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Last refreshed on: 20 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02279381
Date of registration: 28/10/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Aga Khan University
Public title: Neonatal Package Study in Rural District of Pakistan
Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Acceptability, Feasibility and Efficacy of the Use of a Neonatal Package to Reduce Neonatal Infection in a Rural District of Pakistan
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size: 1450
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02279381
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Pakistan
Contacts
Name:     Muhammad Atif Habib, MPH
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Affiliation:  Aga Khan University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All healthy newborns born in the study settings will be systematically enrolled in
the trial after prior consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants with congenital/birth defects,

- any localized infection on the peri umbilical region at the time of birth or
application of

- any other material such as dung etc before enrollment on the cord.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 28 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neonatal Infections
Intervention(s)
Other: Essential Neonatal Care
Other: Kangaroo Mother Care
Drug: Chlorhexidine
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction in the Incidence of Neonatal infections in the first 28 days of life (Clinical presence of danger signs as per the IMNCI guidelines.) [Time Frame: 28 days post recruitment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Utilization of KMC Compliance, Frequency and duration [Time Frame: 28 days post recruitment]
Reduction in the Incidence of omphalitis (Redness and Swelling of umbilical stump/cord (Inflammation)) [Time Frame: 28 days post recruitment]
Failure to thrive (Weight, length and OFC appropriate for age as per WHO guidelines) [Time Frame: 28 days post recruitment]
Secondary ID(s)
3106-Ped-ERC-14
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Sydney
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Ethics review
Results
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