# Early Kangaroo Mother Care in Gambian Hospitalised Unstable Neonates

> **NCT03555981** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine** · enrollment: 279 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Preterm Infant
- Hypothermia, Newborn
- Death
- Kangaroo Mother Care
- Infection, Bacterial

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Early Kangaroo Mother Care
- **OTHER:** Standard care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03555981
- **Lead sponsor:** London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-05-20
- **Primary completion:** 2020-04-20
- **Final completion:** 2020-04-20
- **Target enrollment:** 279 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** In response to COVID pandemic
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-16

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03555981

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03555981, "Early Kangaroo Mother Care in Gambian Hospitalised Unstable Neonates". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03555981. Licensed CC0.

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