Texting to Promote Breastfeeding (TOPS)

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Increased Breastfeeding
• Interventions: Behavioral: Team2BF; Behavioral: Bright By Text

• Registration Number: NCT06375655
• Lead Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if a program of text messages that support and promote breastfeeding for expecting and delivered African-American/Black women (called TEAM2BF), as compared to a national maternal health texting program (called Bright By Text), can result in more women being able to breastfeed their infant. Because breastfeeding is healthy for mothers and babies, and because fewer African-American/Black women decide to breastfeed and continue breastfeeding than many other racial and ethnic groups, researchers like us are trying to figure out ways to be supportive to African-American/Black mothers who might be interested in breastfeeding. The investigators will enroll up to 80 mothers and their infants at UHCMC.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-19
• Study Start: 2024-07-15
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-23
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-31
• Study Completion: 2025-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Expectant women initiating obstetrical care <34 weeks or at any prenatal visit up to 34 weeks gestation
• Daily access to a mobile phone with text message capabilities,
• Self-identify as African-American/Black,
• English speaking, and
• Infant feeding plan of "might or will breastfeed"
• Receive care at Ahuja Midtown or MAC1200

Exclusion Criteria

• Committed to feeding formula only to their infant
• No mobile phone with text capability

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Team2BF	Team2BF	Team2BF includes 3-4 breastfeeding-supportive messages per time interval, sent weekly from 28 weeks gestation through delivery, daily through 2 weeks postpartum, weekly from 2 to 10 weeks, and then monthly to one year. Other maternal health topics are not addressed.
Bright By Text	Bright By Text	Bright By Text sends 2-4 messages per week from the first trimester through and beyond one year postpartum about a wide range of maternal and child health topics as outlined on their website; 8 messages are specifically about breastfeeding.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of participants who said texts were helpful as measured by questionnaire	Up to 6 months postpartum	4 question survey on a 4 point Likert scale with 1 being helped a lot with breastfeeding and 4 being did not really help with breastfeeding
Percentage of participants who would refer a friend/family to the texting program	Up to 6 months postpartum	This will be a yes/no answer
Percentage of participants who do not opt out of receipt of text messages	Up to 6 months postpartum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of participants who are exclusively breastfeeding as measured by participant report/chart review	1 month, 3 months, 6 months postpartum
Percentage of participants who are exclusively breastfeeding at 2 months postpartum as measured by participant report/chart review	Up to 2 months postpartum
Percentage of participants who are partially breastfeeding as measured by participant report/chart review	1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 6 months postpartum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ahuja Rainbow Center for Women and Children; 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States