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Home Based Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT03933423
Purpose
The main purpose of the study is to deliver community health worker based prevention, early
screening and management of neonatal Jaundice using battery powered LED phototherapy device
at the household level.
Official Title
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
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eligibility
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.
Intervention(s):
device: Home based phototherapy and referral
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305