NCT04901611 (Petal) is a NA clinical trial of Parental touch in Infant Development, sponsored by Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group.

Who is sponsoring NCT04901611?

NCT04901611 is sponsored by Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04901611?

Interventions in NCT04901611: Parental touch.

What condition does NCT04901611 study?

NCT04901611 studies Infant Development, Pain, Procedural, Parents.

Is NCT04901611 still recruiting?

NCT04901611 is currently completed. Last updated 28 February 2023.

Last reviewed 2023-02-28 · How we verify

NCT04901611: Petal

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Published: 2026-01-01
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Parental Touch Trial (Petal)

Completed NA Last updated 28 February 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Parental touch in Infant Development in 112 participants. Completed in 7 February 2023.

Timeline

1 September 2021

Primary endpoint
7 February 2023

7 February 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	112
Start date	1 September 2021
Primary completion	7 February 2023
Estimated completion	7 February 2023
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Parental touch

Conditions studied

Infant Development — all drugs for Infant Development →
Pain, Procedural — all drugs for Pain, Procedural →
Parents — all drugs for Parents →

Sponsor

Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group

Who can join

Adults 0 Days to 7 Days, any sex, with Infant Development or Pain, Procedural. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This is a two centre two-arm randomised controlled interventional trial. We aim to determine whether parental touch prior to a painful clinical procedure provides effective analgesia in neonates.

Publications & conference data

5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Multicentre, randomised controlled trial to investigate the effects of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates (Petal).
Cobo MM, Moultrie F, Hauck AGV, Crankshaw D, et al · · 2022 · cited 15× · PMID 36250332 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061841
Effect of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates and parental anxiety (Petal): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial in the UK.
Hauck AGV, van der Vaart M, Adams E, Baxter L, et al · · 2024 · cited 11× · PMID 38373429 · DOI 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00340-1
Parental experience of neonatal pain research while participating in the Parental touch trial (Petal).
van der Vaart M, Hauck AGV, Mansfield R, Adams E, et al · · 2024 · cited 8× · PMID 38284396 · DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003177
Statistical analysis plan for the Petal trial: the effects of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates.
Baxter L, Hauck AGV, Bhatt A, Cobo MM, et al · · 2023 · cited 1× · PMID 40110538 · DOI 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19819.3
Statistical analysis plan for the Petal trial: the effects of parental touch on relieving acute procedural pain in neonates
Baxter L, Hauck AG, Bhatt A, Cobo MM, et al · · 2024 · DOI 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19819.3

Verify or expand the search:

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04901611 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group
Last refreshed: 28 February 2023

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