Chronic DiseaseNCT06160037
Influence of Prenatal and Early Childhood Home-Visiting by Nurses on Development of Chronic Disease
A study testing Transportation and Developmental Screening and Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy in people with Chronic Disease, run by University of Colorado, Denver at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows participants in a randomized clinical trial of a program of prenatal and early child home visiting on maternal and offspring risks for chronic disease. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Chronic Disease
- What is being tested?
- Transportation and Developmental Screening and Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,055 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 20 May 2020to 31 May 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Mothers who participated in a randomized clinical trial of nurse home visiting and their first-born offspring.
- Women < 29 weeks pregnant --> No previous live births
- No specific chronic illnesses thought to contribute to fetal growth retardation or preterm delivery
- At least two of the following sociodemographic risk conditions: unmarried, less than 12 years of education, and unemployed
Who cannot join
- Participants who refused assessments at earlier phases of data gathering.
- Women > 29 weeks pregnant
- Previous live births
- Possessing chronic illnesses like hypertensive disorders requiring medical treatment, severe cardiac disease, large uterine fibroids.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, 80045
About this study
Official title: Influence of Prenatal and Early Childhood Home-Visiting by Nurses on Development of Chronic Disease: 29-year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial
This study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows participants in a randomized clinical trial of a program of prenatal and early child home visiting on maternal and offspring risks for chronic disease.
Read the detailed description
Addressing the unacceptably high rates of chronic disease and premature mortality among low-income African Americans (AA) is a public health imperative. The proposed study addresses this challenge by building upon decades of follow-up of low-income, primarily AA participants in a randomized clinical trial of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a program of prenatal and infant/toddler nurse home visiting for low-income mothers with no previous live births. It examines NFP effects on risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as premature mortality among both mothers and their first-born offspring at offspring age 30. It is the first adequately powered study of a very early intervention to examine risks for chronic disease and mortality, assessing both mothers and their first-born offspring.
Please note that for this section of the longitudinal study, just the outcome measures for 30 years after delivery are being measured. The study team also measured these outcome measures at baselines, 12 years, and 18 years after delivery in other studies, but for this specific study, the time frame for the listed outcome measures is 30 years after delivery.
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease
- Being tested
- Transportation and Developmental Screening, Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy
- Medical subject headings
- Chronic Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Transportation and Developmental ScreeningBehavioural
Arm 1. Transportation and Screening The 514 families in this condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; and 2) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life.
Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and InfancyBehavioural
Arm 2. Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitiation During Pregnancy and Infancy
The 228 families in this condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; 2) intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and through the child's second birthday; and 3) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1. Transportation and Screening | Active comparator | Free transportation for scheduled prenatal care, developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. Receives: Behavioral: Transportation and Developmental Screening |
| Arm 2. Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy | Experimental | Free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and through the child's second birthday; and developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. Receives: Behavioral: Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Height (standing)
Description: height measured in cm while participant is standing in bare feet using a stationary stadiometer with headpiece
Measured: Approximately 30 years after delivery
Weight
weight measured in pounds
Measured: Approximately 30 years after delivery
Waist circumference
waist circumference measured in cm, after exhaling, just above iliac crest, using a non-stretchable cloth measuring tape.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
Hip circumference
hip circumference measured in cm, at point of greatest protrusion of gluteal muscles, using a non-stretchable cloth.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Percent total body fat
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
% body fat in arms, legs
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Visceral (trunk) fat
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Total Cholesterol (TC), High density lipoprotein (HDL), Low density lipoprotein (LDL)
TC, HDL, and LDL are measured by a clinical laboratory from serum samples by Medpace Laboratories.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Triglycerides
Measured by a clinical laboratory from serum samples by Medpace Laboratories
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Glycosylated hemoglobin
Measured by a clinical laboratory from whole blood samples by Medpace Laboratories
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1)
IGF-1 is a hormonal mediator and is analyzed in serum by Medpace Laboratories.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
FSH is an indicator of menopausal status and is measured in serum by the Medpace Laboratories.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Urine-Albumin
URINE albumin is measured by Medpace Laboratories
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Urine Creatinine
Urine creatinine is measured in urine by Medpace Laboratories.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is calculated based on serum creatinine value, age, and gender; measured by Medpace Laboratories.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP)
hs-CRP measured in plasma by Medpace Laboratories . This is an inflammatory marker.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
IL-6 measured in serum by Medpace laboratory. This is an inflammatory marker.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha receptor 2
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha receptor 2 (TNF alpha receptor 2) is measured in serum by Medpace Laboratories. This is an inflammatory marker.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen is measured in plasma by Medpace Laboratories. This is an inflammatory marker.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Resting blood pressure (diastolic)
Blood pressure read measured through SphygmoCor XCEL, taken after 10 minutes of sitting quietly.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Resting blood pressure (systolic)
Blood pressure read measured through SphygmoCor XCEL, taken after 10 minutes of sitting quietly.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV)
Pulse wave velocity is a measure of arterial stiffness. It is a predictor of cardiovascular risk. It is measured using the SphygmoCor XCEL instrument.
