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Stillbirth clinical trials and research

• 10Clinical trials
• 24NIH research projects
• 13Countries

Newest Stillbirth clinical trials

All recruiting trials (10)

• Womb Watch: using a smartphone app to detect fetal movements

  This study tests a smartphone app to help pregnant people track fetal movements and see if it can better detect movement changes that might signal risk.

  Recruiting at 3 sites University of Texas at Austin · Austin, Texas and 2 other locations · NCT07626112

• Personalized placental risk assessment to customize pregnancy care

  This project will try to build a tool that uses pregnancy ultrasound and blood tests to predict placental insufficiency for people with a single pregnancy who plan to deliver at OHSU.

  Recruiting Oregon Health and Science University · Portland, Oregon · NCT07144839

• Walk With Me for Perinatal Grief

  A mobile app-based program (Along With Me) with or without a Peer Guide is tested to see if it lowers posttraumatic stress and suicidal thoughts in bereaved parents after pregnancy or early infant loss.

  Recruiting Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. · Eugene, Oregon and 1 other locations · NCT07011940

• Examining how assisted reproductive technologies affect pregnancy outcomes

  This study is trying to see if different assisted reproductive technologies affect the health of pregnancies and if they are linked to risks like growth problems or stillbirth.

  Recruiting Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki · Pleven and 5 other locations · NCT06918236

• Treating asymptomatic urinary infection during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries

  This trial will test whether giving pregnant people with asymptomatic bacteriuria nitrofurantoin (versus placebo) can reduce preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age babies, or stillbirth.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Phase 3 NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health · Dhaka, Bangladesh and 6 other locations · NCT06723392

• Improving intrapartum care in Ethiopia to reduce stillbirths and maternal deaths

  This study is testing a new approach to improve care during childbirth in Ethiopia to see if it can help reduce stillbirths and keep mothers safer.

  Recruiting Haramaya Unversity · Harar, Oromiya and 1 other locations · NCT06273007

• Early genetic screening for critical illnesses in newborns

  This study is testing a new genetic screening program for newborns in China to see if it can help identify serious hereditary diseases early and improve their chances of survival.

  Recruiting Children's Hospital of Fudan University · Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality · NCT04905537

• Specialized care for parents after stillbirth or neonatal death

  This study is testing a special care program for parents who have experienced stillbirth or neonatal death to see if it helps reduce anxiety and improve their next pregnancy outcomes.

  Recruiting University of Manchester · Manchester, Greater Manchester · NCT04393259

• Monitoring fetal heart activity in high-risk pregnancies to prevent stillbirth

  This study is testing a new way to monitor fetal heart activity in high-risk pregnancies to see if it can help prevent stillbirth.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Medical College of Wisconsin · Madison, Wisconsin and 1 other locations · NCT03775954

• Using ultrasound to improve detection of fetal growth issues

  This study is trying to see if using ultrasound in a structured way can help doctors better spot babies that are not growing properly during pregnancy to reduce the risk of stillbirth.

  Recruiting Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · Oxford, Oxfordshire · NCT03662178

NIH-funded research (24)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Stillbirth Data Hub: Coordinating Center for Big-Data and AI in Stillbirth Research

  A national data hub is being built to coordinate data, biorepository, and analytics for stillbirth research using advanced AI and machine learning.

  NIH research Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, United States · NIH-11628800

• Genetic roots of stillbirth and developmental disorders

  A genetic study from Massachusetts General Hospital will look for inherited and new DNA changes that contribute to stillbirth and related developmental disorders in families.

  NIH research Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, United States · NIH-11600938

• Innovative Data Core for Stillbirth Research Center

  A data and software core is being built to harmonize and analyze information from multiple sites to uncover why stillbirth happens and to support future prevention.

  NIH research Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, United States · NIH-11416404

• Administrative Core for Stillbirth Research Coordinating Center

  A coordination core is being funded to organize and manage data, collaborations, and administration to help stillbirth research move forward.

  NIH research Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, United States · NIH-11416402

• Stillbirth Data Coordinating Center focusing on AI-powered insights

  A national data hub is using advanced AI and machine learning to analyze stillbirth data and help researchers find patterns that could prevent or understand stillbirth.

  NIH research Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, United States · NIH-11416401

• NOURISH: nutrition and health factors linked to pregnancy outcomes and stillbirth risk

  Aimed at understanding how nutrition and stress-related health factors affect placental function to prevent stillbirths in pregnancies.

  NIH research Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, United States · NIH-11415100

• Road to Preventing Stillbirth at the University of Utah

  A pathway-focused program at the University of Utah aims to reduce stillbirth by improving risk identification and addressing disparities among AIAN and NHPI communities.

  NIH research Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah · Salt Lake City, United States · NIH-11408607

• Predicting placental causes of stillbirth with machine learning

  A team at Northwestern University is building AI tools to help doctors find placental explanations for stillbirth in pregnancies that end in loss.

