Nurse visits in childhood may lower chronic disease risk decades later
NCT ID NCT06160037
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study checks on families who took part in a nurse home-visiting program during pregnancy and early childhood, about 29 years ago. Researchers are measuring things like weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol in both mothers and their now-grown children. The goal is to see if early support from nurses can reduce the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes over the long term.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nurse home-visiting program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that early nurse visits help prevent chronic diseases like heart problems and diabetes later in life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational follow-up, not a new treatment test. Results may not apply to other groups or prove cause and effect.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,055 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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May 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Mothers who participated in a randomized clinical trial of nurse home visiting and their first-born offspring. * Women \< 29 weeks pregnant --\> No previous live births * No specific chronic illnesses thought to contribute to fetal growth retardation or preterm delivery * At least two of the following sociodemographic risk conditions: unmarried, less than 12 years of education, and unemployed Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who refused assessments at earlier phases of data gathering. * Women \> 29 weeks pregnant * Previous live births * Possessing chronic illnesses like hypertensive disorders requiring medical treatment, severe cardiac disease, large uterine fibroids.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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