# Efficacy of Continuous Skin to Skin Care (Technique Kangaroo: TK) After Birth for Low Birth Weight (LBW) Infants and Their Mothers in Developing Countries

> **NCT00531492** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development** · enrollment: 73 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Low Birth Weight

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** TK as soon as possible within 24 hours after birth
- **OTHER:** Conventional care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00531492
- **Lead sponsor:** Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-08
- **Primary completion:** 2008-09
- **Final completion:** 2009-03
- **Target enrollment:** 73 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-12-12

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00531492

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00531492, "Efficacy of Continuous Skin to Skin Care (Technique Kangaroo: TK) After Birth for Low Birth Weight (LBW) Infants and Their Mothers in Developing Countries". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00531492. Licensed CC0.

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