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Augmentation index
Augmentation Index is a measure of arterial stiffness. It is calculated as the ratio of Augmented Pressure to Pulse pressure. a predictor of cardiovascular risk. It is measured using the SphygmoCor SCEL instrument
Measured: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Mortality - Mothers
The study team expects the intervention to reduce the rates of all-cause mortality among mothers given that death is more likely among those with COVID infections who have underlying chronic conditions. Moreover, the study team expects the program to reduce mortality for chronic diseases and CVD among mothers if the rates are sufficiently high to detect such differences.
Measured: measured once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
Mortality - Offspring
Among offspring, those who become infected with COVID are less likely to die than their mothers, given that their underlying chronic conditions are less likely to be as serious or prevalent. Therefore, the investigators expect the treatment-control differences to be limited to external causes.
Note that in the original proposal the authors had included deaths due preventable causes (SIDS) as operationalized in a recent publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34420828/. Given the controversy that has emerged in recent years about whether the causes of SIDS are uniformly preventable, SIDS was added to a modified version of this outcome that includes external cuases, that will be analyzed as an exploratory outcome in examining offspring mortality. The authors also will conduct an exploratory analysis of all-cause mortality.
Measured: measured once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
Secondary outcomes (45)
Medical diagnoses, signs, and symptoms
Obtained via medical history interview by trained nurses.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Current medications
Obtained via medical history interview by trained nurses.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of Hospitalizations per participant (mental/behavioral)
Obtained via medical history interview by trained nurses, and by matching administrative hospitalization records (in Tennessee only) to study subjects who have given consent.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of Hospitalizations per participant (medical/surgical)
Obtained via medical history interview by trained nurses, and by matching administrative hospitalization records (in Tennessee only) to study subjects who have given consent.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (injury)
obtained from 1) administrative data on Social Security disability payment and 2) information derived from the interview regarding if and why participant is receiving Supplemental Security Income.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (physical)
- administrative data on Social Security disability payment and 2) information derived from the interview regarding if and why participant is receiving Supplemental Security.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (mental illness)
- administrative data on Social Security disability payment and 2) information derived from the interview regarding if and why participant is receiving Supplemental Security Income.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of pregnancies
Self-reports of all pregnancies and dates
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Pregnancy losses
self-reports of all pregnancies not resulting in a live birth
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of live births
- self-reports of all children's dates of births and 2) administrative data
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Pregnancy complications
derived from administrative (birth certificate) data
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Birthweight
determined through a combination of interview and administrative (birth certificate) data
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Gestational age
determined through a combination of interview and administrative (birth certificate) data
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Menopause (age)
Determined via interview
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Self-rated health
Excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Physical activity - Total Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes per week
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): questionnaire to obtain internationally comparable data regarding physical activity. Questions ask about quantity and duration of physical activity.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Sleep Quality -- Global Score
Derived from Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI): questions on the PSQI are rated on a scale of 0-3, 0 = no difficulty to 3 = severe difficulty, and ask questions related to sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep disturbances, use of sleep medication,and daytime dysfunction.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Average daily fruit and vegetable intake
derived from Diet NIH Eating at America's Table: All-Day Fruit \& vegetable Screener
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Percent energy from fat
Derived from National Cancer Institute Percentage Energy from Fat Screener
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Dietary restraint/eating patterns
Derived from Three Factor Eating Questionnaire: Measures three aspects of eating behaviors: cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Screening for Substance Use - TAPS 1 (tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use)
use of substances in the past three months
