Postprandial Walking in Obese Pregnant Women and Perinatal Outcomes - a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Postprandial Walking in Obese Pregnant Women and Perinatal Outcomes - a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02180152
• Other study ID #: Caminhadas2014
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to verify if postprandial walks are effective in obese pregnant women, as regards to gestational weight gain and typical diseases of that period, as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Perinatal outcomes will be observed, such as macrosomia, shoulder dystocia and fetal death.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 40 years;

• Gestational age = 20 weeks, calculated from the last menstrual period and confirmed by the first ultrasound scan;

• Obesity - body mass index ( BMI ) = 30 kg/m2, based on the weight before pregnancy, reported by pregnant women no more than 5 kg below measured at admission to the study;

• Physically inactive - according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAC);

• Single pregnancy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Kidney disease or collagen;

• Previous history of GDM;

• Diabetes type 1 or type 2;

• Hypertensive disorders related to pregnancy;

• Hemodynamic instability;

• Vaginal bleeding;

• Visual, auditory or cognitive impairment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes, Gestational
• Gestational Diabetes
• Obesity
• Pre-Eclampsia
• Preeclampsia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Postprandial walks
Obese pregnant women will be target to carry out walks lasting 10' after the main meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), Monday to Friday, during 8 weeks. Adherence to the program will be determined by daily readings of pedometers previously provided to pregnant women; minimum of 1500 steps per day from Monday to Friday.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira	Recife	Pernambuco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Weight gain after postprandial walks in obese pregnant women.		8 weeks

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