed
Cabergoline for Lactation Inhibition After Second-Trimester Abortion or Loss
This research study investigates the use of a drug, cabergoline, given immediately after second-trimester abortion or perinatal loss to decrease breast engorgement.
- Trial name
- LISTA (NCT04701333)
- Testing
- Cabergoline 1 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF)
Association of Heterogeneous Circulating Biomarkers and Anamnestic Factors of Pregnancy Adverse Course and Outcomes With the Prognosis of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate possible association of some heterogeneous circulating biomarkers and anamnestic factors of pregnancy adverse course and outcomes with the prognosis of heart failure with preserved…
- Trial name
- CARPO-HF (NCT06803849)
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Pre-eclampsia, Obesity
ESTEEM - Effect of Simple, Targeted Diet in Pregnant Women With Metabolic Risk Factors on Pregnancy Outcomes
Obesity is a growing problem in East London and every other woman who enters pregnancy is obese or overweight. In addition to obesity, other metabolic risk factors such as raised lipids, high blood pressure and diabetes increase…
- Conditions
- Pre-eclampsia, Obesity, Raised Lipids, High Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- ESTEEM (NCT02218931)
- Testing
- Targeted ESTEEM diet, Non-randomised cohort
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,442 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Preeclampsia (PE), Fetal Growth Restriction
The Combined First Trimester Screening
The project is a national, prospective, multicenter pilot project. The project is focus on setting up the combined first trimester screening in the Czech Republic.
- Conditions
- Preeclampsia (PE), Fetal Growth Restriction, Congenital Abnormalities, Preterm Labor
- Trial name
- NCT07015203
- Where
- 3 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
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
Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth
The PartoMa Project: For Improving Monitoring, Action and Triage During Labour
OVERALL OBJECTIVE In an East African referral hospital, to develop and analyze the effect of locally agreed and achievable guidelines and a continual in-house training program for strengthening partogram-based…
- Conditions
- Obstetric Labor Complications, Stillbirth, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- PartoMa (NCT02318420)
- Testing
- The PartoMa intervention
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 3,087 people
- Sponsor
- Ib Christian Bygbjerg
PTSD
Yoga Online Feasibility to Reduce PTSD
Each year more than 26,000 pregnancies in the United States end in stillbirth (late fetal death at >20 weeks of gestation). A 2011 issue of the Lancet, dedicated entirely to stillbirth, recognized it as a "too-often-ignored"…
- Trial name
- NCT02925481
- Testing
- Moderate Online yoga participation, Stretching and toning, Low dose online yoga participation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Stillbirth
Research On Advanced Diagnostics and Management of All Pregnancies to Prevent Stillbirth (ROADMAPS)
The primary objective of the Stillbirth Research Consortium (SBRC) longitudinal cohort study is to develop and evaluate a robust multivariable prediction model to identify pregnancies at <14 weeks gestation that are at increased…
- Trial name
- ROADMAPS (NCT07745101)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Intra-Uterine Death
Analysis of All Stillbirths in Stockholm County 2017, a Multidisciplinary Audit
All stillbirths in Stockholm during 2017 were analysed according to the primary outcomes which were preventable/non-preventable deaths and the level of delay.
- Trial name
- NCT04281368
- Testing
- Analysis of IUFD
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Cytomegalovirus Congenital, Hearing Loss
Epidemiology of Congenital Cytomegalovirus in a High HIV Prevalence Setting, South Africa
The aim of this project is to determine the epidemiology of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and incidence of subsequent permanent neurological sequelae in a high HIV prevalent setting in Soweto, Johannesburg.
- Conditions
- Cytomegalovirus Congenital, Hearing Loss, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Immunogenicity
- Trial name
- NCT03722615
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Stillbirth and Fetal Death
Intervention to Prevent Mental Health Disorders of Women and Their Partners Who Experienced Pregnancy Loss
The goal of this clinical trial is to test impact of a multiprofessional intervention in mothers and partners who suffer a pregnancy loss.
- Trial name
- Enzo (NCT06340555)
- Testing
- GUIA ATENCION MULTIDISCIPLINAR SANT BOI, USUAL CARE
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Fetal Death in Utero
Fetal Death in Utero in the Internship Experience of Midwifery Students : an Unavoidable Experience?
Fetal death in utero and the psychological and professional impact it could have on the midwifery student in training. Fetal death in utero corresponds to the spontaneous cessation of cardiac activity, from 14 weeks of…
- Trial name
- MFU (NCT06202508)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
COVID-19, COVID-19 Pneumonia
Effect of Covid 19 Infection on Fetomaternal Outcome
The novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was discovered for the first time in December 2019 in Wuhan (China) and the disease it causes is called coronavirus disease 2019…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, COVID-19 Pneumonia, Fetal Growth Retardation
- Trial name
- NCT05160649
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Fayoum University
Stillbirth, Perinatal Death
A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial to Evaluate Early Perinatal Bereavement Counselling for Parents Who Have Experienced a Perinatal Death
The goal of this feasibility randomised control trial is to determine if a trial to evaluate perinatal bereavement counselling for parents who have experienced a perinatal death is feasible.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Perinatal Death, Psychological, Grief
- Trial name
- PEARL-C (NCT07494760)
- Testing
- Bereavement Counselling, Usual bereavement care
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Stillbirth, Newborn Death
The Paediatric Virtual Autopsy Trial
In light of declining autopsy rates around the world, post-mortem MR imaging is a promising alternative to conventional autopsy in the investigation of infant death.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Newborn Death, Sudden Infant Death
- Trial name
- NCT01888380
- Testing
- Minimally invasive, virtual autopsy, Conventional autopsy
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich