Clinical trials: Reproductive Health and Childbirth
Human Microbiota, PreTerm Birth
The Reproductive Microbiome & Perinatal Health Outcomes
Pregnant African American women between 18 and 45 years of age will be enrolled at 20 weeks of gestation or less. Biological specimens (vaginal swabs, rectal swab) will be collected at enrollment, 23-24 weeks, at 28-29 weeks, and…
- Conditions
- Human Microbiota, PreTerm Birth, Human Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Metabolomics
- Trial name
- NCT02948192
- Testing
- Survey, Sample collection
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Oral Contraception
The Impact of Pack Supply on Birth Control Pill Continuation
The purpose of this study is to determine whether getting more packs of birth control pills leads to improved continuation, when compared with getting the traditional supply.
- Trial name
- SixPack (NCT00677742)
- Testing
- enhanced initial supply of oral contraception, conventional initial supply of oral contraception
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Hiv
Multi-product PrEP Delivery to Young Women Seeking Reproductive Health Services and Coverage of HIV Prevention
Following on the heels of large implementation science projects that participated in the launch of widespread daily oral PrEP availability, investigators will launch and study the integration of novel PrEP products - beginning…
- Trial name
- PrEMIA (NCT07076043)
- Testing
- Multiple Product PrEP Program, Routine Oral PrEP
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Children Born After Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Health Status
Health Status of Children Born After Assisted Reproductive Technologies
The goal of this observational study is to study the features of psychophysical development and the morbidity patterns of children born after assisted pregnancy, and to identify the connection with the health status of mothers…
- Conditions
- Children Born After Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Health Status, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT06094998
- Testing
- hemogram examination
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kazakhstan's Medical University "KSPH"
HIV Prevention
Isisekelo Sempilo Trial to Optimize Peer (Thetha Nami) Delivery of HIV Prevention to Young People in Rural KwaZulu-Natal
Despite advances in efficacious, efficient and safe biomedical tools to reduce HIV transmission and acquisition the HIV epidemic in South Africa(SA) remains an intractable problem, with the lifetime risk of infection approaching…
- Trial name
- NCT04532307
- Testing
- Standard of Care SOC, SRH enhanced Isisekelo Sempilo, Peer-support (Thetha-Nami)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,743 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Africa Health Research Institute
Fertility Issues, Blastocyst IVF
A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Constant (5%) Versus Sequential (5%-2%) Oxygen Concentration Embryo Culture Protocols in Assisted Reproductive Technology
To evaluate whether there were significant differences in the effects of constant (5%) versus sequential (5%-2%) oxygen concentration protocols in embryo culture on term live birth rates.
- Conditions
- Fertility Issues, Blastocyst IVF, Embryo Culture
- Trial name
- NCT07050537
- Testing
- Constant oxygen concentration protocols in embryo culture, Sequential oxygen concentration protocols in embryo culture
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 980 people
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Contraception
Study of Birth Control Use After Childbirth
This study is a randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the impact of a brief educational script on the method of birth control that women receive at their 6-week postpartum visit.
- Trial name
- NCT01443533
- Testing
- LARC Script
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- WakeMed Health and Hospitals
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
HIV Prevention, Contraceptive Usage
Peer-led Service Delivery Model for Pregnant and Lactating Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Zimbabwe
This is a pilot cluster-randomized control trial co-led by Dr. Valentina Cambiano, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, UK and Professor Euphemia Sibanda, Research Director at the Centre for Sexual…
- Conditions
- HIV Prevention, Contraceptive Usage, Adherence, Medication
- Trial name
- Ontanga (NCT07546344)
- Testing
- Peers who are stars
- Where
- 3 sites in Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization
Health and Wellness After Preterm Birth
This study continues an adaptation of the behavioral intervention Care Coordination After Preterm Birth (CCAPB). This is a pragmatic pilot randomized controlled feasibility trial of CCAPB with baseline and post-intervention…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Health Care Utilization, Tobacco Use, Contraceptive Usage
- Trial name
- NCT05756634
- Testing
- Care Coordination after Preterm Birth (CCAPB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pregnancy Related
Legacies and Futures: Measuring Roles of Resilience and Vulnerability in Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes
Pregnancy care typically assumes patients are heterosexual married women whose gender matches their assigned sex (i.e., cisgender), stigmatizing patients and creating limitations, blocking affirming care.
