# Community Trial of Newborn Skin and Umbilical Cord Cleansing on Neonatal Mortality in Nepal

> **NCT00109616** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)** · enrollment: 17000 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Neonatal Mortality

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Newborn skin cleansing with 0.25% chlorhexidine solution
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cleansing of umbilical cord with soap and water solution
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cleansing of umbilical cord with 4% chlorhexidine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00109616
- **Lead sponsor:** Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-10
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2006-01
- **Target enrollment:** 17000 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2013-05-01

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00109616

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00109616, "Community Trial of Newborn Skin and Umbilical Cord Cleansing on Neonatal Mortality in Nepal". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00109616. Licensed CC0.

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