Clinical trials: Maternal Obesity
Physical Activity
The MOTHER (Mobile Technologies to Help Enhancing Regular Physical Activity) Trial for Pregnant Women
Obesity among women of childbearing age and excessive weight gain during pregnancy are prevalent and steadily increasing health care issues.
- Trial name
- NCT01461707
- Testing
- Mobile phone-based physical activity, Activity monitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diet, Healthy, Pregnancy
Hearty Meals for Mom- Pilot Study of Meal Delivery for Cardiometabolic Health During Pregnancy
This study is being done to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of a meal delivery intervention designed to improve diet quality and promote appropriate gestational weight gain among predominantly Black…
- Trial name
- NCT05512247
- Testing
- Meal Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiometabolic Diseases, Obesity
Prenatal Programming of Childhood Obesity and Cardio Metabolic Disorders
This is a prospective 11-17 -years follow-up of two existing pregnancy cohort (PREDO) and prevention (RADIEL) studies. The main objective is to investigate the associations between maternal overweight, obesity, hypertensive…
- Trial name
- NCT05223530
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Obesity and Overweight, Nutrition
CHIME: Comparing Health Interventions for Maternal Equity
The goal of this comparative effectiveness trial is to compare how three different approaches to overcome barriers to resources and provide nutrition and physical activity counseling improve maternal healthy weight in pregnancy…
- Conditions
- Obesity and Overweight, Nutrition, Chronic Disease, Diabetes
- Trial name
- CHIME (NCT06724172)
- Testing
- Self-Management, Community-Based
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 795 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy
Maternal Obesity and Offspring Neurodevelopment
Our goals are to characterize the effects of maternal obesity during pregnancy on infant brain development, reveal the neurodevelopmental consequences, and identify possible mechanisms causing these effects.
- Trial name
- Moon (NCT04274140)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Childhood Obesity, Maternal Obesity During Childbirth
Prenatal Probiotic Intervention
This study will assess the feasibility of a randomized control trial in which the effects of probiotic supplementation throughout pregnancy on maternal insulin sensitivity and inflammation, as well offspring gene expression and…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Maternal Obesity During Childbirth, Insulin Resistance, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03240419
- Testing
- Probiotics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Health Problems in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcomes
Peking University Birth Cohort in Tongzhou
The PKUBC-T is a prospective cohort study carried out in Tongzhou district of Beijing, China. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the short-term and long-term effects of pre-pregnant and prenatal exposure on maternal…
- Conditions
- Health Problems in Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcomes, Gestational Diabetes, Gestational Hypertension
- Trial name
- PKUBC-T (NCT03814395)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,426 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Obesity in Pregnancy, Labor Complication
Antibiotic Prophylaxis to Prevent Obesity-Related Induction Complications in Nulliparae at Term 2.0
Obesity increases the risk of pregnancy complications, including puerperal infections and cesarean delivery, and risk rises with increasing body mass index (BMI).
- Trial name
- NCT06488781
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 787 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Physical Activities
We-Move With Windy: Gross Motor Development for Early Childhood
The long-term goal of this project is to learn whether a tailored physical activity program is practical, enjoyable, and helpful for families, and whether it has the potential to improve children's physical development and…
- Trial name
- NCT07346300
- Testing
- We Move with Windy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Hereditary Transmission, Immune Development
Maternal Grandmothers in the Born in Guangzhou Cohort Study
The MGBIG is a study exploring cross-generational effects in 5000 women and their children and grandchildren located in Guangzhou, China.
- Conditions
- Hereditary Transmission, Immune Development, Childhood Obesity, Host and Microbiome
- Trial name
- MGBIG (NCT03633162)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Pregnancy, Obesity
Nutrition and Pregnancy Intervention Study
A randomized double-blind placebo controlled intervention study with pregnant obese women (n=440) will be conducted. The intervention will involve consumption of fish oil and/or probiotic capsules from early pregnancy until 6…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Obesity, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT01922791
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 439 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Prevention Childhood Obesity
Cognitive-behavioral Intervention to Increase the Practice of Responsive Feeding and Maintain Healthy Weight in Infants
Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity in Mexico is a serious public health problem. Perceptive eating is a factor in the prevention of obesity and occurs when the caregiver recognizes the signs of hunger and satiety…
- Trial name
- NCT06617299
- Testing
- Intervention Identifies and Responds
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Doppler Measurement of Uterine Artery
Obesity Doppler in Term Pregnancy
Maternal obesity is an epidemic in the developed world like Egypt. There are many pregnancy-associated complications including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and increased rates of septic wound after cesarean delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT06644911
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Maternal Obesity Syndrome
Hormonal Regulation of Postpartum Weight and Presence of Gut Peptides in Human Milk
Hormonal Regulation of Postpartum Weight and Presence of Gut Peptides in Human Milk Studies suggest that childbearing is an important contributor to the development of obesity in many women and that breastfeeding may be…
- Trial name
- NCT01514539
- Testing
- cross-sectional
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wyoming
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
Childhood Obesity
Coordination of Care Between Pediatricians and Women Infants & Children Nutritionists
WEE Baby Care is a 6 month intervention that coordinates care across multiple settings- health care clinics and WIC clinics on responsive parenting practices to increase parenting competence thereby preventing infant rapid weight…
- Trial name
- WEE (NCT03482908)
- Testing
- Early healthy lifestyles, Responsive parenting curriculum, Data sharing/coordination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Overweight, Obesity
Mothers in Motion Program to Prevent Weight Gain in WIC Mothers (MIM)
Mothers in Motion will draw on the successes of the pilot intervention of the same name and will promote healthy lifestyle behavior changes (eating more fruits and vegetables, increasing physical activity, dealing with stress) in…
- Trial name
- MIM (NCT01839708)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 569 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State 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
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, Macrosomia, Fetal
Late Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis in Obese Women
In the current work, we aim to perform a prospective study that will investigate the relationship between maternal obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2) and morbid obesity (BMI >35 kg/m2) with a late GDM diagnosis (>32 weeks), with an emphasis…
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, Macrosomia, Fetal, Dystocia, Shoulder, Neonatal Jaundice
- Trial name
- NCT05510518
- Testing
- oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya