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CompletedNCT03392727Updated Nov 21, 2018

Evaluation of Safe Sleep for Babies: a Bassinet Distribution and Education Program

An interventional study of Study Box and Community Box in Sudden Infant Death, sponsored by University of Manitoba. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged Up to 2 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-11-21.

Sponsored by University of Manitoba · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
Up to 2 Months
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 12 studies in Sudden Infant Death with a site in Canada — 1 open to participants now, 3 under way, 2 of them phase 3. Sudden Infant Death · Canada.

Started
2018
the only one that year
No phase
Only one
of the 12
Registered
6th of 12
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 12
University of Manitoba

Among the 12 studies in Sudden Infant Death with a site in Canada, this one is the only one that started in 2018, is the only one with no phase, and was the 6th registered.

Sudden Infant Death

80 studies on the registry are indexed under Sudden Infant Death; 14 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

1 of the 12 studies in Sudden Infant Death with a site in Canada is open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 9 Sudden Infant Death studies recruiting now, 4 set no upper age limit and 5 stop at 75 or younger; 7 take children under 18; 2 take healthy volunteers.

This study: Up to 2 Months · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

This study will evaluate baby box ownership and safe sleep practices (sleep location, sleep position, use of bedding) among families provided a free baby box and standardized safe sleep education compared to families provided a safe sleep pamphlet and information on how to obtain a free box in the community.

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The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial with two arms: the intervention group (n=110) will be provided a baby box and standardized face to face education regarding the box and its contents, safe sleep, and infant health promotion; the control group (n=110) will be provided information on how to obtain the same baby box at a community site in Winnipeg, and will receive a safe sleep pamphlet, baby box pamphlet and a guide to online resources for prenatal ad infant health promotion. An additional comparison group will be parents who already have a baby box at the time of recruitment. This group will also receive the safe sleep pamphlet. Families will be interviewed at recruitment and 2-4 months of age to measure box ownership and self-reported safe sleep and infant health promotion practices. Administrative data will be used to evaluate the impact on infant immunizations and hospitalizations in the first year of life, and to evaluate the impacts of prenatal care visits and neonatal length of stay on the outcomes.

Families will be asked to participate in a face to face interview at baseline (enrolment) and one follow-up interview coordinated with a scheduled routine healthcare visit for the infant at 2 months of age and conducted face to face or by telephone, according to family preference.

PHIN will be requested for both mother and infant in order to explore the relationship between adequacy of prenatal care and the study outcomes, and to evaluate the impact on infant immunizations and hospitalizations in the first year of life. Postal code will be requested to analyze differences related to place of residence and neighbourhood income quintile.

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Conditions studied

  • Sudden Infant Death

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Up to 2 Months
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Mothers who are 32 weeks or more gestation
  • Infants less than 3 months of age (or post-conceptional age 44 weeks)
  • Able to consent freely and complete face to face and/or telephone interviews in English
  • Will be residing in Winnipeg until the infant is 2-4 months of age or able to complete a telephone interview at 2-4 months of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parent/guardian/client less than 18 years of age (unless emancipated minor)
  • Parents who cannot consent due to intellectual capacity, medical condition, etc.
  • Infant is discharged from hospital in the care of Child and Family Services or a birth alert is in place
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Study Box & Education Session

    Parents are provided a baby box and infant health and safety products and participate in a face to face educational session

    Device: Study Box · Behavioral: Education Session

  • Active comparator
    Community Box & Online Education

    Parents are informed how to receive a free box from a community site and are provided a guide to online resources for prenatal and infant health promotion

    Device: Community Box · Behavioral: Online Education

Interventions

  • DeviceStudy Box

    Baby box (bassinet) with infant items

  • DeviceCommunity Box

    Baby box (bassinet)

  • BehavioralEducation Session

    Face to face education and baby box orientation session

  • BehavioralOnline Education

    Online baby box education

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Box ownership

    Parents with a baby box

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Usual sleep location

    crib, cradle, bassinet, box, other

    Time frame: 2 months

  3. Baby box use for sleep

    always/sometimes/never/not applicable

    Time frame: 2 months

  4. Usual sleep position

    supine, other

    Time frame: 2 months

  5. Usual infant clothing for sleep

    sleeper, sack, swaddled

    Time frame: 2 months

  6. Usual bedding

    none, tucked blanket, other

    Time frame: 2 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safe sleep knowledge

    safe sleep location, position, infant clothing, bedding (1 point each)

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Current infant feeding

    breastfeeding, formula feeding, both

    Time frame: 2 months

  3. Household smoking

    total number of cigarettes smoked per day in the household

    Time frame: 2 months

  4. Vitamin D

    Infant provided daily dose of Vitamin D (always/sometimes/never)

    Time frame: 2 months

  5. Immunizations

    Number of infant immunizations in the first year of life

    Time frame: 12 months

  6. Prenatal visits

    Number of prenatal visits

    Time frame: 9 months

  7. Infant hospitalizations

    Infant hospitalizations in the first year of life (number of hospitalizations, total hospital days, respiratory vs. non-respiratory hospital days)

    Time frame: 12 months

Other outcomes

  1. Adverse events

    Parent-reported adverse events and concerns regarding the baby box

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Parent feedback

    Parent-reported opinions and preferences (likes/dislikes) regarding the baby box and the distribution process

    Time frame: 2 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P5, Canada
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Sep 2018, 8 months.

Of 15 interventional studies with no phase under Sudden Infant Death, half reached primary completion within 19 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 45. This study's 8 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 2, 2018
First posted
Jan 8, 2018
StartActual
Jan 22, 2018
Primary completionActual
Sep 30, 2018
CompletionActual
Sep 30, 2018
Last update
Nov 21, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 21, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03392727
Collaborators
Canadian Paediatric Society, Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 8, 2018
Start date
Jan 22, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2018
Completion
Sep 30, 2018
Last update
Nov 21, 2018

Study contacts

Nathan Nickel, PhD
principal investigator · University of Manitoba

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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