New study tests whether gentle care cuts hospital time for tiny newborns
NCT ID NCT06515574
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a developmental care program for very low birth weight infants (under 1500 grams). The program includes controlling light, noise, and sleep, plus encouraging skin-to-skin contact. Researchers want to see if it shortens hospital stays and increases family involvement. The trial will involve 1600 babies across 40 neonatal intensive care units in China.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- developmental care (behavioural intervention: managing light, noise, sleep, and promoting skin-to-skin contact)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help very low birth weight babies go home sooner and have more skin-to-skin contact with their parents.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage implementation study; results may vary across hospitals, and the care bundle may not shorten hospital stays for all infants.
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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 1,600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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0 to 30 days
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 1. Birth weights less than 1500 g 2. Admitted or transported to a level III NICU within 24h of birth 3. OI\>30 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severe congenital malformations 2. various chromosomal disorders 3. genetic metabolic diseases, 4. severe neurological disorders
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Fudan University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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Children's hospital of Fudan university
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai / 上海, 201102, China
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