  NIH research Northwestern University · Chicago, United States · NIH-11408476

• Birth Defects Prevention: How Pregnancy Exposures Shape Birth Outcomes (BD STEPS) for Massachusetts families

  A Massachusetts team is studying how pregnancy exposures may influence birth defects to help families reduce risk in future pregnancies.

  NIH research Massachusetts State Dept of Pub Health · Boston, United States · NIH-11395055

• Birth Defects Study to Understand Causes of Structural Birth Defects

  A nationwide effort to find how genes and environment combine to cause structural birth defects, with the Arkansas Birth Defects study centers coordinating a pregnancy exposure look-back.

  NIH research Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis · Little Rock, United States · NIH-11395048

• Collaborative Action to End Stillbirth: a patient-centered, AI-supported effort

  A large NIH-supported project at Columbia aims to use artificial intelligence and collaboration with people affected by stillbirth to identify pregnancies at high risk earlier and improve prevention.

  NIH research Columbia University Health Sciences · New York, United States · NIH-11388657

• Center for Perinatal Discovery: Understanding fetal growth restriction and stillbirth

  A UC San Diego program aims to understand why some pregnancies have placental problems that lead to stillbirth and fetal growth restriction, so providers can predict and prevent these outcomes.

  NIH research University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, United States · NIH-11376557

• Understanding genetic and physical traits linked to stillbirth and fetal anomalies to improve prenatal care

  A clinician-scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital is leading a five-year plan to map how genes and visible fetal features relate to stillbirth and fetal structural problems, with the goal of better prenatal diagnosis.

  NIH research Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, United States · NIH-11352326

• Genetic clues to stillbirth: understanding inherited and new variants

  This grant looks at how genetic differences in families and new mutations may explain why some pregnancies end in stillbirth.

  NIH research Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah · Salt Lake City, United States · NIH-11345379

• Prenatal gene curation panel for severe birth defects and pregnancy loss

  A team at Baylor College of Medicine is continuing work to clarify which genes cause severe prenatal problems and pregnancies lost, so doctors can better diagnose and manage these conditions.

  NIH research Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, United States · NIH-11335170

• Precision medicine ideas to prevent stillbirth

  A research project from the University of Washington aims to understand why stillbirth happens and how to prevent it, with a focus on disparities and placental biology.

  NIH research University of Washington · Seattle, United States · NIH-11321659

• Massachusetts center for birth defects and stillbirth prevention

  This project looks at pregnancy exposures to find things people can avoid to lower the risk of structural birth defects and stillbirth.

  NIH research Massachusetts State Dept of Pub Health · Boston, United States · NIH-11137552

• Arkansas birth defects and stillbirth center

  Collecting information from pregnant people and families to find pregnancy-related causes of birth defects and stillbirths so future families can be helped.

  NIH research Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis · Little Rock, United States · NIH-11136832

• Understanding and preventing stillbirth through precision medicine

  This study is looking into why stillbirth happens and how we can prevent it, especially for groups that are more affected, like non-Hispanic Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Pacific Islander families, and it involves patients in tests to help us learn more about their specific risks.

  NIH research University of Washington · Seattle, United States · NIH-11101719

• Investigating genetic factors related to stillbirth

  This study is looking at the genetic reasons behind stillbirths to help families understand what might have happened and to find ways to prevent it in the future, by analyzing DNA from parents and their stillborn babies.

  NIH research University of Utah · Salt Lake City, United States · NIH-11095970

• Investigating pregnancy exposures that may cause birth defects

  This study is looking at ways to help pregnant women reduce the risk of birth defects by understanding how different things during pregnancy can affect their baby's health, and it will also help train new researchers in this important area.

  NIH research Massachusetts State Dept of Pub Health · Boston, United States · NIH-10907400

• Investigating the causes of birth defects and their long-term effects on health.

  This study is looking at what causes birth defects in babies, hoping to find ways to prevent them, and it’s for families who have been affected by these issues, as well as for moms and their children to help improve their health.

  NIH research Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis · Little Rock, United States · NIH-10907398

• Investigating how different sources of air pollution affect stillbirth rates in neighborhoods

  This study looks at how different types of air pollution in your neighborhood might affect stillbirth rates, helping us understand how the environment can impact pregnancy outcomes for moms and babies.

  NIH research Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, United States · NIH-10850676

• Evaluating genes related to severe fetal disorders and stillbirth

  This study is looking at birth defects that happen in about 3% of pregnancies to help doctors better understand the genetic causes, so they can provide clearer diagnoses and better care for expecting parents and their babies.

  NIH research Columbia University Health Sciences · New York, United States · NIH-10687993

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Quick answers

How many Stillbirth clinical trials are recruiting right now?

10, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 13 countries. The most sites are in United States (4 trials), United Kingdom (2 trials), Bangladesh (1 trial), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 trial), Guatemala (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 3: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

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