EENC Clinical Trial: 162 Mother-Baby Pairs, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Pakistan
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Summary
NIH ClinicalTrials.gov registered study NCT07535684 examining Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) versus routine postnatal care. The single-center trial enrolled 162 mother-baby pairs at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. EENC interventions include immediate drying, skin-to-skin contact, delayed cord clamping, thermal care, and breastfeeding initiation within one hour. The study assesses newborn outcomes including early breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding at 7 days, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, NICU admission, and maternal outcomes.
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This ClinicalTrials.gov registry entry documents a randomized controlled trial comparing Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) package with routine hospital postnatal care at a single Pakistani tertiary care hospital. The EENC protocol emphasizes immediate newborn care practices including drying, skin-to-skin contact, delayed cord clamping, temperature maintenance, and early breastfeeding initiation within the first hour of life. Routine care may include early cord clamping, radiant warmer use, and delayed skin-to-skin contact.
For compliance and regulatory purposes, this registry entry has no direct implications. Clinical investigators, healthcare providers, and research institutions conducting similar studies should note the study design parameters including inclusion criteria (singleton term pregnancies, vaginal delivery, birth weight ≥2500g, maternal age 18-40 years) and exclusion criteria (maternal medical/obstetric complications, newborn abnormalities). Study outcomes focus on early breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding duration, neonatal thermal regulation, hypoglycemia in at-risk infants, NICU admission rates, and infectious complications through the first week of life.
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Impact of Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Hospital
N/A NCT07535684 Kind: NA Apr 17, 2026
Abstract
This study was examine whether Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC), a simple package of care given immediately after birth, could improve the health of both mothers and newborns compared with the routine care currently provided in the hospital. EENC included drying the baby right after birth, placing the baby in direct skin-to-skin contact with the mother, delaying cord clamping until pulsations stop, keeping the baby warm, and helping breastfeeding start within the first hour. In the routine care group, babies were received the usual hospital care, which may include early cord clamping, placement under a radiant warmer, and later skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding.
A total of 162 mother-baby pairs were enrolled at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, and randomly assigned to either the EENC group or the routine care group. The study was included women aged 18 to 40 years with singleton term pregnancies who deliver vaginally, and whose babies are expected to weigh at least 2500 grams. Mothers with serious medical or obstetric problems, and newborns with major abnormalities or medical conditions, were not included.
The study was compared important newborn outcomes such as early breastfeeding, time to first breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding up to 7 days, low body temperature, low blood sugar in at-risk babies, admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, eye infection, and confirmed infection during the first week of life. Maternal outcomes such as the duratio...
Conditions: Newborn Care
Interventions: Early Essential Newborn Care, Routine Postnatal Care
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