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Role of skin to skin contact(KMC) by the mother in comparison with incubator care in the care of a newborn baby with birth weight less than 1500grams

RCT of Kangaroo Mother Care for improving the growth outcomes at 40 weeks of gestational age in VLBW infants

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2012/04/002599
Enrollment
140
Registered
2012-04-25
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Stable Very low birth weight infants.

Interventions

Intervention1: Kangaroo mother care: All infants allocated to KMC were shifted to the KMC ward. KMC ward is located near to our NICU. In the KMC ward, care of the baby was supervised by a trained nurs

Sponsors

Fernandez Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inborn singleton, VLBW (birth weight <1500g) infants, tolerating spoon feeds of 150ml/kg/day and hemodynamically stable (not on oxygen or respiratory support, no apnea for 72 hrs, not on any intravenous fluids)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Infants with major malformations

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
weight gain per day after randomization till 40 weeks of postmenstrual ageTimepoint: weight gain per day after randomization till 40 weeks of postmenstrual age—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
weight gain from randomization to discharge, proportion of babies on exclusive breast feeding and any breast feeding, duration of hospitalization and number of hospital days after randomization, duration of NICU StayTimepoint: At discharge from Hospital and at 40 weeks of PMA—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSunil G

Fernandez Hospital

srinivas_murki2001@yahoo.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026