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- Clinical Trial NCT01073488
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care: The EmONC Trial (EmONC)
November 15, 2013 updated by: NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Evaluation of an Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) Intervention Package to Reduce Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Resource Settings (The EmONC Trial)
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by increasing access to and improving the quality of obstetric and neonatal care for pregnant women in study clusters.
It is hypothesized that a 25% reduction in >28 week or >1000 gram stillbirth and 7-day neonatal mortality will be achieved in the intervention clusters by a multifaceted Emergency Obstetric Neonatal Care (EmONC) package that will be introduced by an EmONC team.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Maternal death, stillbirth, early neonatal death, and obstetric fistula are among the most devastating adverse outcomes of pregnancy.
Existing interventions could avert the majority of maternal and neonatal deaths; however, those women at greatest risk are least likely to have access to interventions delivered through the formal health care system.
In many developing countries, most deliveries in rural areas and a significant number in urban areas are conducted at home without skilled attendance, circumstances which pose a high risk for both mothers and their neonates.
The EmONC trial is designed to evaluate a comprehensive intervention encompassing community mobilization to establish and sustain mechanisms of transport and payment and to drive client-oriented emergency obstetrical and neonatal care.
The intervention includes teaching recognition of prolonged labor, infection, preeclampsia and hemorrhage, and the use of appropriate stabilization methods by all community birth attendants.
In addition, poor access to quality emergency obstetric and neonatal care in a sustainable manner will be addressed.
To evaluate the effectiveness of this approach, a cluster-randomized trial is required to assess whether Cluster EmONC teams can work with the community and health care system to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes in diverse settings where the majority of deliveries occur at home or at a health clinic with few or no available EmONC interventions.
To accomplish the intervention, a train-the-trainer approach will be used.
Master trainers will facilitate central and regional training sessions for Country trainers organized around the areas of community mobilization; birth attendant skills; and EmONC referral facility improvements.
The Country trainers will then support training and related activities in the intervention clusters, predominantly focusing on these three areas.
The study population includes pregnant women (and their neonates) living and delivering in the 108 study clusters.
The study clusters are largely rural, geographically distinct communities, each of which have approximately 300 annual deliveries.
The women will be enrolled at or after 20 weeks gestation and followed to 42 days post delivery.
The total duration of the trial will be 24 months.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
267181
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
- University of Buenos Aires
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Guatemala City, Guatemala
- IMSALUD / San Carlos University
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Belgaum, India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
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Nagpur, India
- Indira Gandhi Government Medical College
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Eldoret, Kenya
- Moi University School of Medicine
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Karachi, Pakistan
- The Aga Khan University
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Lusaka, Zambia
- University Teaching Hospital
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Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
Female
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women living in and/or delivering within the study cluster
- Consent provided
Exclusion Criteria: Eligible pregnant women who do not consent
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: EMONC: Community mobilization, HBLSS and Facility Improvement
The intervention group received training in community mobilization activities, Home Based Life Saving Skills (HBLSS) and facility improvement.
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Mobilization of the community, with special emphasis on pregnant women and their families, to identify resources and solutions to improve maternal and neonatal mortality, home-based life savings skills (HBLSS) for community birth attendants and facility improvement activities.
Other Names:
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No Intervention: Control
The control group did not receive an intervention, but collected outcome data through a baseline maternal/newborn birth registry.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Composite of either >28 week / >1000 gram stillbirth or 7 day neonatal mortality rate
Time Frame: 7 days post delivery
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7 days post delivery
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Maternal mortality rate
Time Frame: 42 days post delivery
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42 days post delivery
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Maternal morbidity rates
Time Frame: 42 days post delivery
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42 days post delivery
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Stillbirth rate
Time Frame: Delivery
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Delivery
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7-day neonatal mortality rate
Time Frame: 7 days post delivery
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7 days post delivery
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28-day neonatal mortality rate
Time Frame: 28 days post delivery
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28 days post delivery
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Rates of mothers transported to a referral hospital.
Time Frame: 42 days post delivery
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42 days post delivery
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Rates of neonates/infants transported to a referral hospital
Time Frame: 42 days post delivery
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42 days post delivery
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Collaborators and Investigators
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Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Robert Goldenberg, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine
Publications and helpful links
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General Publications
- Pasha O, McClure EM, Wright LL, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Chomba E, Patel A, Esamai F, Garces A, Althabe F, Kodkany B, Mabeya H, Manasyan A, Carlo WA, Derman RJ, Hibberd PL, Liechty EK, Krebs N, Hambidge KM, Buekens P, Moore J, Jobe AH, Koso-Thomas M, Wallace DD, Stalls S, Goldenberg RL; EMONC Trial Investigators. A combined community- and facility-based approach to improve pregnancy outcomes in low-resource settings: a Global Network cluster randomized trial. BMC Med. 2013 Oct 3;11:215. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-215.
- Pasha O, Goldenberg RL, McClure EM, Saleem S, Goudar SS, Althabe F, Patel A, Esamai F, Garces A, Chomba E, Mazariegos M, Kodkany B, Belizan JM, Derman RJ, Hibberd PL, Carlo WA, Liechty EA, Hambidge KM, Buekens P, Wallace D, Howard-Grabman L, Stalls S, Koso-Thomas M, Jobe AH, Wright LL. Communities, birth attendants and health facilities: a continuum of emergency maternal and newborn care (the Global Network's EmONC trial). BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010 Dec 14;10:82. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-82.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start
December 1, 2008
Primary Completion (Actual)
October 1, 2011
Study Completion (Actual)
October 1, 2011
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 21, 2010
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 21, 2010
First Posted (Estimate)
February 23, 2010
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
November 18, 2013
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 15, 2013
Last Verified
November 1, 2013
More Information
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Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- GN EmONC
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