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Substance Use Risk Level TAPS 2
Risk category: no use in past 3 months, problem use, higher risk Substance Use Dependence
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Cigarettes
Ever smoked cigarettes, age started and stopped smoking, number of cigarettes per day
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Cigars
Ever smoked cigars, aged started and stopped, number of cigars per week
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Pipe, Hookah
Ever smoke tobacco in pipe or hookah, age started and stopped, number of pipe bowls per week
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Smokeless Tobacco Snus
Ever used Snus, age started and stopped, number of snus pouches per week
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Other Smokeless Tobacco (dip, chewing tobacco)
: Ever used dip, chewing tobacco, age started and stopped, number of times per day
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Electronic Nicotine Products
Ever used, age started and stopped, number of times per day
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Depression
Derived from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Depression 8a Adult: measures patient-reported outcomes like pain, fatigue, physical functioning, emotional distress, and social role participation.Each question uses a 5-point ordinal scale of "never," "rarely," sometimes," "often," and "always." Higher scores indicate higher depression severity.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Anxiety
Derived from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Anxiety 8a Adult. 7 Questions about feelings related to anxiety felt in the past seven days. Each question uses a 5-point ordinal scale of "never," "rarely," sometimes," "often," and "always." Higher scores indicate higher anxiety severity.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Mastery
Derived from Pearlin Mastery Scale. Measured on a 4 point Likert Scale, (1: Strongly Disagree, 4: Strongly agree). Scores can range from 7-28, with higher scores indicating a higher level of mastery.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Duration of Marriage and partnered relationships
List of current and previous married and partnered relationships, length of time together.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Commitment: Current Relationship
Structural commitment (dating, cohabitating, married)
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Personal Commitment: Current Relationship
not at all committed to extremely committed relationship: 2 indicators of committment: structural and personal commitment. Personal commitment responses: 1-4, 1: not very committed, to 4: extremely committed.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Satisfaction: Current Relationship
Overall happiness with relationship and satisfaction with partner: assessed with 2 questions regarding overall happiness and partner satisfaction.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Partner Warmth Index: Current Relationship
Degree to which partner displayed warm behaviors: 3 questions regarding how often their partner displayed warm behaviors in the past month, ranging from 1-4. 1: never to 4: always.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Partner Hostility Index: Current Relationship
Degree to which partner displayed hostile behaviors: 5 questions asking about partner hostile behavior in past month, ranging from 1-4. 1: never, 4: always
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (High School)
High school education: graduated from high school, obtained General Education Development (GED), left high school without completing.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (College)
Highest Degree completed: Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD.
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (job training)
Dates and types of job training programs
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Current work status (job)
List of employment, duties, dates of employment
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Current work status (hours/week)
number of hours work per week
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Arrests and Incarceration
Dates and outcomes of arrests
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Arrests
Types of arrests: misdemeanor, felony
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Arrests and incarceration
number of days incarcerated
Measured: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 Dec 2023
- Study start20 May 2020
- Primary completion31 May 2024
- Study completion31 May 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (108)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Chronic DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of Colorado, DenverThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Longitudinal cohort study
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 1,055 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Rochester, Medpace, Inc.
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06160037
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 20-0794
- Status last verified
- Jan 2026
- First submitted
- 14 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The investigators are only sharing IPD among the institutions involved in the conduct of this study.
Publications
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PubMed 29061565Cunningham TJ, Croft JB, Liu Y, Lu H, Eke PI, Giles WH. Vital Signs: Racial Disparities in Age-Specific Mortality Among Blacks or African Americans - United States, 1999-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 May 5;66(17):444-456. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6617e1.
