Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 1Hour - 72Hours
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
NCT06777524

Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

Led by Korea University Anam Hospital · Updated on 2025-09-23

130

Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

259 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This is a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial study to investigate short- and long-term effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact in healthy term infants, in order to provide supporting data for emphasizing mother-infant skin contact and family-centered care in South Korea.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Skin-to-skin Contact in Healthy Term Infants

Who Can Participate

Age: 1Hour - 72Hours
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Babies born at Korea University Anam Hospital
  • Term infants (37 weeks or more)
  • Infants with a birth weight of 2,500g or more
  • Healthy infants with an Apgar score of 7 or higher at 5 minutes
  • Mothers and infants without severe acute complications, such as requiring intensive care treatment immediately after delivery
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Preterm infants born at less than 37 weeks gestation
  • Low birth weight infants weighing less than 2500g at birth
  • Mothers under the age of 20
  • Unmarried mothers
  • Multiple pregnancies (twins or triplets)
  • Parents do not consent to participation in the study

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

Korea University Anam Hospital NICU

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 02841

Not Yet Recruiting

2

Korea University Anam Hospital NICU

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 02841

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

J

Juyoung Lee, Professor

CONTACT

H

Hannah Cho

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

TRIPLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Number of Arms

2

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