Pregnancy navigator program aims to reduce health risks for moms and babies
NCT ID NCT06941974
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a patient navigator program helps low-income pregnant women have healthier pregnancies and babies. 600 women will be randomly assigned to get a navigator or usual care. Navigators help with barriers like transportation, knowledge, and access to care from early pregnancy through two weeks after birth.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Patient Navigation Program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a simple support program helps low-income pregnant women have healthier pregnancies and babies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug or device. Results may show no clear benefit, and the program may be hard to roll out widely.
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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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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 50 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: * Singleton gestation \<20 weeks of gestation * Nulliparous: no prior pregnancies ≥20 weeks excluding terminations * Low income (public insurance or residence in a neighborhood in which \>10% of household incomes are \<125% of federal poverty line * Ability to speak and read English or Spanish * Established patient at one of practices associated with Northwestern Medical Group * Age 16 years or older Exclusion: * Intent to transfer care to an outside institution * Prior enrollment in PATH * Concurrent enrollment in a study with competing aims/intervention
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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