Status:

COMPLETED

Greenlight Plus Study: Approaches to Early Childhood Obesity Prevention

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Duke University

Conditions:

Behavior, Health

Child Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 21 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A randomized controlled trial enrolling 900 parent-infant dyads (English and Spanish speaking) comparing Greenlight (control), a behavioral intervention focusing on nutrition, physical activity, media...

Detailed Description

The investigators propose a randomized trial to compare the effectiveness of two different approaches to early childhood obesity prevention in children 0-2 years of age. The investigators will randomi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • For this study, eligible caregiver/infant dyads will be those with:
  • an English- or Spanish-speaking parent/legal guardian,
  • infant born in the newborn nursery with plans to have care in the local clinic OR presenting in that clinic for the first newborn visit (1-21 days of life),
  • attendance at first newborn clinic visit
  • no plans to leave the clinic within 2 years
  • Completion of baseline data collection (survey data, child weight and length measures prior to randomization).
  • Own a smartphone with access to data services

Exclusion

  • Infant exclusion criteria:
  • born prior to 34 weeks gestation or birth weight \<1500 grams; weight \<3rd %tile at enrollment (World Health Organization growth curves); or
  • any chronic medical problem that may affect weight gain (e.g., metabolic disease, uncorrected congenital heart disease, renal disease, high-calorie formula; cleft palate; Down syndrome).
  • Caregiver exclusion criteria include:
  • \<18 years old;
  • serious mental or neurologic illness that impairs ability to consent/participate;
  • poor visual acuity (corrected vision worse than 20/50 with Rosenbaum Screener).
  • biological mother is HIV-positive

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 6 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 17 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

900 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04042467

Start Date

November 6 2019

End Date

January 17 2024

Last Update

October 16 2025

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Stanford University

Stanford, California, United States, 94305

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University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33146

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New York University

New York, New York, United States, 10003

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University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599