Immediate Skin-To-Skin Care For Preterm Infants After Birth
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: skin to skin care, Standard Care (in control arm).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Effect of Skin to Skin Care in Preterm Neonates, Skin to Skin Care. Basic parameters: 0 Minutes — 30 Minutes · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Austria
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The standard procedure in our centre for preterm neonates is to enable skin-to-skin (SSC) contact within 24 hours after birth. As early SSC immediately after birth might provide numerous positive effects for mothers and their preterm neonates, the objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, the safety and the effect of skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth in preterm neonates born with gestational age between 26+0 and 32+0 weeks.
Interventions
- Procedure skin to skin care
skin to skin care of preterm infants with their parents immediately after birth - Procedure Standard Care (in control arm)
skin to skin care within 24 hours after birth
Primary outcome measures
- vital parameter: Heart rate [Time frame: during the first 2 hours after birth]
- vital parameter: Oxygen saturation [Time frame: during the first 2 hours after birth]
- vital parameter: blood pressure [Time frame: during the first 2 hours after birth]
- vital parameter: Temperature [Time frame: during the first 2 hours after birth]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- blood sugar [Time frame: 1 hour after birth]
- FiO2 (Fraction of inspired oxygen) [Time frame: during first 2 hours after birth]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Gestational age between 26+0 and 32+0 weeks
- Written parental informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- No intention of full life support
- Severe congenital malformation
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Austria · 1 center
- Medical University of Graz — Graz
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06794164 · 1309/2024