Active clinical trials for "Premature Birth"

Current recommendations for pacemapping are based on expert opinion and animals models. Present study sought to evaluate the influence of different parameters of pacemapping on QRS morphology. Pacemapping is performed with different cycle length (fixed burst vs. coupling interval) and stimulation output (maximum output vs. threshold) and resulting QRS complexes are compared to clinical PVC and the standard of care to determine the optimal parameter setting in pacemapping.

In this proposed clinical trial, the investigators will randomize 80 very preterm (VPT) infants to receive either early (between day 4 and 7) or delayed (between day 10 and 14) fortification and determine if providing early protein supplementation through early fortification results in higher FFM-for-age z scores and more diversity in the gut microbiome.

RCT assessing preterm delivery rate in singleton pregnancies having a physical-exam indicated cerclage placed between 24 weeks and 25 weeks and 6 days. Patients randomized to either cerclage intervention or routine standard of care (no cerclage).

The purpose of this investigator-initiated randomized control trial is to determine if bacterial vaginosis infection increases the likelihood of preterm delivery in women with history of preterm delivery. Subjects will be randomized in a two-arm study to undergo predetermined intervals of testing for bacterial vaginosis or control.

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 assessments.

Premature neonates are able to discriminate phonemes and voice from 28wGA at a time the neuronal network establish contact between the environment and the cortical neurones. In the present monocentric study the investigators will analyse the response of the cortical network in premature aged between 28 and 40 wGA in response to auditory stimuli using High Resolution Electroencephalography and High Density Near Infrared Spectroscopy

The aim of the study is to investigate physiological response, social/emotional response and general movements in preterm infants when they are given skin-to-skin contact with the mother (intervention) or standard care (incubator) right after delivery. Preterm infants will be randomized to either intervention or standard care group. Data on body temperature, blood glucose, hart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation will be obtained. In addition the infant will be video-recorded during the first 24 hours and at three months of age for analysis of the general movements.

The study concerns the creation and implementation of a digital tool presenting the various orofacial stimuli that can be offered to premature newborns. This app is intended for parents, to allow them to play a more active role in their child's care, and provide them with special time with their child. The notion of pleasure is very important to us, and it's vital to help parents rediscover this feeling with their child. Different profiles will be created to individualize our recommendations, facilitate the understanding of orofacial stimuli, make them more concrete than drawings, and provide care adapted to each patient and improve the development of newborns through more regular orofacial stimulation.

The objective of the study is to compare the time of attainment of full enteral feeds in preterm neonates between 27-32 weeks of gestation started on early total enteral feeding (ETEF) with those started on conventional enteral feeding (CEF).

The recording or bowels is easy and cheap. The investigators wonder if these sounds are modified in babies with high risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. In this study, the investigators suggest to record and do a spectral analysis of 30 seconds of bowel sounds in preterm babies of less than 32WA before and after enteral nutrition, every day until the end of hospitalization. A spectral analysis will be made for each record to determine frequencies of the signal. The investigators will try to determine physiological frequencies and look for modifications in pathological situations.