Clinical trials: Stillbirths
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
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Labor
Strengthening Facility-based Intrapartum/Immediate Newborn Care to Reduce Mortality of Preterm Infants in Migori County, Kenya and Busoga Region, Uganda
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combination of evidence-based strategies can improve intrapartum and newborn care in facilities to reduce mortality among preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Labor, PreTerm Birth, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi-KE-UG (NCT03112018)
- Testing
- data strengthening, modified Safe childbirth checklist - control, modified Safe childbirth checklist - enhanced
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 102,988 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Genetic Screening, Hereditary Disease
Study on Early Genetic Screening and Precise Strategy of Neonatal Critical Illness
The researchers hope to establish an overall program of early genetic screening for neonatal critical illness in China, and to develop precise intervention strategies to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment of hereditary…
- Conditions
- Genetic Screening, Hereditary Disease, Newborn, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT04905537
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
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
Fetal Growth Retardation, Stillbirth and Fetal Death
Antenatal Melatonin Supplementation for Neuroprotection in Fetal Growth Restriction
Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a significant health care issue, affecting 20,000 Australian pregnancies every year. Undetected FGR is one of the key risk factors for stillbirth, but FGR can also cause significant impairments…
- Conditions
- Fetal Growth Retardation, Stillbirth and Fetal Death, Pregnancy Preterm
- Trial name
- PROTECTMe (NCT05651347)
- Testing
- Melatonin 10 MG
- Where
- 12 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Low Birth Weight
KBTH-GIRHL Healthy Birth Weight Study: A Cross-Section
This study was designed and conducted in an effort to establish a comparison group for the Ghana PrenaBelt Trial (NTC02379728). The Ghana PrenaBelt Trial examined the effect, on birth weight, of a belt-like device to help…
- Conditions
- Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Pregnancy, Sleep
- Trial name
- KBTH-HBWS (NCT03062228)
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Perinatal Mortality, Stillbirth
Impact of Prenatal Vitamin/Mineral Supplements on Perinatal Mortality
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily prenatal supplement of iron plus folic acid or a daily prenatal supplement with multiple vitamins and minerals given to women from their first prenatal visit through…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00133744
- Testing
- folic acid, folic acid plus iron, supplements with multiple vitamins and minerals
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 18,962 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stillbirth, Fetal Death
Investigating the Structured Use of Ultrasound Scanning for Fetal Growth
Fetal growth restriction during pregnancy represents one of the biggest risk factors for stillbirth (Gardosi et al, 2013), with 'about one in three term, normally formed antepartum stillbirths are related to abnormalities of…
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Fetal Death, Fetal Growth Retardation, Small for Gestational Age
- Trial name
- OxGRIP (NCT03662178)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Pregnancy, Eclampsia
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings
In many low-income countries, the use of ultrasound by medical officers and non-physician health care staff (e.g., midwives) for antenatal identification of high risk pregnancies is a new intervention requiring authoritative…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Eclampsia, Placenta Previa, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT01990625
- Testing
- Antenatal Ultrasound Scan
- Where
- 5 sites in Guatemala, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 45,038 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Assessment of Fetal Movement, Pregnancy
Feasibility Trial of the Womb Watch Smartphone App To Assess Fetal Movements
The surveillance of pregnancies at risk for fetal loss secondary to high-risk maternal or fetal conditions remains a mainstay of perinatal care.
- Conditions
- Assessment of Fetal Movement, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Complications Affecting Fetus (Diagnosis)
- Trial name
- WWA (NCT07626112)
- Testing
- Smartphone Application
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Kenneth Moise MD
External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth
Linking Facility-based Mortality Audits With Community Engagement in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the countries in South Asia where neonatal mortality rates remain stagnant. Babies born in Pakistan encounter the highest risk of dying; of every 1,000 babies born, 46 die before the end of their first month…
- Conditions
- External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- NCT03904706
- Testing
- Audits only, Audits with community feedback
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,871 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Perinatal Mortality
Global Network Implementation of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB)
The primary purpose of this pre-post evaluation is to test the impact on perinatal mortality (fresh stillbirths or early neonatal deaths) among births > 1500g of training birth attendants at health facilities in the Helping…
- Trial name
- NCT01681017
- Testing
- HBB/ENC Training and Equipment, HBB/ENC supplies
- Where
- 3 sites in India, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 70,704 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Miscarriage, Stillbirth
Follow-up of Pregnant Women After a Mass Vaccination of Oral Cholera Vaccine (ShancholTM) in Nsanje Malawi
This study, to be carried out immediately following an emergency, reactive cholera vaccination campaign in Nsanje District, Malawi, will be a cohort study to estimate the safety of killed oral cholera vaccine (OCV), in pregnant…
- Conditions
- Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Cholera
- Trial name
- NCT02499172
- Testing
- Shanchol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,758 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TTP and aHUS in Complicated Pregnancies
A single site observational study aiming to: (i) Identify cases of previously undiagnosed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and atypical haemolytic syndrome (aHUS) in a cohort of women with complicated pregnancies (ii)…
- Conditions
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Pre-Eclampsia, HELLP Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03605511
- Testing
- ADAMTS 13, complement and angiogenic biomarkers
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Decreased Fetal Movements Affecting Care of Mother, Pregnancy
Promoting Awareness Fetal Movements to Reduce Fetal Mortality Stillbirth, a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial.
Rates of stillbirth in Scotland are among the highest in resource rich countries. The majority of stillbirths occur in normally formed infants, with (retrospective) evidence of placental insufficiency being the commonest clinical…
- Conditions
- Decreased Fetal Movements Affecting Care of Mother, Pregnancy, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- AFFIRM (NCT01777022)
- Testing
- A package of interventions
- Where
- 29 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 430,830 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Intrauterine Fetal Demise, Fetal Death
Mifepristone Induction for Fetal Demise
Methods: Double blinded, randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation of mifepristone or placebo at initiation of induction of labor for fetal demise 20 weeks estimated gestational age or greater.
- Trial name
- MIFD (NCT02620904)
- Testing
- Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Stillbirth
Saving Babies' Lives Project Impact and Results Evaluation: a Mixed Methodology Study
The study is a multicentre evaluation of maternity care delivered through the Saving Babies' Lives care bundle using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
- Trial name
- SPiRE (NCT03231007)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 20 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 4,952 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Anxiety State
COVID-19-associated Anxiety of Pregnant Women for Anomalies, Stillbirth and Preterm Labor-2
Capture of anxiety for anomalies, stillbirth and preterm labor of pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemia
- Trial name
- CAASP2 (NCT05172076)
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Pregnancy Loss
ACTRAMAT-D: Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Pregnancy Loss After 12 Weeks of Gestation
In France The prevalence of Pregnancy Loss after 12 weeks of gestation is around 3%. This situation is probably associated to a risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Trial name
- ACTRAMAT-D (NCT03433989)
- Testing
- telephone interview
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers