Modifying Progesterone and Estradiol Levels to Prevent Postpartum Cigarette Smoking Relapse and Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Infants and Children
University of Minnesota
Summary
The investigators aim to address the following specific aims: * Determine the efficacy of Prog in preventing postpartum smoking relapse and reducing smoking relapse risk factors. * Examine the effects of this maternal smoking intervention on infant health. * Examine racial and ethnic differences in intervention outcomes.
Description
This Good Clinical Practice clinical trial will be implemented by an experienced, transdisciplinary, and productive team of investigators to enhance the diversity of the study sample and generalizability of results. We will enroll healthy pregnant women (following enrollment, all subsequent study procedures will be completed postpartum) or postpartum women on hormonal birth control or no hormonal birth control with either a recent history of smoking and a desire to remain abstinent after childbirth, or who are currently smoking and motivated to quit smoking. Participants will be recruited thro…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–45 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to provide informed consent, * Aged 18 to 45 years old * Self-reported stable physical and mental health 1. self-report uncomplicated pregnancy at gestational week 30 or beyond, or 2. self-report the birth of a child within the past 6 months * History of ≥ 4 cigarettes per month during the six months prior to pregnancy * At enrollment, self-report of motivation to become and/or remain abstinent after delivery ≥ 6 on a 10 point Likert-type scale * Willingness to protect against pregnancy following day 0 to week 12 of the study * Participants must live in the…
Interventions
- DrugProgesterone 200 MG Oral Capsule
Progesterone, 200mg, once daily, oral tablet/capsule
Location
- University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota