Promoting Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Pregnancy, Overweight

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a lifestyle intervention on gestational weight gain, postpartum weight loss, and other secondary outcomes relative to a usual care control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02260518

Run by

University of South Carolina

People needed

228

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2020-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 44. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• White or African American woman
• Overweight or obese (prepregnancy BMI: 25-45 kg/m2)
• ≤ 16 wks gestation at screening
• Age 18-44 years
• No plan to move out of the greater Columbia area in next 18 months
• Regular and consistent telephone access
• Availability for telephone calls
• Willing to accept random assignment

You may not qualify if…

• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Fetal anomaly
• Taking insulin for diabetes
• Uncontrolled or untreated thyroid disease
• Mental health or substance-abuse hospitalization in last 6 months
• Multiple gestation
• Persistent bleeding in the first trimester
• History of more than 3 miscarriages
• History of an eating disorder or current eating disorder
• History of an incompetent cervix
• Physical disability that prevents exercise
• Told by health care provider not to exercise
• Any other medical conditions that might be a contraindication to exercise or dietary change

Where it is running

• University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center — Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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