- Trial name
- NCT05365828
- Where
- 14 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 945 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Preconception Care
Study of Virtual Patient Advocate for Preconception Care for African American Women
This study is to examine the effectiveness of a health communication system (Gabby) that assesses preconception health risks and tailors the intervention to each subject, based on her health risks.
- Trial name
- "Gabby" (NCT01812824)
- Testing
- Intervention (Virtual Patient Advocate)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Caesarean Section
Improving Safe Vaginal Deliveries for Delivering Mothers by Implementing an Intervention Package of 11 Evidence-based Practices and Robson Classification at a Semi-urban Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The objective of this study was to assess whether a package of 11 evidence-based maternity practices, combined with routine monitoring and Robson Classification, could reduce C-section rates in a semi-urban hospital in Dhaka…
- Trial name
- ISVD (NCT07461571)
- Testing
- Package of 11 evidence-based maternity practices combined with Robson TGCS Classification
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,475 people
- Sponsor
- Ashulia Women and Children Hospital
Chronic Conditions, Multiple
Perceptions of LARC Among AYA With Chronic Illness
The investigators aim to perform a qualitative study exploring attitudes and perceived barriers to Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), both implants and IUDs, among adolescent and young adults (AYA) with chronic illness…
- Trial name
- LARC (NCT05000489)
- Testing
- No intervention being administered
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Pregnancy
Vitrification Versus Spontaneous Conception and Slow- Rate Freezing
Great scientific effort has been made to improve practical as well as economical procedures of modern assisted reproduction. In the last years a shift from the well established method of slow-rate freezing to vitrification of 2PN…
- Trial name
- NCT01088425
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 850 people
- Sponsor
- University of Luebeck
Contraception
The Share Health Study: Teen Social Connections and Health
The purpose of this study is to determine whether delivery of SpeakOut, a behavioral intervention to increase social communication about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods among adolescents, is associated with…
- Trial name
- NCT02791971
- Testing
- SpeakOut, Alcohol Control Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV Infection, Sexual and Reproductive Health
PrEPared to Choose (PtC) is an Implementation Study of the Delivery of Cabotegravir Long-acting, an Injectable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Option for HIV Prevention. Injectable PrEP Will be Offered Alongside Oral and Vaginal Ring PrEP From Within a Real-world Context in Cape Town, South Africa.
The goal of this clinical trial is to offer adolescents and young people in Cape Town, South Africa different HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products and describe how they use these products over an 18-month period.
- Trial name
- PtC (NCT06807736)
- Testing
- Cabotegravir long-acting, Tenofovir emtricitabine, Dapivirine containing vaginal ring
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
Birth Defects, Miscarriages
Pesticides--Health Fertility and Reproductive Risk
This project is designed to establish whether pesticides or other environmental agents have a role in the excess birth defects identified in the Red River Valley of Minnesota.
- Conditions
- Birth Defects, Miscarriages, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00015561
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,803 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Healthy, Adolescents
Integration to Improve Adolescent Health and HPV Vaccination in Laos
The goal of this study is to find out if adding HPV vaccination to adolescent health services works to increase HPV vaccine uptake in 10-13-year-old girls in Laos.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Adolescents, Integrated, Community-Health Systems, HPV Vaccines
- Trial name
- NCT06650956
- Testing
- Integrated HPV and SRH Service Package, Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Poverty Action
Maternal Care Patterns
Effectiveness and Acceptability of Availing Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA) Services Through Community Reproductive Health Nurses (CORN) to a Household Level at Rural Communities of Ethiopia; A Cluster Community Trial in Gedeo Zone, SNNPR
Rationale: Every year, 287,00 million women, and 3.1 million neonates continue to die, and the majority of these deaths have been identified as being avoidable.
- Trial name
- CORN (NCT02501252)
- Testing
- trained midwives and nurses working in the community to provide skilled SBA services
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 2,670 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dilla University