Can a phone app help new moms spot danger signs?
NCT ID NCT07295015
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether a smartphone app can help new mothers in Pennsylvania with postpartum education, symptom tracking, and parenting support. Sixty women who recently gave birth will use the app for 8 weeks and answer surveys about how easy it is to use and whether it meets their needs. The goal is to see if the app improves understanding of critical postpartum symptoms and positive parenting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smartphone application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple app helps new mothers recognize critical symptoms and feel supported after childbirth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants. It measures opinions and app usage, not health outcomes, so results may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Recently delivered one or two live births at hospital recruitment site * 18-45 years of age * Can participate in English * Has smartphone access for at least two months (study duration) Exclusion Criteria: * Did NOT recently deliver one or two live births at hospital recruitment site * \<18 or \>45 years of age * Cannot participate in English * Does not have smartphone for at least two months (study duration)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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