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Continuous Delivery Room Skin-to-skin-study for Moderate and Late Preterm Infants

NCT05975203 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare the effect of direct skin-to-skin contact in moderate and late preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* does skin-to-skin contact in moderate and late preterm infants influence gene expression in the stress signaling pathway?
* does skin-to-skin contact in moderate and late preterm infants improve the short- and long-term outcome?

Participants will either get immediate separation after vaginal birth or receive immediate skin-to-skin contact. Researchers will compare these two groups to answer the proposed questions.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

skin-to-skin contact

Immediately after delivery the infant will receive skin-to-skin contact with the mother.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Cologne

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katrin Mehler, PD Dr. · University of Cologne

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-04
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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