Clinical trials: Maternal Child Health
Parenting, Mental Health
Mama Empoderada: Parenting and Mental Health Intervention
This project focuses on the implementation and preliminary evaluation of Mama Empoderada, a brief 12-week group intervention that is based on a parenting program (Mom Power). The researcher's hypotheses are that: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07569393
- Testing
- Mama Empoderada
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Child Development, Mother-Infant Interaction
Mother-infant Bonding During COVID-19
This study will assess whether the promotion of emotional exchange between mother and infant during the first four months of life improves primarily mother-child early relational health (ERH) and secondarily child…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Mother-Infant Interaction, Relation, Parent-Child
- Trial name
- NCT04531618
- Testing
- Emotional Exchange (EE), Newborn Care (NC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Community Health Education
EFFECT OF A ONLINE NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PRESCHOOLER'S FAMILIES ON THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Questions: What's the effect of an online nutritional educational program in preschoolers families on the adherence to the mediterranean diet? What's the effect of this program on the BMI at 3 years follow-up? Study Description A…
- Trial name
- ELIKUME (NCT06828367)
- Testing
- Online family educational intervention and cooking workshop
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion Miguel Servet
Prenatal Care
Comparison of Group Guidance to Routine Care for Pregnant Women at Low Risk
Prenatal care is defined as pregnancy-related health care services provided to a women between conception and delivery. Early, comprehensive prenatal care can promote healthier pregnancies and can reduce the risk of some adverse…
- Trial name
- NCT02476214
- Testing
- group prenatal care
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Infant Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Pregnancy
Supplementing Maternal and Infant Diet With High-energy, Micronutrient Fortified Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS)
The use of lipid-based nutrients (LNS), such as Nutributter or fortified spread (FS), have been associated with improved growth and development outcomes among infants in Ghana and Malawi.
- Trial name
- iLiNS-DYAD-M (NCT01239693)
- Testing
- IFA, MMN, LNS
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Behavioral Health
Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers to Reduce Harsh Parenting and Improve Child Outcomes
Parents of children from impoverished communities are disproportionately more likely to engage in harsh physical discipline, which can lead to serious clinical outcomes, including suicidal ideation and attempts.
- Trial name
- NCT05229146
- Testing
- Episodic Future Thinking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Cancer
Discovering Cancer Risks From Environmental Contaminants and Maternal/Child Health
The DREAM Cohort is a longitudinal observational study developed to enhance our understanding of how multiple exposures to environmental chemicals and pollutants across a diverse population of pregnant women and their offspring…
- Trial name
- NCT05746169
- Testing
- Health Questionnaires, Specimen sample collection
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,576 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Cardiovascular Health, Metabolic Health
Children Follow-up of PCOS Women
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex and frequent disorder with a heterogeneous clinical presentation varying throughout life, from birth up to post-menopause.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Health, Metabolic Health, Pulmonary Health
- Trial name
- CHOPS (NCT01767051)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Parent-Child Relations, PTSD
CAVEAT: An Open-Trial Feasibility Study
This is an open-clinical trial to study the feasibility of a brief manualized psychotherapy for mothers interpersonal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their very young children ages 1-3 years, entitled…
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, PTSD, Dissociation
- Trial name
- CAVEAT-OT (NCT06552832)
- Testing
- CAVEAT
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals
Maternal-Fetal Relations, Mother-Child Relations
Neurobehavioral Effects of Prenatal Mindfulness Training on Maternal Presence and Compassionate Love
This study investigates how prenatal mindfulness training fosters prosocial qualities a mother brings to parenting-specifically, her ability to be present with and experience compassionate love for her child.
- Conditions
- Maternal-Fetal Relations, Mother-Child Relations, Maternal Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05241600
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting, Non-Mindfulness-Based Childbirth Class
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidemarie Laurent
Behavior, Health
Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers
Parents of children from impoverished communities are disproportionately more likely to engage in harsh physical discipline, which can lead to serious clinical outcomes, including suicidal ideation and attempts.
- Trial name
- NCT06145919
- Testing
- Episodic Future Thinking (EFT), Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Maternal Nutrition, Infant Nutrition
Longitudinal Prospective Study of Maternal and Child Nutrition in Arkansas
The investigators want to learn how women's diets may impact breastfeeding outcomes. This study will help the investigators learn more about how diet and social factors like food access may impact mothers' health, breastfeeding…
- Conditions
- Maternal Nutrition, Infant Nutrition, Pediatric Nutrition, Maternal Health
- Trial name
- NCT07477106
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Gender-based Violence
Women and Child, Safety, Health, and Empowerment
Gender-based violence (GBV) (including homicide) is one of the leading causes of maternal and child (fetus, newborn or infant) mortality and morbidity in limited resource settings such as India.
- Trial name
- WC-SHE (NCT05940129)
- Testing
- Women and Child, Safety, Health and Empowerment (WC-SHE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Vaccine Hesitation
Vaccination Hesitation in Expectant Mothers
The aim of this study is to increase the awareness of vaccination with the training on childhood vaccine hesitancy given to expectant mothers by a nurse during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT06530875
- Testing
- training on hesitations regarding childhood vaccinations
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Bronchiolitis, Bronchitis
Effect of AI-Assisted Discharge Education on Parents of Children With Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of artificial intelligence-assisted discharge education on mothers of children hospitalized with bronchitis/bronchiolitis.
- Trial name
- NCT07774494
- Testing
- AI-Assisted Written Discharge Education, AI-Assisted Video Discharge Education, Routine Discharge Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Body Weight, Obesity & Overweight
Breastmilk and the Link to Overweight/Obesity and Maternal Diet in the Mother-breastmilk-child Triad
The prospective 5-month follow-up study will involve 150 mother-infant dyads grouped based on maternal baseline BMI category (normal weight, overweight, obesity).
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity & Overweight, Human Milk/Breastfeeding, Body Composition
- Trial name
- BLOOM-Triad (NCT07457515)
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada, Poland
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences
HIV
Male Engagement in PMTCT Services
The study employs a quasi-experimental design in 8 public health centers in southwest Uganda offering care and treatment (C\&T) services.
- Trial name
- NCT01903889
- Testing
- clinic based intervention, clinic and community based intervention
- Where
- 7 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,806 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Borderline Personality Disorder, Mothers
Parenting Skills for Mothers With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
The first disorder-specific parenting training program for mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder (M-BPD) is evaluated in a randomized controlled trial.
- Trial name
- ProChild (NCT04169048)
- Testing
- Group training for mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Freie Universität Berlin