Baby's heartbeat tied to Mom's workout routine?
NCT ID NCT07264400
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a mother's physical activity during pregnancy influences her newborn's heart rate variability and oxygen levels. Researchers will monitor 100 babies overnight with heart and oxygen sensors, then track their growth and development until age 2. The goal is to learn more about how prenatal exercise might shape early heart health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help us understand how exercise during pregnancy might benefit a baby's heart health and development.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only looks for links, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not apply to all pregnancies.
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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 100 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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Apr 2029
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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1 day to 3 days
- 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: * All newborns of mothers who participated in the PregMouv study and who have at least one piece of data for the main criterion from the PregMouv study (physical activity at T1/T2), * born at the Clermont Ferrand University Hospital and after parental agreement for their child to participate may be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Newborns requiring aminergic support in the first days of life, * making heart rate variability analysis impossible, * having received invasive ventilatory support that does not allow analysis of the oximetry recording. * Parental refusal or inability of parents to give their consent for their child to participate.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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