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Teen Mom Study Feasibility Trial

A study testing #BabyLetsMove in people with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, run by University of Mississippi Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The proposed multicomponent digital health intervention has the potential to significantly impact the trajectory of maternal health in a rural, pregnant, Black adolescent population with the highest risks for cardiometabolic diseases worldwide. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 to 19 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
#BabyLetsMove
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
7 Apr 2025to 1 Jun 2026
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 15 to 19 years
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • 15- to 19-years
  • Black or African American
  • <20 weeks' gestation
  • Enrolled in WIC
  • Residing in 1 of 8 Mississippi Delta Counties
  • English speaking
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  • Own or have personal use of a mobile smart phone
  • Singleton pregnancy
  • Plan to carry the fetus to term and keep the infant after birth
  • No history of chronic medical conditions in the past year that could influence weight loss or gain

Who cannot join

  • Restrictions on physical activity or exercise

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Abigail Gamble, PhD, MS contact

601-815-9065

agamble2@umc.edu

United States2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

    Abigail Gamble, PhD, MS, 601-815-9065, agamble2@umc.edu

    Not yet recruiting
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

    Abigail Gamble, PhD, 601-815-9065, agamble2@umc.edu

    Rolanda Buck, MS, rbuck@umc.edu

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Teen Mom Study Feasibility Trial: A Multicomponent Digital Health Intervention to Improve Cardiometabolic Health in Pregnant Black Adolescents

The proposed multicomponent digital health intervention has the potential to significantly impact the trajectory of maternal health in a rural, pregnant, Black adolescent population with the highest risks for cardiometabolic diseases worldwide. The proposed implementation strategy leverages mobile technologies which are ubiquitous across the socioeconomic gradient and proposes to train young adult WIC moms to deliver peer health coaching in a telehealth setting to address social barriers and support behavior change in pregnant, Black adolescent WIC clients in the Mississippi Delta - a rural region where the population is more than two-thirds percent Black and the teen birth rate is the highest in the United States. This is a scalable and sustainable approach to enhance WIC services and improve WIC's impact on population health and cardiometabolic health disparities in Black women.

Read the detailed description

Teen Mom 2 will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and early efficacy of a 20-week multilevel, multicomponent digital health intervention, Mama Let's Move, delivered through the University of Mississippi Medical Center's Telehealth Center for Excellence in partnership with the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to increase physical activity (PA) and reduce sedentary behavior (SB) in pregnant, Black adolescent WIC clients in the Mississippi Delta. The Social Ecological Model and TElehealth in CHronic Disease Model provide an empirical framework for considering multiple determinants of health behavior and evaluating mechanisms of implementation and intervention impacts. At the person level, pregnant, Black adolescent (15- to 19-years) WIC clients (n=20) will be given three empirically supported behavior goals to (1) watch 2 hours or less of television per day, (2) take 10,000 steps or more per day, and (3) engage in 20 minutes or more of organized exercise like prenatal yoga or dance videos per day. The intervention is designed to build social cognition, affect, and skills using four intervention components including a Fitbit activity tracker, interactive self-monitoring text messages with tailored feedback, tailored skills training text messages and materials, and peer health coaching. At the systems-level, racially concordant young adult (20- to 25-years) WIC moms (n=8) will be hired and trained to deliver peer health coaching in a telehealth setting to first, address social needs and second, to provide support for achieving the three behavior goals. The specific aims are to: (1) assess the impact of Mama Let's Move on objectively measured light-to-moderate PA and SB from baseline (<20-weeks' gestation) to 26- and 36-weeks' gestation in pregnant, Black adolescents; (2) use remote patient monitoring to objectively measure and characterize patterns of weight gain from baseline to 26- and 36-weeks' gestation; and (3) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of training young adult WIC moms to provide health coaching in a telehealth setting. This study will advance public health and scientific knowledge in preparation for a future cluster randomized clinical trial by: training WIC moms to provide health coaching to pregnant, Black adolescents in a telehealth setting; developing an attention-control arm; assessing changes in adolescents' PA and SB throughout pregnancy in response to a 20-week intervention; characterizing patterns of weight gain throughout pregnancy in Black adolescents; comparing adolescents across counties and WIC providers; and evaluating an implementation partnership between WIC and the Telehealth Center of Excellence.

Being tested
#BabyLetsMove
Keywords
implementation science, pragmatic clinical trial, telemedicine, health disparity, minority and vulnerable populations, behavior and behavior mechanisms, adolescent pregnancy, black maternal health
Medical subject headings
Motor Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Gestational Weight Gain, Behavior

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • #BabyLetsMoveBehavioural

    The #BabyLetsMove digital health intervention uses a multi-level, systems-change approach. At the systems-level, racially concordant young adult WIC moms will be trained as health coaches. At the person level, adolescent WIC clients will be given empirically supported behavior goals, self-monitoring text messages with automated feedback, tailored skills training materials, a FitBit device, and tailored peer coaching support. The #BabyLetsMove intervention design is based on formative Teen Mom Study findings to build social cognition, affect, and skills to modify 3 concrete, achievable, and easily monitored behavioral targets: (1) Limit television viewing time to less than 2 hours per day; (2) Walk at least 10,000 steps per day; and (3) Do 20 minutes or more of exercise per day.

