Status:

TERMINATED

Predictors of Maternal Weight Gain and Neonatal Body Composition

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

Conditions:

Obesity

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Brief Summary

Obesity is a significant health issue in the United States with 30% of the US population considered obese defined as a body mass index above 30 kg/m2. Obesity is associated with long term health compl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women must be obtaining prenatal care at Cannon Place clinic or at the Prenatal Wellness Center
  • Enrolled for prenatal care at less than 16 weeks gestational age
  • Singleton pregnancy without fetal abnormalities
  • Ability to provide informed consent
  • Subjects must complete prenatal visits when data will be collected, and be willing and able to attend three GCRC study visits
  • Maternal age \>18 and \<45
  • Neonate born to mother enrolled in trial

Exclusion

  • Subjects with diabetes, hypertension, prior preterm birth, chronic respiratory disease (asthma on daily medication, COPD, cystic fibrosis) or maternal cardiac disease
  • Subjects currently taking insulin sensitizing medications (metformin)
  • Subject unable to perform MedGem procedure
  • Neonates delivered prior to 34 weeks gestational age will be excluded from analysis by the DEXA scan
  • Neonates with fetal anomalies diagnoses in the antenatal period or postpartum will not be included in the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

3 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00634764

Start Date

November 1 2006

End Date

July 1 2008

Last Update

May 18 2018

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425