Can a smart monitor help babies sleep and parents cope?
NCT ID NCT07812896
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether a smart baby monitor with sleep analytics and behavioral guidance improves infant sleep and parent well-being in first-time parents. The trial enrolls 200 first-time parents from late pregnancy through six months postpartum. Families are randomly assigned to use the monitor with full features or with live video only, and researchers compare infant sleep patterns and parent-reported sleep quality, depression, and anxiety symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A smart baby monitor with sleep analytics and behavioral guidance
- What this could lead to
- If the full-featured monitor helps, it could give first-time parents a practical tool to improve infant sleep and reduce postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral device study, not a drug trial, and results may not generalize beyond first-time parents who volunteer. The monitor's alerts could also increase parental anxiety or night wakings rather than reduce them.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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21 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: * Primary caregiver is biological parent * Expecting first child (nulliparous) * Currently between 34 weeks of gestation and end of gestation * Primary caregiver aged 21 or older * Access to a smartphone or tablet compatible with the Nanit application * Able to complete study surveys in English * Any family structure (single parent, coupled, same-sex couples, etc.) Exclusion Criteria: * Infant born prior to 35 weeks gestational age (preterm birth) * Infant born with a severe medical condition requiring intensive neonatal care at time of study measures * Multiple gestation (twins, triplets, or higher-order multiples) * Prior children living in the household (not first-time parents) * Primary caregiver works shift work or irregular schedules * Primary caregiver diagnosed with a sleep disorder (OSA, RLS, PLMD, RBD, or other)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanit
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10001, United States