PubMed 28472021Writing Group Members; Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, Arnett DK, Blaha MJ, Cushman M, Das SR, de Ferranti S, Despres JP, Fullerton HJ, Howard VJ, Huffman MD, Isasi CR, Jimenez MC, Judd SE, Kissela BM, Lichtman JH, Lisabeth LD, Liu S, Mackey RH, Magid DJ, McGuire DK, Mohler ER 3rd, Moy CS, Muntner P, Mussolino ME, Nasir K, Neumar RW, Nichol G, Palaniappan L, Pandey DK, Reeves MJ, Rodriguez CJ, Rosamond W, Sorlie PD, Stein J, Towfighi A, Turan TN, Virani SS, Woo D, Yeh RW, Turner MB; American Heart Association Statistics Committee; Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Jan 26;133(4):e38-360. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000350. Epub 2015 Dec 16. No abstract available.
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PubMed 26348752United States Renal Data System. 2014 USRDS annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Bethesda, MD, 2014.
Havranek EP, Mujahid MS, Barr DA, Blair IV, Cohen MS, Cruz-Flores S, Davey-Smith G, Dennison-Himmelfarb CR, Lauer MS, Lockwood DW, Rosal M, Yancy CW; American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, and Stroke Council. Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2015 Sep 1;132(9):873-98. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000228. Epub 2015 Aug 3. No abstract available.
PubMed 26240271Pool LR, Ning H, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB. Trends in Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Among US Adults From 1999-2012. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Sep 22;6(9):e006027. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006027.
PubMed 28939713Bancks MP, Kershaw K, Carson AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Schreiner PJ, Carnethon MR. Association of Modifiable Risk Factors in Young Adulthood With Racial Disparity in Incident Type 2 Diabetes During Middle Adulthood. JAMA. 2017 Dec 26;318(24):2457-2465. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.19546.
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Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Jan 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Influence of Prenatal and Early Childhood Home-Visiting by Nurses on Development of Chronic Disease: 29-year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06160037
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 20-0794
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,055 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Colorado, DenverUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Rochester, Medpace, Inc.
- Study start
- 20 May 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 May 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 May 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows participants in a randomized clinical trial of a program of prenatal and early child home visiting on maternal and offspring risks for chronic disease.
Detailed description
Addressing the unacceptably high rates of chronic disease and premature mortality among low-income African Americans (AA) is a public health imperative. The proposed study addresses this challenge by building upon decades of follow-up of low-income, primarily AA participants in a randomized clinical trial of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a program of prenatal and infant/toddler nurse home visiting for low-income mothers with no previous live births. It examines NFP effects on risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as premature mortality among both mothers and their first-born offspring at offspring age 30. It is the first adequately powered study of a very early intervention to examine risks for chronic disease and mortality, assessing both mothers and their first-born offspring.
Please note that for this section of the longitudinal study, just the outcome measures for 30 years after delivery are being measured. The study team also measured these outcome measures at baselines, 12 years, and 18 years after delivery in other studies, but for this specific study, the time frame for the listed outcome measures is 30 years after delivery.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Longitudinal cohort study
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1. Transportation and Screening | Active comparator | Behavioral: Transportation and Developmental ScreeningFree transportation for scheduled prenatal care, developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. |
| Arm 2. Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy | Experimental | Behavioral: Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and InfancyFree transportation for scheduled prenatal care; intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and through the child's second birthday; and developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Mothers who participated in a randomized clinical trial of nurse home visiting and their first-born offspring.
- Women < 29 weeks pregnant --> No previous live births
- No specific chronic illnesses thought to contribute to fetal growth retardation or preterm delivery
- At least two of the following sociodemographic risk conditions: unmarried, less than 12 years of education, and unemployed
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Participants who refused assessments at earlier phases of data gathering.
- Women > 29 weeks pregnant
- Previous live births
- Possessing chronic illnesses like hypertensive disorders requiring medical treatment, severe cardiac disease, large uterine fibroids.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation and Developmental ScreeningArm 1. Transportation and Screening The 514 families in this condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; and 2) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. | Behavioural | Arm 1. Transportation and Screening |
| Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and InfancyArm 2. Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitiation During Pregnancy and Infancy The 228 families in this condition received: 1) free transportation for scheduled prenatal care; 2) intensive nurse home-visitation services during pregnancy and through the child's second birthday; and 3) developmental screening and referral services for the child at the 6th, 12th, and 24th months of the child's life. | Behavioural | Arm 2. Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy |
Primary outcome
Height (standing)
Time frame: Approximately 30 years after delivery
Description: height measured in cm while participant is standing in bare feet using a stationary stadiometer with headpiece
Weight
Time frame: Approximately 30 years after delivery
weight measured in pounds
Waist circumference
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
waist circumference measured in cm, after exhaling, just above iliac crest, using a non-stretchable cloth measuring tape.
Hip circumference
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
hip circumference measured in cm, at point of greatest protrusion of gluteal muscles, using a non-stretchable cloth.
Percent total body fat
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
% body fat in arms, legs
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
Visceral (trunk) fat
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Measured using the Tanita-780U Multifrequency Segmental Body Composition Analyzer
Total Cholesterol (TC), High density lipoprotein (HDL), Low density lipoprotein (LDL)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
TC, HDL, and LDL are measured by a clinical laboratory from serum samples by Medpace Laboratories.
Triglycerides
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Measured by a clinical laboratory from serum samples by Medpace Laboratories
Glycosylated hemoglobin
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Measured by a clinical laboratory from whole blood samples by Medpace Laboratories
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
IGF-1 is a hormonal mediator and is analyzed in serum by Medpace Laboratories.
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
FSH is an indicator of menopausal status and is measured in serum by the Medpace Laboratories.
Urine-Albumin
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
URINE albumin is measured by Medpace Laboratories
Urine Creatinine
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Urine creatinine is measured in urine by Medpace Laboratories.
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is calculated based on serum creatinine value, age, and gender; measured by Medpace Laboratories.
High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
hs-CRP measured in plasma by Medpace Laboratories . This is an inflammatory marker.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
IL-6 measured in serum by Medpace laboratory. This is an inflammatory marker.
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha receptor 2
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha receptor 2 (TNF alpha receptor 2) is measured in serum by Medpace Laboratories. This is an inflammatory marker.
Fibrinogen
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Fibrinogen is measured in plasma by Medpace Laboratories. This is an inflammatory marker.
Resting blood pressure (diastolic)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Blood pressure read measured through SphygmoCor XCEL, taken after 10 minutes of sitting quietly.
Resting blood pressure (systolic)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Blood pressure read measured through SphygmoCor XCEL, taken after 10 minutes of sitting quietly.
Carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV)
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Pulse wave velocity is a measure of arterial stiffness. It is a predictor of cardiovascular risk. It is measured using the SphygmoCor XCEL instrument.
Augmentation index
Time frame: once, approximately 30 years after delivery
Augmentation Index is a measure of arterial stiffness. It is calculated as the ratio of Augmented Pressure to Pulse pressure. a predictor of cardiovascular risk. It is measured using the SphygmoCor SCEL instrument
Mortality - Mothers
Time frame: measured once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
The study team expects the intervention to reduce the rates of all-cause mortality among mothers given that death is more likely among those with COVID infections who have underlying chronic conditions. Moreover, the study team expects the program to reduce mortality for chronic diseases and CVD among mothers if the rates are sufficiently high to detect such differences.
Mortality - Offspring
Time frame: measured once, approximately 30 years after delivery.
Among offspring, those who become infected with COVID are less likely to die than their mothers, given that their underlying chronic conditions are less likely to be as serious or prevalent. Therefore, the investigators expect the treatment-control differences to be limited to external causes. Note that in the original proposal the authors had included deaths due preventable causes (SIDS) as operationalized in a recent publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34420828/. Given the controversy that has emerged in recent years about whether the causes of SIDS are uniformly preventable, SIDS was added to a modified version of this outcome that includes external cuases, that will be analyzed as an exploratory outcome in examining offspring mortality. The authors also will conduct an exploratory analysis of all-cause mortality.
