Pregnancy 24/7 Offspring Study

Part of paid clinical trials in Iowa City, Iowa.

Sponsor
Kara Whitaker
Study ID
NCT07172880
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Healthy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
0 Years - 47 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Study Details

There is growing evidence that maternal health and behaviors in pregnancy, such as pre-pregnancy obesity, excessive gestational weight gain, poor diet, smoking, and adverse pregnancy outcomes, are linked to fetal programming for obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the offspring. Yet, there is a surprising lack of research on the role of prenatal sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep (conceptualized together as 24-hour behavior) on offspring obesity risk and CVD risk; this is an unfortunate research gap since there is strong physiological rationale that these behaviors in pregnancy could influence offspring health and are modifiable intervention targets in pregnancy. This multi-site observational cohort study will leverage state-of-the-art, 24-hour behavior assessment in each trimester of pregnancy, collected as part of the Pregnancy 24/7 cohort study and add additional assessments of offspring growth, adiposity, and CVD risk through 24 months to inform future primordial prevention interventions to decrease the risk of offspring obesity and CVD across the lifespan.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 1, 2023
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Jul 6, 2027
Completion
Jul 6, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
800 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Mother
    Women who were enrolled in the Pregnancy 24/7 Cohort Study and subsequently delivered a live-born infant.
  • Arm: Child
    Children from birth to 30 months of age, born to participants enrolled in the Pregnancy 24/7 Cohort Study.

Primary Outcome Measure

BMIz [ Time Frame: Through study completion for each participant: birth to 30 months old. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of IowaIowa CityIowa52242
Kara M Whitaker, PhD
[email protected]
319-335-7907
Brooke Anthos, BS
[email protected]
319-335-7315
Kara M Whitaker, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
University of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvania15213-
West Virginia UniversityMorgantownWest Virginia26506
Bethany Barone Gibbs, PhD
[email protected]
412-310-5988

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