Status:

COMPLETED

Mobile Strategy to Reduce the Risk of Recurrent Preterm Birth

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Conditions:

Preterm Birth

Eligibility:

FEMALE

16-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Preterm births are defined as delivery prior to 37 weeks gestation and account for 35% of infant deaths in the first year of life. Early preterm birth are deliveries prior to 32 weeks gestation and ac...

Detailed Description

The investigators hope to learn how to engage pregnant women at risk for preterm births and reduce the incidence of preterm births through this study. The goal of this study is to reduce the risk of r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Individuals with a mobile phone capable of downloading apps from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
  • Participants must consent to the study.
  • Women whose child is in the neonatal intensive care unit/nursery because the infant was born preterm.
  • Women 16-50 years of age
  • Women who can read, write and understand English
  • Site-specific additional recruitment criteria
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: Mothers whose babies have been in the neonatal intensive care unit for more than one month.
  • UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital: Mothers who have had a preterm baby of \<36 weeks.

Exclusion

  • For this initial study, those who do not have a mobile phone will be excluded. (This exclusion will not affect the inclusion of minorities as minorities Internet use via mobile platforms is equal to or greater than whites; hence we are not excluding minorities, based on the PEW Research Center study (PEW Internet Spring Tracking Survey, April 17-May 19, 2013)).
  • Women who have not previously had a preterm birth will be excluded as we are trying to reduce the risk of recurrent preterm birth.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 7 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 18 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

221 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04663607

Start Date

October 7 2021

End Date

July 18 2025

Last Update

September 24 2025

Active Locations (2)

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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224