The GLOWING Study: Growing Life, Optimizing Wellness 2

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT03281850
• Lead Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Brief Summary

This study will help us learn more about how maternal health can influence child health.

Detailed Description

This study follows people who are healthy and less than 36 weeks pregnant to see how the mother's health can impact their child's growth and development. Up to 300 people including the mother and their future child will be a part of this study. The study will follow the child until they are two years of age.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-07
• Study Start: 2017-09-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-13
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-23
• Study Completion: 2020-11-23
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 212

Inclusion Criteria

• Pre-pregnancy BMI 18.5-45
• Singleton pregnancy
• at least 18 years of age
• conceived without assisted fertility treatments

Exclusion Criteria

• Preexisting medical conditions (e.g. DM, GDM, CRF, HTN, pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, malignancies, seizure disorder, lupus, serious psychiatric disorders)
• sexually transmitted diseases
• medications during pregnancy known to influence fetal growth
• smoking, alcohol drinking or drug use during pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Determine energy expenditure in children	2 years	Using stable isotope techniques to determine energy expenditure
Determine fat oxidation in children	2 years	Using stable isotope techniques to determine fat oxidation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center; 🇺🇸 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States