Clinical trials: Umbilical Cord
Sepsis
Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial
This will be a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess whether washing the umbilical cord with a disinfectant (4% chlorhexidine) helps to reduce neonatal deaths in Zambia when compared to the current standard of care, dry…
- Trial name
- ZamCAT (NCT01241318)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (4%), Dry cord care
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 77,535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Gestational Diabetes
The Role of Umbilical Cord Thickness in Prediction of Fetal Macrosomia in Patients With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
The aim of this work is the prediction of fetal macrosomia by measuring: 1. HbA1C. 2. Umbilical cord thickness. 3. Interventricular septum thickness.
- Trial name
- NCT02643225
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Infection
Impact of Chlorhexidine Cleansing on Bacteria Colonizing the Umbilical Cord of Infants in Bangladesh
Background: In developing countries, many babies are born at home and the umbilical cord commonly becomes infected during the first week after birth, and can be deadly.
- Trial name
- NCT00719329
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine 4.0%, Dry Cord Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,931 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pregnant
Compare the Q-Cup With Other Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Techniques
Currently there is no standardized method of collecting and transferring umbilical cord blood to laboratory vacuum tubes. Current methods are messy and may require needles to draw the blood presenting risk of blood exposure and…
- Trial name
- qcup (NCT03144180)
- Testing
- Q-cup
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso