Home visits help new moms fight heart risks after baby
NCT ID NCT05473767
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program called Family Check-Up Heart, which adds heart-health coaching to regular home visits for new moms and their babies. About 150 mothers who had Medicaid and recently gave birth took part. The goal was to see if the program could help moms manage weight, blood pressure, and other heart risks in the first 6 months after delivery.
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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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117 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women/birthing people or women/birthing people who have delivered in the past 2 months who deliver at Magee or are enrolled in the Women Infants and Children program in Allegheny County. 2. Medicaid-eligible 3. Speak English. 4. Resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 5. Does not have complex, on-going conditions such as chronic renal or liver disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, cancer or HIV. Participants who consent to enrollment may have their medical history reviewed by study physicians and staff to adjudicate pregnancy outcomes and ensure they meet inclusion criteria before randomization. Child inclusion criteria: 1. Children birth through 2 months who reside in Allegheny County may enroll in the program if their mother is participating in the study. 2. Has a legal guardian who speaks English. This criterion is included because the project's materials and assessments are currently only available in English, with staff only fluent in English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant women with complex, on-going conditions such as chronic renal or liver disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, cancer or HIV. 2. Multifetal pregnancies or deliveries.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Healthy Start, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15208, United States
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Magee Womens Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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Women, Infants, and Children Program
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15222, United States
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