New study checks if sending new moms home early is safe
NCT ID NCT03114930
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at what happens to mothers and their newborns in the first month after going home from the hospital earlier than usual. It included 177 mothers and babies who were sent home after a short hospital stay. The goal was to see if early discharge leads to any health problems or complications.
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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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177 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2016
- Finished
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Dec 2018
- 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Be taken care of in the Maternity Department of the Amiens-Picardie University Hospital. * Parents' agreement * Mother and Newborn who meet the eligibility criteria of the HAS for a "standard" exit. Mother : * 1\. Absence of a situation of psychological, social vulnerability, behaviors of addiction and severe dependencies * 2\. Adequate family and / or social support * 3\. Absence of chronic ill-balanced pathology * 4\. Absence of complications or pathologies requiring observation or continuous medical treatment * 5\. Absence of haemorrhage of the delivery, this one was checked and treated (if necessary) * 6\. Absence of active infection or signs of infection * 7\. Absence of thromboembolic signs * 8\. Controlled Pain * 9\. Satisfactory mother-child interactions Child: * 1\. Newborn at term ≥ 37 weeks of amenorrhea, singleton and eutroph * 2\. Normal clinical examination performed imperatively 48 hours after birth and before discharge * 3\. Axillary temperature between 36 and 37 ° C or central between 36.5 and 37.5 ° C * 4\. Established feeding (if breastfeeding: observation of at least 2 feeds ensuring effective transfer of colostrum / milk recognized by the mother), urination and spontaneous stool emissions, established transit * 5\. Weight loss \<8% of birth weight * 6\. Absence of jaundice requiring phototherapy according to the therapeutic indication curve and measurement of transcutaneous and / or blood bilirubin at the output referred to the nomogram (low risk and low intermediate risk only) * 7\. Lack of clinical or paraclinical evidence for infection; If risk factors of infection: recovered and negative biological and bacteriological samples * 8\. Planned neonatal screening and traceability * 9\. Post-partum follow-up after the organized event: an appointment with a referral professional within 48 hours following the exit or even in the week Exclusion Criteria: * Patient not speaking French * Patient who does not meet the HAS criteria: newborn or ineligible mother (minor mother, non-singleton birth) * Assumption in another department than the Maternity department of the CHU Amiens-Picardie.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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