45 secondary outcomes
Medical diagnoses, signs, and symptoms
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Current medications
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of Hospitalizations per participant (mental/behavioral)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of Hospitalizations per participant (medical/surgical)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (injury)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (physical)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Disability (mental illness)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of pregnancies
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Pregnancy losses
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Number of live births
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Pregnancy complications
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Birthweight
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Gestational age
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Menopause (age)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Self-rated health
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Physical activity - Total Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes per week
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Sleep Quality -- Global Score
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Average daily fruit and vegetable intake
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Percent energy from fat
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Dietary restraint/eating patterns
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Screening for Substance Use - TAPS 1 (tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Substance Use Risk Level TAPS 2
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Cigarettes
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Cigars
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Pipe, Hookah
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Smokeless Tobacco Snus
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Other Smokeless Tobacco (dip, chewing tobacco)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Tobacco: Electronic Nicotine Products
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Depression
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Anxiety
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Mastery
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Duration of Marriage and partnered relationships
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Commitment: Current Relationship
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Personal Commitment: Current Relationship
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Relationship Satisfaction: Current Relationship
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Partner Warmth Index: Current Relationship
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Partner Hostility Index: Current Relationship
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (High School)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (College)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Educational attainment (job training)
Time frame: interview conducted approximately 30 years after delivery
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Jan 2026.
- Background: PubMed 29061565Carnethon MR, Pu J, Howard G, Albert MA, Anderson CAM, Bertoni AG, Mujahid MS, Palaniappan L, Taylor HA Jr, Willis M, Yancy CW; American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology; and Stroke Council. Cardiovascular Health in African Americans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2017 Nov 21;136(21):e393-e423. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000534. Epub 2017 Oct 23.
- Background: PubMed 28472021Cunningham TJ, Croft JB, Liu Y, Lu H, Eke PI, Giles WH. Vital Signs: Racial Disparities in Age-Specific Mortality Among Blacks or African Americans - United States, 1999-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 May 5;66(17):444-456. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6617e1.
- Background: PubMed 26673558Writing Group Members; Mozaffarian D, Benjamin EJ, Go AS, Arnett DK, Blaha MJ, Cushman M, Das SR, de Ferranti S, Despres JP, Fullerton HJ, Howard VJ, Huffman MD, Isasi CR, Jimenez MC, Judd SE, Kissela BM, Lichtman JH, Lisabeth LD, Liu S, Mackey RH, Magid DJ, McGuire DK, Mohler ER 3rd, Moy CS, Muntner P, Mussolino ME, Nasir K, Neumar RW, Nichol G, Palaniappan L, Pandey DK, Reeves MJ, Rodriguez CJ, Rosamond W, Sorlie PD, Stein J, Towfighi A, Turan TN, Virani SS, Woo D, Yeh RW, Turner MB; American Heart Association Statistics Committee; Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Jan 26;133(4):e38-360. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000350. Epub 2015 Dec 16. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 26348752Menke A, Casagrande S, Geiss L, Cowie CC. Prevalence of and Trends in Diabetes Among Adults in the United States, 1988-2012. JAMA. 2015 Sep 8;314(10):1021-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.10029.
- BackgroundUnited States Renal Data System. 2014 USRDS annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Bethesda, MD, 2014.
- Background: PubMed 26240271Havranek EP, Mujahid MS, Barr DA, Blair IV, Cohen MS, Cruz-Flores S, Davey-Smith G, Dennison-Himmelfarb CR, Lauer MS, Lockwood DW, Rosal M, Yancy CW; American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, and Stroke Council. Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2015 Sep 1;132(9):873-98. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000228. Epub 2015 Aug 3. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 28939713Pool LR, Ning H, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB. Trends in Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Among US Adults From 1999-2012. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Sep 22;6(9):e006027. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006027.
- Background: PubMed 29279935Bancks MP, Kershaw K, Carson AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Schreiner PJ, Carnethon MR. Association of Modifiable Risk Factors in Young Adulthood With Racial Disparity in Incident Type 2 Diabetes During Middle Adulthood. JAMA. 2017 Dec 26;318(24):2457-2465. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.19546.
- Background: PubMed 17971557Signorello LB, Schlundt DG, Cohen SS, Steinwandel MD, Buchowski MS, McLaughlin JK, Hargreaves MK, Blot WJ. Comparing diabetes prevalence between African Americans and Whites of similar socioeconomic status. Am J Public Health. 2007 Dec;97(12):2260-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.094482. Epub 2007 Oct 30.
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- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The investigators are only sharing IPD among the institutions involved in the conduct of this study.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Transportation and Developmental Screening and Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy in people with Chronic Disease, run by University of Colorado, Denver at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Height (standing) (time frame: Approximately 30 years after delivery). The study lists 25 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06160037, which also lists 108 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jan 2026.