Rebooting infant pain care using skin-to-skin contact
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests how skin-to-skin contact affects pain and brain activity in premature babies during a routine heel prick. It may help find better ways to manage pain for infants in the NICU.
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Who can take part
- You must be a parent of a baby currently in the NICU or a healthcare worker in the NICU.
- If you are a parent, you need to speak English comfortably.
- Your baby must be born between 25 weeks and 32 weeks 6 days of pregnancy.
- Your baby must be less than 8 weeks old (after birth).
- Your baby must need a routine heel prick (blood test).
- Your baby cannot have birth defects, be on pain medicine (except sugar water), have a history of low oxygen, or have a bad diaper rash.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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