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Weight Management for Improved Pregnancy Outcomes

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pregnancy
Obesity
Interventions
Other: Usual Care
Behavioral: Weight Management
Registration Number
NCT00950235
Lead Sponsor
Kaiser Permanente
Brief Summary

This study will examine the safety and effectiveness of a dietary intervention in pregnant women. Women who are obese will be invited to participate. The control arm will receive routine prenatal care and one in-person nutritional and dietary counseling session to promote healthy eating during their pregnancy. The intervention arm will receive a more intensive dietary program that will include in-person counseling and group support sessions. The goal of the intervention will be weight maintenance (weight at 2 weeks after delivery should be within 3% of baseline weight) and avoidance of postpartum weight retention

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
118
Inclusion Criteria
  • BMI 30 or more
  • Less than 20 weeks gestation
  • member of Kaiser Permanente Northwest (NW)
  • receive pre-natal care at Kaiser Permanente NW
  • speaks English
Exclusion Criteria
  • no current treatment for cancer
  • no bariatric surgery
  • no current renal disease
  • no multiple birth anticipated
  • no hyperemesis requiring hospitalization
  • no diabetes (type 1 or 2)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Usual CareUsual CareThis arm will receive one additional nutrition counseling session that typically received in the health system. This arm will be compared to our intervention group
Weight Management CounselingWeight ManagementIn-person and group session counseling
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maternal Weight Changebaseline to 2 weeks post partum

We chose the weight at 2 weeks postpartum, rather than at an end point during pregnancy, to avoid the contribution of products of conception, maternal edema, and increased maternal blood volume to the weight gain.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Large for Gestational Age (LGA)At birth

Large-for-gestational-age defined as weight greater than the 90th percentile for gestational age at birth.

Pregnancy Weight Changebaseline to 34 weeks gestation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

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Portland, Oregon, United States

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