Following Children and Their Mothers to Track Health from Pregnancy On
Follows pregnant American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hispanic women and their children over time.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Where
- Phoenix, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Early Tracking of Childhood Health Determinants (ETCHED) Study
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 1,500 people, planned
- Started
- 14 Apr 2022
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2041
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Record updated
- 2 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for pregnant women aged 18 or older who are American Indian or Hispanic. Their children join too and are followed until age 18.
- Age
- Mothers must be 18 years or older. The record lists a general range of 1 Day to 99 Years, because children also take part.
- Sex
- All sexes are listed. In practice the mothers are pregnant women, and their children of any sex can join.
- Biomarker or test result
- Pregnancy must be confirmed by a urine or blood pregnancy test, or by ultrasound.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Women who are in prison
- Women who are unable to consent
- Women whose baby cannot survive
- Women who do not plan to continue the pregnancy
This trial only enrols pregnant participants. The registry sentence this rests on: Pregnant women aged 18 years or older (pregnancy confirmed by urine or serum pregnancy test, or ultrasound examination)
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who cannot take part
- An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- Women who are incarcerated or are unable to consent
- Women whose fetus is not viable or are not planning to continue the pregnancy
Other criteria
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:; In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
- Pregnant women aged 18 years or older (pregnancy confirmed by urine or serum pregnancy test, or ultrasound examination)
- American Indian or Hispanic by self-report
- Agree to continue with research study participation (both mother and their offspring), for at least 3 years after delivery; In case where a pregnant mother is carrying multiple fetuses (multiple pregnancy), she will be eligible to participate in this study and all her live newborns, as a result of that pregnancy, will be eligible for participation in this study. Mothers will also be eligible to participate with any consecutive pregnancies
Where in United States
- NIDDK, PhoenixPhoenix, United StatesContact: Madhumita Sinha, M.D.Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Background:
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Children s weight has increased sharply in recent years. This may put them at higher risk for health problems. High blood glucose in a pregnant mother and too much weight gain during pregnancy also may have long-term effects on the child s health. Children who become overweight or obese during childhood tend to remain so as adults. Researchers want to study many risk factors during and after pregnancy, and how these affect a child s development. They will also follow the mother s health and well-being after pregnancy.
Objectives:
To learn how a pregnant mother s environment, lifestyle, and health conditions may affect her child s growth and development from birth until adulthood.
Eligibility:
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) or Hispanic adult pregnant women and their offspring.
Design:
Mothers will have 3 visits during pregnancy.
In the child s first year, mothers will have 2 visits and their child will have 4.
Children will have 2 visits in their second year and 1 each year until they turn 18.
Mothers will have a visit 2 years after birth and 4-5 years later.
Both the mother and child s medical records will be reviewed. They will have physical exams and give blood and stool samples.
Mothers may give cord blood and placenta samples. They will give breastmilk and urine samples. They will fill out questionnaires.
They will have an ultrasound. They may get an activity monitor.
Mother and child will be followed until the child s 18th birthday.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Children
Children of mothers enrolled in the study
- Pregnant women and mothers
Pregnant women/mothers
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Early Tracking of Childhood Health Determinants Study
- Plain-language title
- Following Children and Their Mothers to Track Health from Pregnancy OnGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Publications
- Record updated
- 2 November 2026