Preventing Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Via Short Mobile Messages in WIC

Gestational Weight Gain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Preventing Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Via Short Mobile Messages in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04330976
• Other study ID #: 5U54MD008149-09
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 30, 2017
• Est. completion date: June 2, 2019

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this trial was to investigate the effect of educational short message service (SMS), or text messages, on gestational weight gain (GWG) in a low-income population.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 83
• Est. completion date: June 2, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 29, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 15-20 weeks gestational age and 18 years of age or older at time of recruitment

• body mass index (BMI) of 25-45 kg/m2 in the first trimester

• possession of a cellular phone with the ability to receive text messages without a charge

Exclusion Criteria:

• conditions requiring a special diet

• multiparous pregnancies

• unable to consent to participate

• unwilling to be randomized

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Gestational Weight Gain
• Weight Gain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Nutrition and physical activity intervention
Messages sent on nutrition and physical activity in pregnancy
• Control
Messages sent on general health during pregnancy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Hawaii	Honolulu	Hawaii

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Hawaii

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change between pre-pregnancy weight and last weight taken before delivery	Total weight gained during pregnancy	From date of randomization until delivery of child (e.g. up to 25 weeks)