NCT02811432View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Kangaroo Mother Care Before Stabilisation Amongst Low Birth Weight Neonates in Africa

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

2,221

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 13, 2019

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2022

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2022

Conditions
Kangaroo Mother CarePreterm InfantDeath; NeonatalHypothermia, Newborn
Interventions
OTHER

Kangaroo mother care

Skin-to-skin care (target: at least 18 hours per day)

OTHER

Standard care

Incubator or radiant warmer until neonate meets stability criteria; once stable (WHO indication for KMC certain), the baby can transition to routine (intermittent) KMC

Trial Locations (4)

Unknown

Entebbe, Entebbe

Iganga District Hospital, Iganga

Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Jinja

Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Masaka

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

OTHER

collaborator

Makerere University

OTHER

lead

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

OTHER

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