NCT05605340Completed
Healthier At-home Meals for Expectant Mothers
Use of Home-delivered Meals to Reduce Excessive Gestational Weight Gain for High-risk Women
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is being done to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a meal delivery intervention for managing gestational weight gain among pregnant women with overweight or obesity.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 35 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Oct 2022
- Start date
- 9 Aug 2023
- Primary completion date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05605340
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 35
- From 9 Aug 2023 to the primary completion date, 14 Oct 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Current use of one or more of the following medications:
- Systemic steroids
- Medications for ADHD including amphetamines and methylphenidate
Other illness
- Self-reported major health conditions (e.g., heart disease, cancer, renal disease, and Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes)
- Current treatment for serious psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
- Anti-seizure medications or mood stabilizers that would be expected to have a significant impact on body weight
Other
- Current substance abuse
- Known fetal anomaly
- Planned termination of pregnancy
- Past history or current diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia
- Metformin
- Antipsychotic agents
- Any teratogenic agent Class D
- Participation in another dietary and/or weight management intervention during pregnancy
- Unwilling or unable to consume prepared meals delivered weekly
- Unable to understand and communicate in verbal and written English
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Gestational age ≤ 15 weeks as assessed by ultrasound
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2
- Singleton viable pregnancy
- Receiving care and planning to deliver at UAB
- Residing within the delivery radius of the meal delivery company
- Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Internet connection in home (for digital Wi-Fi enabled study scale)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
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