New online tool aims to stop postpartum depression before it starts
NCT ID NCT07302165
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 4-5 week online program can prevent postpartum depression in expecting parents who have certain risk factors. About 520 parents will be randomly assigned to the online training or usual care. The program includes lessons and exercises to reduce negative thinking patterns. Researchers will check if fewer mothers develop depression in the six months 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
- online cognitive-affective training program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a scalable, low-cost way to prevent postpartum depression in at-risk parents.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial (520 participants) testing a behavioral intervention, so results may not generalize widely. The effect may be modest or not better than usual care.
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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 520 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Pregnant women in their second or third trimester, or co-parents. * Age ≥ 18 years. * Ability to speak and read Danish. * A cut-off score \> 96 on a test of negative cognitive bias (scale 0-100), and/or a score \> 23 on the Antenatal Risk Questionnaire (ANRQ). * Co-parents are categorized as at risk if their partner is identified as having risk factors. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or past mental disorders within ICD-10 categories F00-F29 and F60-F69. * Current substance use. * EPDS score ≥ 11 for women or ≥ 10 for men, indicating clinically relevant depressive symptoms at baseline.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Frederiksberg Hospital, Mental Health Services - Capital Region of Denmark
Copenhagen, 2000, Denmark
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