Study groups in NCT05843903
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
#BabyLetsMoveExperimentalThere are four digital components to the intervention including Fitbit activity tracker, interactive self-monitoring and tailored feedback text messages, tailored skills training text messages and materials, and peer health coaching.
Receives: Behavioral: #BabyLetsMove

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Acceptability

    Qualitative interviews will be conducted with teens (n=20) to explore their satisfaction with the intervention components.

    Measured: Perceptions of acceptability at 36 weeks' gestation (post-intervention)

  2. Appropriateness

    Qualitative interviews will be conducted with peer health coaches (n=2) about their experience delivering coaching, case management support, and satisfaction with their role as a coach. Interviews with WIC leaders (n=3) and local WIC providers (n=5) will explore opinions on delivering coaching in a telehealth setting to enhance WIC's capacity to serve rural communities.

    Measured: Perceptions of appropriateness at study month 30 (of 36 months).

  3. Intensity coaching session number

    The intervention intensity will be determined based on the number of coaching sessions.

    Measured: Average number of coaching sessions completed at 20 weeks (post-intervention)

  4. Intensity coaching session length

    The intervention intensity will be determined based on the length in minutes of coaching sessions.

    Measured: Average length in minutes of coaching sessions at 20 weeks (post-intervention)

  5. Intensity text message response number

    The intervention intensity will be determined based on the number of responses to interactive text messages.

    Measured: Average number of text message responses at 20 weeks (post-intervention)

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)

    GT9X ActiGraph accelerometer. Accelerometers will be worn on participants' non-dominant wrist for 7-days, 24-hours per day to record raw acceleration data using a sampling rate of 100 Hz that will be converted into objective measures. Counts: moderate (1952 - 5724 counts per minute) and vigorous (>5724 counts per minute) PA. Wear-time compliance will include 20 hours per day, > 4 days per week including 1 weekend day.

    Measured: Change in MVPA from baseline (< 16 weeks' gestation) to 26 weeks' gestation.

  2. Sedentary behavior (SB)

    GT9X ActiGraph accelerometer. Accelerometers will be worn on participants' non-dominant wrist for 7-days, 24-hours per day to record raw acceleration data using a sampling rate of 100 Hz that will be converted into objective measures. Counts: SB (<100 counts per minute). Wear-time compliance will include 20 hours per day, > 4 days per week including 1 weekend day.

    Measured: Change in SB from baseline (< 16 weeks' gestation) to 26 weeks' gestation.

  3. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)

    GT9X ActiGraph accelerometer. Accelerometers will be worn on participants' non-dominant wrist for 7-days, 24-hours per day to record raw acceleration data using a sampling rate of 100 Hz that will be converted into objective measures. Counts: moderate (1952 - 5724 counts per minute) and vigorous (>5724 counts per minute) PA. Wear-time compliance will include 20 hours per day, > 4 days per week including 1 weekend day.

    Measured: Change in MVPA from baseline (< 16 weeks' gestation) to 36 weeks' gestation.

  4. Sedentary behavior (SB)

    GT9X ActiGraph accelerometer. Accelerometers will be worn on participants' non-dominant wrist for 7-days, 24-hours per day to record raw acceleration data using a sampling rate of 100 Hz that will be converted into objective measures. Counts: SB (<100 counts per minute). Wear-time compliance will include 20 hours per day, > 4 days per week including 1 weekend day.

    Measured: Change in SB from baseline (< 16 weeks' gestation) to 36 weeks' gestation.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 May 2023
  2. Study start7 Apr 2025
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05843903
Sponsor's protocol ID
2022-110
Other IDs
P50MD017338, U54GM115428
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
24 Apr 2023
Last updated
15 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Gamble A, Beech BM, Blackshear C, Herring SJ, Welsch MA, Moore JB. Changes in Physical Activity and Television Viewing From Pre-pregnancy Through Postpartum Among a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Perinatal Adolescent Population. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec;34(6):832-838. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2021.06.009. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

    PubMed 34271198
  • Gamble A, Beech BM, Blackshear C, Cranston KL, Herring SJ, Moore JB, Welsch MA. Recruitment planning for clinical trials with a vulnerable perinatal adolescent population using the Clinical Trials Transformative Initiative framework and principles of partner and community engagement. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 May;104:106363. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106363. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

    PubMed 33737198
  • Gamble A, Saulters MM, Cranston KL, Jones DW, Herring SJ, Beech BM. Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement Strategies for Exercise Interventions With Rural Antenatal Adolescents: Qualitative Interviews With WIC Providers. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2020 Sep/Oct;26(5):497-502. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001027.

    PubMed 32732725

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing #BabyLetsMove in people with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, run by University of Mississippi Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Abigail Gamble, PhD, MS (601-815-9065, agamble2@umc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Acceptability (time frame: Perceptions of acceptability at 36 weeks' gestation (post-intervention)). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05843903, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 May 2025.

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