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Enhanced Breastfeeding Support for Increasing Duration

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Led By Yukiko Washio, PhD

Research Sponsored by RTI International

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

mothers must be at least 18 years old

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether adding monthly financial incentives to a standard breastfeeding intervention will improve breastfeeding duration among low-income mothers.

Who is the study for?

The BOOST trial is for new mothers who have started breastfeeding, are at least 18 years old, and understand English at a fifth-grade level. They must be enrolled or eligible for WIC services and plan to stay in the study area for one year postpartum.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

This trial tests if adding monthly financial rewards to standard WIC support and home visits can extend how long low-income moms breastfeed. The goal is to see if this approach leads to fewer baby health problems and saves on healthcare costs.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves non-medical interventions like financial incentives and support programs, there are no direct medical side effects. However, participants may experience stress or pressure related to meeting breastfeeding goals.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am a mother and I am at least 18 years old.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Rate of Breastfeeding

Rate of Pumping

Secondary outcome measures

Infant weight gain

Number of Emergency room and pediatrician visits

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: SC + BFIExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants randomized into SC+BFI will receive the same services as the Standard Care Control (SC) group (standard breastfeeding services from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) plus monthly home visits that facilitate navigation to as-needed resources and referrals to services that support breastfeeding and problem solving) plus financial incentives contingent on observed breastfeeding.

Group II: SCActive Control1 Intervention

Participants randomized into Standard Care (SC) will receive standard breastfeeding services from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) plus monthly home visits that facilitate navigation to as-needed resources and referrals to services that support breastfeeding and problem solving.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

RTI InternationalLead Sponsor

188 Previous Clinical Trials

875,796 Total Patients Enrolled

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH

1,963 Previous Clinical Trials

2,674,573 Total Patients Enrolled

Temple UniversityOTHER

296 Previous Clinical Trials

82,627 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What patient population is eligible for participation in this experiment?

"This trial requires 168 participants that are between 18 and 44 years of age, currently breastfeeding. Furthermore, the mothers must be able to enroll in WIC services or already enrolled, consent voluntarily and meet the minimum legal age requirement of 18."

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Does the experiment accept participants of all ages, including those younger than 65?

"Adhering to the guidelines of this medical trial, only prospective participants between 18 and 44 years old will be considered eligible."

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Are participants still being admitted for this experiment?

"The information on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that the trial is not accepting new participants at this time, as it has been since April 25th 2022 and was first posted June 19 2019. Fortunately, there are 1 other studies actively enrolling patients currently."

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Recent research and studies

BMJ OpenJournal

Individual Breastfeeding Support with Contingent Incentives for Low-income Mothers in the USA: The ‘BOOST (breastfeeding Onset & Onward with Support Tools)’ Randomised Controlled Trial Protocol

Washio, Yukiko, Bradley N Collins, Alison Hunt-Johnson, Zugui Zhang, Gail Herrine, Matthew Hoffman, Linda Kilby, Donna Chapman, and Lydia M Furman. 2020. “Individual Breastfeeding Support with Contingent Incentives for Low-income Mothers in the USA: The ‘BOOST (breastfeeding Onset & Onward with Support Tools)’ Randomised Controlled Trial Protocol”. BMJ Open. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034510.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

BOOST: Breastfeeding Onset and Onward With Support Tools

2019. "BOOST: Breastfeeding Onset and Onward With Support Tools". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03964454.