Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

NCT ID: NCT06521398

Last Updated: 2025-10-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-11

Study Completion Date

2027-08-31

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized controlled trial of a dyad-centered, doula support and healthcare coordination model of care in a large urban neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which serves a high-risk, low-income, majority Black population. In addition to doula support and coordination of care in the NICU, there will be a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Premature Birth Postpartum Depression Postpartum Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Doula Intervention

Participants randomized to the intervention will be offered doula support including care coordination to mental and medical health services in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Doula Support

Intervention Type OTHER

Doula support including care coordination to mental and medical health services in the NICU, with a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the HUP NICU.

Control

Participants randomized to usual care will get the same care they normally would with their own provider, outside of research enrollment, and receive a resource guide with information about the importance of postpartum follow-up care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Doula Support

Doula support including care coordination to mental and medical health services in the NICU, with a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the HUP NICU.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HUP postpartum patients who are at least 16 years old at the time their newborns' birth
* Infant born at HUP
* Preterm birth \<34 weeks
* English language speaking

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to read or sign informed consent
* Parents of infants transferred into HUP NICU
* If the medical team believes that the infant may not live or be transferred to another hospital in upcoming weeks
* HUP postpartum patients who are less than 16 years of age at the time of their newborns' birth
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Heather Burris

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Heather Burris, MD MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

Locations

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Heather Burris, MD MPH

Role: CONTACT

(215) 573-4916

Niesha Darden

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Heather Burris, MD MPH

Role: primary

(215) 573-4916

Niesha Darden

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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855528

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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