Clinical trials: Maternal Child Health
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
Food Insecurity, Pregnancy
Feasibility of an ADAPTive Intervention to Improve Food Security and Maternal-Child Health
Food insecurity affects up to 30% of pregnancies and leads to worse health in pregnant people and their children, including an increased risk of gestational diabetes, pre-term birth, and future cardiometabolic chronic conditions…
- Trial name
- ADAPT-MCH (NCT06942598)
- Testing
- Produce prescription, Medically tailored meals, Electronic health record WIC referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Dental Caries
Effectiveness of Oral Health Education Programs Among School Children, Their Mothers and Teachers in Fayyum: Cohort Study
Cohort study to evaluate the effect of oral health educational program effect on oral health of school children, their mothers and teachers
- Trial name
- NCT05980273
- Testing
- Educational sessions
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Stunting
Maternal Probiotic Intervention to Improve Gut Health
There is an urgent need to identify interventions that can improve the supportive uterine environment in which the fetus establishes his/her growth.
- Trial name
- MPIGH (NCT05922683)
- Testing
- Vivomixx, CapScan®
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Pregnancy Related, Mental Health Issue
MamaConecta: Digital Tool for Maternal Mental Health
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to validate a digital health tool, Dana app, that enhances well-being and supports mental health monitoring for women during the perinatal period.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Mental Health Issue, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety
- Trial name
- DDT (NCT06442774)
- Testing
- Mobile application, Monitoring via wearable
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- A Thousand Colibris, S.L
Mother-infant Relational Disturbances
Mother-Infant Psychoanalysis Project of Stockholm
Mother-infant relationship disturbances broadly comprise three areas; maternal distress, infant functional problems, and relationship difficulties.
- Trial name
- MIPPS (NCT00923559)
- Testing
- Treatment as Usual at Child Health Centre, Mother-Infant Psychoanalytic treatment (MIP)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Opioid-use Disorder, Pregnancy Related
STEPuP: Prenatal Provider Education and Training to Improve Medication-assisted Treatment Use During Pregnancy
This research will test the effectiveness of a prenatal provider education and training program designed to facilitate provider adoption of evidence-based practices for the treatment of OUD during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- STEPuP (NCT04527926)
- Testing
- STEPuP Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,022 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Mental Health Disorder, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Impact of Maternal Mental Health on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children
Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease that is strongly related to and influenced by the children's dietary habits, sugar intake, salivary flow, salivary fluoride level, and preventive behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT05753423
- Testing
- Interview-based questionnaires & Clinical examination
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Parenting, Mother-child Relations
Collaborative Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting Support in Primary Care
Treating mothers' perinatal depressive and other mental health symptoms alone does not prevent impaired parenting quality and adverse infant outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02724774
- Testing
- Promoting First Relationships®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 252 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Depression, Anxiety
Building Emotion Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): Mothers of Toddlers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of maternal depression and anxiety has increased and research suggests that the cognitive development of children born during the pandemic has been impacted.
- Trial name
- NCT05306626
- Testing
- Building Emotion Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Pregnancy Related, Eating Disorders
Experiences From Pregnancy and Post-partum Period in Women With a History of Eating Disorders.
Women with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa (BN) have been found to have a higher risk of unplanned pregnancies than healthy women, and experience greater miscarriage, premature birth, birth complications, and postpartum…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Eating Disorders, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder
- Trial name
- PREG_PED-t (NCT04815044)
- Testing
- Pregnancy, Post-Partum
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Ostfold University College
Child and Maternal Health
The First United Arab Emirates National Representative Birth Cohort Study
In this study, a multidisciplinary team of researchers was established including credible researchers from the UAE, Australia and the United Kingdom to launch the First United Arab Emirates 3-year birth cohort study.
- Trial name
- UAE-BCS (NCT04928898)
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United Arab Emirates University
Obesity, Childhood
Changing Health and Lifestyle Behaviors of Offspring Following Maternal Bariatric Surgery
This is the Phase 2 pilot/feasibility randomized controlled trial of HALO (Health And Lifestyle Behaviors In Offspring), a parent-led behavioral intervention targeting a high-risk pediatric population (i.e., residing offspring…
- Trial name
- HALO-2 (NCT05350267)
- Testing
- HALO, Enhanced Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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
Dental Anxiety, Periodontal Health
Dental Anxiety and Periodontal Health
Mothers usually have the primary role in bringing up children and developing health-related behaviors. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mothers' dental anxiety and oral hygiene on the dental anxiety and…
- Conditions
- Dental Anxiety, Periodontal Health, Oral Hygiene
- Trial name
- NCT05563532
- Testing
- dental anxiety and oral hygiene
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Okan University
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
Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Evaluation Nutrition Education Intervention on Pulse and Cereal Mix for Complementary Food in Southern Ethiopia
The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude…
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT02638571
- Testing
- enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods
- Volunteers
- 772 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Maternal Health, Child Health
Boston Birth Cohort Study
Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes across the…
- Conditions
- Maternal Health, Child Health, Pregnancy Complications, Birth Outcome, Adverse
- Trial name
- NCT03228875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24,000 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
A Multidisciplinary "Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes (IMPROVE)" Intervention to Improve Maternal and Child Outcomes in Lesotho
This study aims to improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes by implementing and evaluating a multidisciplinary "Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes (IMPROVE)" intervention to increase MCH…
- Trial name
- IMPROVE (NCT04598958)
- Testing
- IMPROVE
- Volunteers
- 1,004 people
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Sepsis, Asthma
Evaluation of Essential Surgical Skills-Emergency Maternal and Child Health Training
The aim of the proposed study is to determine if specific training in management of general, obstetric, neonatal and pediatric emergencies results in a change in practice of doctors working in emergency departments of public…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Asthma, Heart Failure, Seizure
- Trial name
- NCT00880204
- Testing
- ESS-EMCH training
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Child Advocacy International