Clinical trials: Maternal Nutrition
Malnutrition, Stunting of Growth
Acceptability of a Cereal for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children Made From Caterpillars
Two in every three infants in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffer from stunting of linear growth by 12 months of age.
- Trial name
- CAT01 (NCT01258647)
- Testing
- caterpillar cereal
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Iron Deficiency Anemia of Pregnancy
Adiposity and Iron Requirements in Pregnancy
This study aims to explore how body fat influences the response to either 25 or 50 mg of daily iron supplements during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- ADIPREG (NCT06425796)
- Testing
- Adiposity and Iron Requirements in Pregnancy (ADIPREG)
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 312 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Pregnancy, Child Development
Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Prenatal Fatty Acid Supplementation
The purpose of the study is to test whether nutritional supplementation during pregnancy is associated with 1) improved maternal health during pregnancy; 2) improved infant birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes, and 3) whether…
- Trial name
- NAPS (NCT02647723)
- Testing
- DHA, Sugar pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Gestational Diabetes, PreDiabetes
Maternal Health Diabetes Prevention Study
The aim of this project is to use the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework to collect pilot data on the implementation of a Diabetes Prevention Program-like intervention in the Women, Infants…
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes, PreDiabetes, Hyperglycemia, Glucose Intolerance During Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT05343494
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Eating Behavior
Healthy Online Parental Education Project to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Active Playtime Among Toddlers
The research proposal will be an 8-week randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the efficacy of an eHealth intervention, namely Healthy Parental Online Education (HOPE), on fruit and vegetable intake and active playtime among…
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT05085041)
- Testing
- Multi-Component eHealth Intervention, namely Healthy Online Parental Education (HOPE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Overweight, Obesity
Toddler Overweight Prevention Study Among Low-Income Families
The hypothesis is that toddlers with parents who are randomized to a parenting intervention and toddlers with parents who are randomized to the maternal intervention focused on maternal diet and physical activity will be more…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Depression
- Trial name
- TOPS (NCT02615158)
- Testing
- Maternal Physical Activity and Nutrition, Parenting, Child Safety
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lifestyle, Healthy, Pregnancy Related
A Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program Participant Choice Approach
Interventions that target excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) with nutrition and exercise behavior change struggle with low program adherence.
- Conditions
- Lifestyle, Healthy, Pregnancy Related, Adherence, Treatment, Nutrition, Healthy
- Trial name
- NELIP (NCT06187675)
- Testing
- Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure
Women First: Preconception Maternal Nutrition
Multi-country three-arm, individually randomized, non-masked, controlled trial to ascertain the benefits of ensuring optimal maternal nutrition before conception and providing an evidence base for programmatic priority directed…
- Conditions
- Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- WF (NCT01883193)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Maternal Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 7,374 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Picky Eaters, Feeding Interaction, Good Enough Parenting, Family Meals, Emotional Eating Prevention
"Improved Mother Infant Feeding Interaction (MI-FI) at 12 Months With Very Early Parent Training"
Rise in childhood obesity and poor eating habits and eating problems is apparent over the last decades. Parents are at lose what the correct way to tackle these problems may be.
- Trial name
- MI-FI (NCT03086811)
- Testing
- Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training
- Volunteers
- 166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Food Insecurity, HIV
PostNAPS: FI, Nutrition, and Psychosocial Health Among Women of Mixed HIV Status and Their Infants in Gulu, Uganda
PostNAPs was a continuation of the PreNAPs study. 246 women were enrolled in the postnatal period with the primary scientific objective of determining whether food insecurity was an independent risk factor for poor maternal…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, HIV, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition
- Trial name
- PostNAPS (NCT02925429)
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Breastmilk, Breastmilk Expression
Relationship Between Nutritional Consumption of Breastfeeding Mothers and Breast Milk Composition During Lactation
This study seeks to answer the question of the effect of maternal diet during lactation on breast milk composition. This study was conducted with 31 mothers who were hospitalized in Şanlıurfa Education and Research Hospital due…
- Conditions
- Breastmilk, Breastmilk Expression, Maternal Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07036094
- Testing
- Manual breast milk expression
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Maternal Anemia, Micronutrient Deficiency
MMS, IFA, and MMS+IFA Supplementation in Pregnant Women
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation, and combined MMS+IFA supplementation among pregnant women.
- Conditions
- Maternal Anemia, Micronutrient Deficiency, Pregnancy Outcomes, Maternal Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07665957
- Testing
- Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), Iron-Folic Acid (IFA)
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology
Physical Activity, Obesity
MoTHER Buddy Program
The purpose of the 12-week study is to determine if competing a physical activity program with a buddy helps increase daily physical activity when compared to completing the same physical activity program without a buddy.
- Trial name
- NCT02338765
- Testing
- mHealth Physical Activity, Buddy-partnered exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Nutrition Poor
JUS Media? Programme: A Food-Focused Media Literacy Intervention for Americanized Adolescents and Mothers Globally
The J(amaican and) U(nited) S(tates) Media? Programme is a culturally-tailored food-focused media literacy preventive intervention designed to promote healthier eating habits among remotely acculturating early adolescents and…
- Trial name
- NCT04492592
- Testing
- Workshop, SMS/Texting
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition
Impact of Maternal Stress on Infant Stunting
This study takes place in rural Mam-Mayan communities of Guatemala characterized by high rates of childhood stunting. It aims to characterize women's exposure to nutrition, infection and psychosocial stressors vs.
- Conditions
- Maternal; Malnutrition, Infant Malnutrition, Physiological Stress, Emotional Stress
- Trial name
- NCT02755012
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill 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
Obesity
Tissue Composition of Newborn Infants of Obese and Lean Mothers
0-hypothesis: the tissue composition of newborn infants is not modified by lifestyle intervention during pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT01235676
- Testing
- diet, Exercise
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital
Rickets, Osteomalacia
Maternal and Infant Vitamin Status During the First Nine Months of Infant Life
In this study the investigators wanted to assess vitamin D status and possible consequences of low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in a population of healthy mothers and their infants, in the community of Aarhus, Denmark.
- Conditions
- Rickets, Osteomalacia, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT02548520
- Testing
- Blood and breastmilk samples
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Maternal Care Patterns, Child Nutrition Disorders
Relationship Between Maternal Awareness About Vitamin D for Under- Five Years Children and Their Health Status Outcomes
The observational study aims to identify the relationship between maternal awareness about vitamin D for under-five-year-old children and their health status outcomes.
- Conditions
- Maternal Care Patterns, Child Nutrition Disorders, Vitamin D Deficiency
- Trial name
- Vit-D (NCT06562426)
- Testing
- Descriptive group on vitamin D awareness
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Labor Pain, Nutrient Intake
The Effect of Nutrition and Fluid Intake in the First Stage of Labor
Birth is a process that requires large amounts of energy. As a result of skeletal and smooth muscle contractions at birth, the body's basal metabolic rate, energy requirement, hydration requirement, and insensible fluid loss are…
- Conditions
- Labor Pain, Nutrient Intake, Fluid Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT06547177
- Testing
- fruit juice
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hilal Yuvacı