Mothers' social circles may hold key to preventing kids' cavities and obesity
NCT ID NCT06753669
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether providing health education and helping mothers form supportive social networks can prevent dental cavities and unhealthy weight gain in their young children. About 460 Bangladeshi mothers and their children (ages 1-4) will take part. One group gets education and group support, while the other gets standard referrals and materials. Researchers will check children's teeth and growth over 18 months.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- health education and social network building
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that building supportive social networks among mothers helps prevent childhood cavities and unhealthy weight gain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug or device, so results may be modest. The study is focused on one community, so findings 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 460 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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12 months to 45 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Mother: * Age \>=18; * Speaks and reads/writes Bengali or Hindi/Urdu; * Mother born in a South Asian country; * Mother is primary caretaker of child * Child: * Aged \>=12 and \<=48 months * Has Medicaid or CHIP (NYS health plan for low income families not qualifying for Medicaid) Exclusion Criteria: * Mother: * Unable to provide informed consent, * Lack of availability--either plans to travel for \> 1 month during 12 month initial study period or other barriers to attendance; * Mother has exclusionary health condition--either intellectual/cognitive or medical. * Child: * Weighed \< 5lbs at birth, * Has an exclusionary health condition and/or is taking long term (\>1 m) antibiotics; * Not the youngest eligible child in family
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UMass Chan Medical School - Remote field office
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 11205, United States
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