Can a 'Maternity care Home' save black and brown Mothers' lives?
NCT ID NCT06245057
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 'maternity care home' — combining prenatal checkups with social services like housing and food help — can lower the risk of severe complications in Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latina pregnant patients. About 2,300 participants will be randomly assigned to this integrated care or standard care and followed through one year after birth. The goal is to address the social and structural factors driving racial disparities in maternal health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Maternity care home model (integrated prenatal care with social services)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this model could significantly reduce severe maternal complications and racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-site trial testing a complex care model, so results may not apply everywhere. The intervention is not a drug, so effects may be modest.
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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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About 2,300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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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16 to 55 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Pregnant patients who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian, or Latina (BIPOC) * Ages 16-55 * Presentation to the hospital in pregnancy - this includes prenatal care or the emergency department * Plan to deliver at the 2 Penn hospital sites * Patients must be able to read and understand English or Spanish * Participants must be willing and able to sign the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide written consent by being unable to read or sign informed consent. * Enrolled in ENHANCED Trial in a prior pregnancy * Already participating in Maternity Care Home Model (MCHM)
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhialdelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Pennsylvania Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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