NCT06521398

Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-11
• Primary completion: 2027-08-01
• Completion: 2027-08-01
• First posted: 2024-07-26
• Last updated: 2025-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States