Trials Sponsors Conditions Drugs Pricing

Conditions

Weight Gain During Pregnancy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

Number of Women Who Have Appropriate Gestational Weight Gain
Number of pregnant women who gain appropriate weight during pregnancy as recommended by the Institute of Medicine Gestational Weight Gain guidelines
Approximately 6 months (from 10-16 weeks gestation to 35-38 weeks gestation)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

Total Gestational Weight Gain
Approximately 6 months (from 10-16 weeks gestation to 35-38 weeks gestation)
Gestational Weight Gain Per Week
Approximately 6 months (from 10-16 weeks gestation to 35-38 weeks gestation)

Study Arms (2)

WIC Nutrition

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will receive weight management advice and care through the standard Women, Infants, and Children program. They will also receive weekly health information related to pregnancy, birth, and infant health through a closed Facebook group.

Healthy Beginnings

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive the SmartMoms smartphone application, a wireless connected scale, and a Fitbit. The Healthy Beginnings program includes a 24 week intensive behavior modification program that targets healthy gestational weight gain through self-monitoring of weight and activity data, automated prescriptive feedback from the SmartMoms smartphone application, personalized feedback from counselors, and evidence-based behavioral intervention delivered throughout pregnancy.

Behavioral: Healthy Beginnings

Interventions

Healthy BeginningsBehavioral

The program includes a 24 week intensive behavior modification program that targets healthy gestational weight gain through self-monitoring of weight and activity data, automated prescriptive feedback from the smartphone application, personalized feedback from counselors and, evidence-based behavioral intervention delivered throughout pregnancy.

Healthy Beginnings

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Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 40 Years

Sexfemale

Healthy VolunteersYes

Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

Less than 16 weeks gestational age at screening visit
Have a BMI of 18.5 to 40 kg/m2

Sponsors & Collaborators

Louisiana Department of Health
Type not reportedcollaborator
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
NIHcollaborator

Study Sites (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

Related Publications (6)

Flanagan EW, Falkenhain K, Beyl RA, Altazan AD, Richard SA, Cabre HE, Kracht CL, Sparks JR, Kebbe M, Gilmore LA, Hsia DS, Apolzan JW, Redman LM. Gestational weight management in underserved mothers in the US. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Aug 8:108542. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108542. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 42570779DERIVED
Falkenhain K, Flanagan EW, Cabre HE, Kracht CL, Apolzan JW, Redman LM. Predictors of Redemption among Low-Income, Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children Participants: A Secondary Analysis of a Multicomponent eHealth Behavioral Intervention Study. J Nutr. 2026 Apr;156(4):101421. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101421. Epub 2026 Feb 17.
PMID: 41713843DERIVED

Results Point of Contact

Title: Dr. Leanne Redman
Organization: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Officials

Leanne M Redman, Ph.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee: No
Restrictive Agreement: No

Enrollment

351 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).

Study Design

Study Type: interventional
Phase: not applicable
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Masking: DOUBLE
Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose: TREATMENT
Intervention Model: PARALLEL
Sponsor Type: OTHER
Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 19, 2019

First Posted

July 23, 2019

Study Start

July 12, 2019

Actual (reported)

A Smartphone Intervention for WIC Mothers to Improve Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy

Brief Summary

Registry Overview

Trial Relationships

Study Timeline

Study Start

First Submitted

First Posted

Primary Completion

Study Completion

Results Posted

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

Study Arms (2)

WIC Nutrition

Healthy Beginnings

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

You may qualify if:

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Related Publications (6)

Results Point of Contact

Study Officials

Publication Agreements

Enrollment

Study Design

Study Record Dates

You may not qualify if:

Data Sharing

Source record

Documents

Locations

Brief Summary

Registry Overview

Trial Relationships

Related Scientific Literature

Study Timeline

Study Start

First Submitted

First Posted

Primary Completion

Study Completion

Results Posted

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

Study Arms (2)

WIC Nutrition

Healthy Beginnings

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

You may qualify if:

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Related Publications (6)

Results Point of Contact

Study Officials

Publication Agreements

Enrollment

Study Design

Study Record Dates

You may not qualify if:

Data Sharing

Source record

Documents

Locations