Can a smartphone app improve healthcare for new parents and babies?
NCT ID NCT05595486
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a mobile app called Baby2Home designed to help new families get the healthcare they need after childbirth. Over 600 parents and their babies took part, with some using the app and others getting usual care. The goal was to see if the app improved checkups, vaccines, and mental health screening for both parents and infants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Baby2Home mobile health application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could help new parents and babies get better preventive care, like checkups and vaccines, and reduce gaps in care for different groups.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial, but the app may not work for everyone, especially those without smartphones or English skills. Results may not apply to all families.
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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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642 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Delivery at Prentice Women's Hospital or Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island * Viable term infant (≥ 37 weeks) * First live born child * English speaking * Age 18 years old or greater * Access to a smartphone * Access to a working email address Exclusion Criteria: * No smartphone access * Infant death * Infant requires NICU admission * Known severe mental illness of either parent (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) * SARS-CoV-2 infection without clinical clearance * History of IPV (intimate partner violence) with current partner (would exclude partner) * Concurrent enrollment in studies that may affect the outcome of the trial (or vice versa)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Women and Infant's Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02905, United States
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