AI video aims to ease Post-Birth pain and improve healing
NCT ID NCT07453979
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an artificial intelligence-assisted video can help women recover from an episiotomy—a cut made during childbirth. Seventy new mothers will either get standard care or also watch the video. Researchers will measure wound healing, pain, and sexual discomfort to see if the video makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-assisted educational video
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to improve recovery and quality of life for women after childbirth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 70 participants, so results may not apply to all women. The video focuses on education, not a medical treatment, so benefits may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 35 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 18 years of age and older, * No high-risk pregnancy (no systemic disease, no smoking, no postpartum complications), * Gestational age 37-42 weeks, * Single vaginal delivery of live birth, * Mediolateral episiotomy, * Not taking any medication, * No other lacerations besides episiotomy (anal sphincter injury, 3rd degree perineal laceration). * Single vaginal delivery of live birth or single vaginal delivery without episiotomy, age between 18-35 years, sexually active and healthy * Primiparous pregnant women Exclusion Criteria: * • Mothers who have had multiple, stillbirth, or anomalous births, * Mothers who refuse home visits will be excluded.
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