30 Participants Needed

Abdominal Massage for Newborn Jaundice

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Overseen ByIesha Miller, MHA
Age: < 18
Sex: Any
Trial Phase: Academic
Sponsor: University of California, Davis
No Placebo GroupAll trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

The proposed study will incorporate an intervention previously un-studied in the US healthcare setting for prevention of hyperbilirubinemia

Research Team

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Laura Kair, MD, MAS

Principal Investigator

UC Davis Health

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for newborns under 48 hours old in the well newborn/postpartum unit at UC Davis Medical Center. It's not for babies who've had phototherapy, whose mothers are incarcerated, who aren't going into parental care after discharge, or if parents can't read or speak English.

Inclusion Criteria

I am enrolling my newborn who is less than 2 days old.
Newborn admitted to the well newborn/postpartum care unit at UC Davis Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria

Parental inability to speak or read in English
My infant is in the hospital without me staying in the same room.
My infant has undergone phototherapy.
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Treatment Details

Interventions

  • Abdominal massage
Trial OverviewThe study tests abdominal massage as a new method to prevent high bilirubin levels (hyperbilirubinemia) that cause jaundice in newborns. The effectiveness of this technique will be compared with reading to the infant.
Participant Groups
2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Massage InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Families will be instructed to provide parent-provided newborn abdominal massage three times per day through 5 days of life
Group II: Attention Control InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Families will be provided with information about reading with baby.

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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of California, Davis

Lead Sponsor

Trials
958
Recruited
4,816,000+

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

Trials
2,896
Recruited
8,053,000+

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

Trials
2,103
Recruited
2,760,000+