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

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Conditions studied: Preterm Birth, Mother-Infant Interaction, Infant Development

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05975203

Run by

University of Cologne

People needed

60

Starts

2023-08-04

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-20

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• preterm birth between gestational age of 32 0/7 and 36 6/7 weeks
• vaginal delivery
• singleton
• informed consent before birth

You may not qualify if…

• malformations or syndromes of the infant
• resuscitation of the infant
• maternal psychological or severe physical illness
• lack of German language skills

Where it is running

• University hospital of Cologne, Department of Neonatology — Cologne, Northrhine-westfalia, Germany (enrolling)

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