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Multi-site Trial Using SMS to Improve Infant Weight

NCT02903186 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 202

Last updated 2018-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goals of this multi-site clinical trial are to pilot test weekly SMS sent to parents/caregivers of infants to improve feeding practices and decrease excessive weight gain in infants who are participants of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program in Puerto Rico and Hawaii. The intervention consists of weekly SMS for 4 months to reinforce the feeding messages provided by WIC.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMS

This is an intervention using short mobile messages (SMS)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Puerto Rico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cristina Palacios, PhD · Associate Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
2 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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Diseases

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