Personalized Management of Body Weight During Pregnancy

Weight Gain During Pregnancy Clinical Trial

Official title: Expecting Success: Personalized Management of Body Weight During Pregnancy

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how to help manage weight gain during pregnancy. This study is part of the National Consortium 'LIFE-Moms: Lifestyle interventions in expectant moms'. LIFE-Moms is 7 studies funded to test different lifestyle interventions in overweight and obese pregnant women.

Clinical Trial Description

The study will last 22 months, from screening until study completion. The entire study will include 3 screening visits, receipt of weight management advice, second trimester testing, third trimester testing and three follow up visits during the first year after the baby is born. Participants will randomly be assigned to 1 of 3 programs to help manage their weight during pregnancy:

1. Physician Directed group

2. SmartMoms-Clinic group

3. SmartMoms-Phone group ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Weight Gain
• Weight Gain During Pregnancy

• NCT number: NCT01610752
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2012
• Completion date: October 2015