- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03933423
Home Based Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice
Using Community Health Workers and In-home LED Phototherapy to Dramatically Reduce Brain Damage From Neonatal Jaundice in Low to Middle Income Countries: A Feasibility Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Bangladesh like other low and middle-income countries has a high burden of hyperbilirubinemia induced neonatal morbidity and mortality. Approximately 60%-80% of newborns develop neonatal jaundice and 18% of infants are at risk for adverse outcomes from neonatal jaundice. Severe neonatal jaundice can put neonates at risk for long term neuro-developmental impairments and death. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of severe neonatal jaundice can result in brain damage to the newborn that is preventable with timely treatment.
Approximately 14 million infants per year in low to middle-income countries (LMIC) are at risk from neonatal jaundice progressing to extreme hyperbilirubinemia and brain damage. Nearly 80% of the 481,000 cases of extreme hyperbilirubinemia are in LMIC because infants are identified too late or health facility treatment is inaccessible or inadequate.
New, low-cost, easy to use screening and phototherapy treatment technologies enable our proposed redesign of care delivery in LMIC to save infant's brains. The investigators plan to shift care from specialists and hospitals to community health workers (CHW) and homes. Investigators will integrate CHW-led prevention during pregnancy, with timely household screening and treatment. Investigators will reach infants before brain damage occurs and treat infants who would not otherwise be treated.
LMIC including Bangladesh have had difficulty addressing neonatal jaundice because of the expense and logistics of providing timely prevention, screening and treatment to families. This study aim to test 3 hypothesis:
H1: Prenatal modules for pregnant mothers will increase breastfeeding rates at 1 hour of life and at 3 months of age.
H2: CHWs can screen 80% of newborns by 48 hours of age for jaundice and are skilled in identifying sick infants.
H3: CHW-led household screening for neonatal jaundice will increase the rate of indicated treatment for neonatal jaundice compared to current practice.
Investigators will conduct formative research to engage Government and other stakeholders to develop intervention package for prevention and treatment of neonatal jaundice and configuring and adapting LED phototherapy device to use for home treatment. Investigators will then conduct randomized control trial to implement the intervention package in intervention community and will assess the effectiveness of the intervention package. Investigators will compare the rates of indicated treatment for neonatal jaundice in the intervention and treatment arms.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Md Mahbubur Rahman, MBBS
- Phone Number: 4003 8802-9827001
- Email: mahbubr@icddrb.org
Study Locations
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Dhaka
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Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Recruiting
- Mirzapur
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Contact:
- Mahbubur Rahman, MD, MPH
- Phone Number: 01712001294
- Email: mahbubr@icddrb.org
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- The mothers are at late 2nd or early 3rd trimester of their pregnancy and agreed to enroll as study participants
- They are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12 months (if a mother is planning to give birth at her natal home and then return, she will still not be a candidate for enrollment)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant mother with confirmed multiple pregnancy.
- Pregnant mother with medically identified psychological disorder.
- Any known maternal danger sign.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Intervention
Educational session of pregnant mothers, blood grouping of parents and identifying risk factors for developing jaundice, screening newborns for neonatal jaundice, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and illness, Home based phototherapy and referral.
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CHWs will visit the household twice in a month and will counsel mother and families on use of preventive care such as routine antenatal check care and newborn care.
The investigators will conduct blood grouping and rhesus (Rh) typing.
If the mother is Rh negative, investigators will also measure the Rh status of the father prior to delivery to determine the risk of Rh disease in the newborn.
The investigators will establish an emergency contact system both in intervention and comparison arm where mothers and family members contact and inform the research team about delivery.
The trained phlebotomist will collect cord blood for measuring glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and infant blood type, Rh status, direct antigen testing.
The investigators will develop a protocol for treating infants at home based on the ETAT (Emergency Triage Assessment AND Treatment) AAP (American Academy of Paediatrics) guidelines and treat with LED based phototherapy
Other Names:
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No Intervention: Control
No intervention will be deliver
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Breastfeeding rates within 1 hour of age
Time Frame: 6-8 months after the intervention
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Mother reported breastfeeding rates within 1 hour of age will be measured following structured survey
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6-8 months after the intervention
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Breastfeeding rates upto 3 months of age
Time Frame: 6-8 months after the intervention
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Mother reported breastfeeding rates after 3 months of age will be measured following structured survey
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6-8 months after the intervention
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Number of newborns having at least one postnatal check-up within 48 hours.
Time Frame: 6-8 months after the intervention
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This measurement will be taken within 2 months of child birth through a structured survey, reported by mother.
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6-8 months after the intervention
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Number of newborns screened for neonatal jaundice
Time Frame: 6-8 months after the intervention
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Number of newborns screened for neonatal jaundice either in home or any government or non-government health facilities within 7 days of birth through a structured survey reported by mother.
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6-8 months after the intervention
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Number of newborns that received indicated treatment for neonatal jaundice
Time Frame: 6-8 months after the intervention
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Number of children receiving indicated treatment for neonatal jaundice either in home or health facilities will be measured by a mother reported structured survey after 2 months of child birth
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6-8 months after the intervention
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Community health workers (CHW's) skill in assessing sick newborns
Time Frame: During 6-8 months of the intervention
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CHW's skill will be measured through a structured observation following a check list and subjective and objective assessment by registered physician
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During 6-8 months of the intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- PR-19004
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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