Clinical trial NCT01746394: Delta Healthy Sprouts: Intervention to Promote Maternal Weight Control and Reduce Childhood Obesity in the MS Delta
Official title: Delta Healthy Sprouts: A Randomized Trial to Determine the Comparative Efficacy of Two Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs on Maternal Weight Control and Childhood Obesity in the Mississippi Delta
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Keywords: obesity
pregnant women
nutrition assessment
health behavior
Lead sponsor: USDA, Delta Human Nutrition Research Program
Sponsor class: FED
First posted: 2012-12-10
Enrollment: 82
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The Delta Healthy Sprouts Project is a randomized, controlled trial evaluating the enhancement of an existing Mother, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program in 150 African American women in their early second trimester of pregnancy. The control arm, Parents as Teachers, is an evidence-based approach to increase parental knowledge of child development and improve parenting practices. The experimental arm, Parents as Teachers Enhanced, builds on the Parents as Teachers curriculum by including nutrition and physical activity components specifically designed for the gestational and postnatal periods. Both arms of the intervention will be implemented by community-based, trained Parent Educators. The comparative effectiveness of the two intervention arms on weight status, dietary intake, and health behaviors of mothers and their infants will be assessed. The Delta Healthy Sprouts Project will determine if a novel, scalable, lifestyle intervention can improve the health of African American women and their children at high-risk for obesity and chronic disease.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 18 years of age
* Less than 18 weeks pregnant with first, second, or third child
* Resident of Mississippi counties of Washington and Bolivar

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant with more than one fetus

Primary outcomes:
measure: Gestational weight gain
timeFrame: 9 months gestation
measure: Maternal postpartum weight retention
timeFrame: 12 months postnatal
measure: Maternal dietary intake
timeFrame: 12 months postpartum
measure: Maternal physical activity
timeFrame: 12 months postpartum
measure: Infant dietary intake
timeFrame: 12 months after birth
measure: Infant activity
timeFrame: 12 months after birth
measure: Infant body mass index
timeFrame: 12 months after birth
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Breastfeeding
timeFrame: 12 months postpartum
measure: Home food environment
timeFrame: 12 months postpartum
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Stoneville
country: United States
facility: USDA Agricultural Research Service Mid South Area Office
state: Mississippi
Study officials:
affiliation: USDA Agricultural Research Service
name: Jessica L Thomson, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
name: Lisa M Tussing-Humphreys, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Goodman MH. Delta Healthy Sprouts: a randomized comparative effectiveness trial to promote maternal weight control and reduce childhood obesity in the Mississippi Delta. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 May;38(1):82-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.03.004. Epub 2014 Mar 29.
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Goodman MH, Landry AS. Infant activity and sleep behaviors in a maternal and infant home visiting project among rural, southern, African American women. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2018 May 16;4:10. doi: 10.1186/s40748-018-0078-0. eCollection 2018.
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Landry AS, Goodman MH. No Improvements in Postnatal Dietary Outcomes Were Observed in a Two-Arm, Randomized, Controlled, Comparative Impact Trial among Rural, Southern, African-American Women. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 Jul;118(7):1196-1207. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.11.010. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
citation: Tussing-Humphreys LM, Thomson JL, Hemphill NO, Goodman MH, Landry AS. Maternal weight in the postpartum: results from the Delta healthy sprouts trial. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2017 Dec 4;3:20. doi: 10.1186/s40748-017-0058-9. eCollection 2017.
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Goodman MH, Landry AS, Olender SE. Low rate of initiation and short duration of breastfeeding in a maternal and infant home visiting project targeting rural, Southern, African American women. Int Breastfeed J. 2017 Apr 8;12:15. doi: 10.1186/s13006-017-0108-y. eCollection 2016.
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Goodman MH, Olender SE. Physical Activity Changes during Pregnancy in a Comparative Impact Trial. Am J Health Behav. 2016 Nov;40(6):685-696. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.6.1.
citation: Thomson JL, Tussing-Humphreys LM, Goodman MH, Olender SE. Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial. J Pregnancy. 2016;2016:5703607. doi: 10.1155/2016/5703607. Epub 2016 Aug 9.
citation: Tussing-Humphreys LM, Thomson JL, Goodman MH, Olender S. Maternal diet quality and nutrient intake in the gestational period: results from the delta healthy sprouts comparative impact trial. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2016 Aug 17;2:8. doi: 10.1186/s40748-016-0036-7. eCollection 2016.