Recruiting

Diet & Breastfeeding

Sponsor:

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Code:

NCT07477106

Conditions

Maternal Nutrition

Infant Nutrition

Pediatric Nutrition

Maternal Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators want to learn how women's diets may impact breastfeeding outcomes. This study will help the investigators learn more about how diet and social factors like food access may impact mothers' health, breastfeeding, and their baby's health. Participants will attend a visit before birth, then 11 visits as their baby grows up. All visits will be remote using RedCap, phone or video call, text messaging or any other communication modalities of preference to the participant. The investigators will ask for personal information about participants' family, home, and finances, health literacy, medical history, current medications, pregnancy complications, mental health (depression, quality of life), confidence in breastfeeding, eating habits, and plan to feed their baby. After childbirth, the investigators will ask about participants' delivery and child's health, and request access to their child's medical records. Across all visits, the investigators will ask participants to measure their weight, height, blood pressure, activity and sleep, and child's length; the investigators will also ask them to ship urine, stool, and breast milk samples. The investigators will obtain a 24-hour feeding log for the child, as well as a log of what the mother ate and drank over 24 hours.

Conditions

Maternal Nutrition

Infant Nutrition

Pediatric Nutrition

Maternal Health

Study ID

NCT07477106

Start date

Oct 7, 2026

Status verified date

Nov, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 30 weeks pregnant
  • Ability to engage in study procedures throughout the first 12 months postpartum

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

125 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Primary outcome measure

  • Maternal dietary intake [ Time Frame: Third trimester of pregnancy and 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months postpartum ]
  • Child dietary pattern [ Time Frame: 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 month of age ]
  • Breastfeeding outcomes [ Time Frame: 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 month postpartum ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Arkansas Children's Research Institute

Recruiting

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Aline Andres, PhD, RD, CLC

More Information

Sponsor

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Last update posted

Nov 5, 2026

Last verified

Nov, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-11-06. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute on 2026-11-05. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.