Boston Birth Cohort Study
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age0-50
SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
About this trial
Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes across the life course.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Mothers who deliver singleton live births at Boston Medical Center are eligible for the study.
Disqualifiers
pregnancies that are a result of in vitro fertilization or that involve multiple gestations, fetal chromosomal abnormalities or major birth defects.
Trial population
US, predominantly urban, multi-ethnic population.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Participants with Pregnancy complications - including hypertensive disorders and gestational diabetes
hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, gestational diabetes
Time frame
At birth2
Birth outcomes - number of participants with preterm births
Birth outcomes are examined - preterm birth.
Time frame
At birth3
Birth outcomes - birth weight in grams (g)
Birth outcomes are examined - birth weight (g)
Time frame
At birth4
Child health outcomes - number of participants overweight or obese
overweight or obesity
Time frame
From birth to 21 yearsSponsors and contacts
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead sponsor
Boston Medical Center
Collaborator
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov