# The Effect of Gentle Human Touch and Stimulus Reduction on Pain and Comfort During Heel Blood Collection in Premature Newborns

> **NCT07715682** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Kubra Nur Kabakcı Sarıdağ** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Premature
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Touch
- Nursing Care

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Gentle Human Touch
- **OTHER:** Environmental Modification

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07715682
- **Lead sponsor:** Kubra Nur Kabakcı Sarıdağ
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-04-20
- **Primary completion:** 2026-09
- **Final completion:** 2026-12
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07715682

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07715682, "The Effect of Gentle Human Touch and Stimulus Reduction on Pain and Comfort During Heel Blood Collection in Premature Newborns". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-20 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07715682. Licensed CC0.

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