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Impact of Umbilical Cord Cleansing With 4.0% Chlorhexidine on Neonatal Mortality

NCT00434408 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28797

Last updated 2022-10-05

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Summary

A community based trial that seeks to address the effect of umbilical cord cleansing using 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing solution

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

chx once

4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the cord applied once by a project worker visiting the newborn in the home as soon as possible after birth

BEHAVIORAL

CHX x 7 days

4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the cord during home visits by project workers for the first 7 days after birth

BEHAVIORAL

dry cord care

Household members are instructed to apply nothing to the newborn's umbilical cord stump.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Government of Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER

  • Save the Children

    collaborator OTHER

  • Shimantik

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdullah H Baqui, MBBS, DrPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Shams El Arifeen · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Minute
Max Age
7 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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Diseases

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