Health Effects of Mentoring

Cardiovascular Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Study of Physical Health Effects of Cities Mentor Project

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02900638
• Other study ID #: STU00203223
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether mentoring is associated with beneficial cardiovascular health effects in both mentors and mentees.

Description:

Participants are randomly assigned to either being a mentor or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of undergraduate students. Participants are also randomly assigned to either being a mentee or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of Chicago Public School children. In total, there will be 30 mentors, 30 control mentors, 30 mentees, and 30 control mentees. Participants will come for a laboratory visit in which cardiovascular health measures will be taken (details below). Visits will occur once at baseline (before the intervention starts), and once post-intervention. The protocol will be the same at the two study visits. Participants in the intervention group will engage in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once a week after school for the school year

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 55
• Est. primary completion date: August 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 9 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergraduate student for mentors.

• Chicago Public School student for mentees.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Younger than 9 or older than 14 for mentee conditions.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Health

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mentoring
Youth in the intervention group will participate in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once per week after school. Mentoring sessions will focus on the development of a social bond between mentor and mentee.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Northwestern University	Evanston	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Obesity [body mass index]	BMI in kg/m^2, weight in kilograms, height in meters	Change in body mass index from baseline to 8 months
Primary	Blood Pressure		Change in blood pressure from baseline to 8 months
Primary	Pro-inflammatory cytokines [standardized and averaged value of pro-inflammatory cytokines and CRP]		Change in cytokine composite score from baseline to 8 months
Primary	Cholesterol		Change in cholesterol from baseline to 8 months
Primary	HbA1c		Change in HbA1c from baseline to 8 months