Child Healthcare at MATER - Pediatric Study
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Where
- Philadelphia, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 49 people enrolled
- Started
- 31 Dec 2021
- Ended
- 29 Jan 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Group well child care
- Record updated
- 23 April 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- at least 28 weeks pregnant or less than 2 weeks postpartum
- receiving treatment for opioid use disorder
- ability to read and speak English
- plans to parent infant after delivery
- intent to seek pediatric care within Nemours/Thomas Jefferson University system
- intent to remain in the Philadelphia area for the next 2 years
Who cannot take part
- plans to seek pediatric care outside of the Nemours/Thomas Jefferson University System; Following a live birth, participants will remain eligible to continue in the study unless the mother or infant experiences the following: gestational age at time of delivery less than or equal to 32 weeks or illness or clinical complication warranting prolonged hospitalization after delivery
- inability to speak English
- plans to move outside of the Philadelphia area in the next 2 years
- plans to not parent infant after delivery
Where in United States
- Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The objective of this project is to implement and evaluate a group model of well child care for mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder and their children that addresses the specific health needs and concerns of opioid-exposed infants, is trauma informed, and is embedded within a maternal opioid use disorder treatment program. 108 mother-infant dyads will be randomized 1:1 to group well child care or individual well child care, and followed over an 18 month period. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected at multiple time points. The efficacy of group well child care to improve health and healthcare-related outcomes will be evaluated.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Individual well child careNo study treatment, for comparison
Individuals randomized to the control arm will receive routine individualized well child care after birth hospital discharge.
- Group well child careTreatment being tested
Individuals randomized to the intervention arm will participate in group well child care after birth hospital discharge.
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Well Child Care Intervention for Infants of Mothers in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
- Publications
- Record updated
- 23 April 2026