NCT06958146

Azithromycin for Preventing Maternal and Neonatal Infections During Labor.

Impact of Single Dose Azithromycin During Labor on Maternal and Neonatal Infections

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Armed Forces Hospital, Pakistan · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, we want to see the role of the antibiotic, azithromycin, in preventing maternal and neonatal infections, if the drug is given intrapartum to the mother

Conditions

• Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis
• Intrapartum Antibiotics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	oral azithromycin	we will be administering single-dose oral azithromycin to ladies who go into labor and have no risk factors for sepsis, as there is increased risk of postpartum sepsis in both mother and neonate after normal vaginal delivery in low-income and middle-income countries
OTHER	no azithromycin	participants in this arm will be given only standard labor care and no oral azithromycin

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-31
• Completion: 2025-08-31
• First posted: 2025-05-06
• Last updated: 2025-05-06