Development of a Lifestyle Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Risk for Perinatal Cannabis Use - RCT

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy

In brief

The overall goal of this pilot study is to develop and preliminarily evaluate an LPA intervention designed to reduce cannabis use during pregnancy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06239701

Run by

Butler Hospital

People needed

50

Starts

2024-01-22

Expected to finish

2026-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• women 18+ years of age
• 12-25 weeks gestation with a healthy singleton pregnancy
• medically-cleared by their prenatal provider for moderate intensity physical activity
• self-report of cannabis use at least once/week in the 3 months prior to the current pregnancy and desire to not engage in prenatal CU
• current psychological distress as defined by Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score >7 and/or Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 score >5)
• English-speaking
• owns a smartphone to enable use of the Fitbit app
• current physical activity level does not meet public health recommendations (less than 150 minutes/week moderate intensity physical activity for the past 3 months)
• expresses interest in reducing or discontinuing CU

You may not qualify if…

• current DSM-5 diagnosis of moderate/severe substance use disorder other than cannabis use disorder or nicotine use disorder
• use of illicit substances in the last 3 months (other than cannabis)
• acute psychotic symptoms
• current or recent suicidality or homicidality
• current anorexia or bulimia
• current cognitive impairment
• physical or medical problems that would not allow safe participation in moderate intensity physical activity
• has plan to relocate away from the geographic area during the study intervention or assessment period
• recently started a new form of mental health or substance use treatment within the past 4 weeks

Where it is running

• Butler Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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