BOND HeartGPS: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Maternal and Infant Effects of a Prenatally-initiated Psychological Intervention for Mothers of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

Carelon Research

Summary

This is a two-arm, prospective, longitudinal, randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will compare usual care to usual care plus a prenatally initiated, virtually administered psychological intervention, called HeartGPS.

Description

This is a domain of the Building Optimal Strategies to Enhance Parent and Infant Wellbeing in CHD (BOND) platform trail. BOND is a randomized, multifactorial, adaptive platform trial that seeks to optimize parent wellbeing and infant development following prenatal or neonatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD). The primary objective of this domain is to determine the effects of a prenatally initiated, virtually administered mental health intervention, called HeartGPS, on maternal mental health and infant development following prenatal CHD diagnosis.

Eligibility

Age range: 18+ years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: No

Detailed criteria

Both mothers and infants are study participants. Inclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant individual carrying a fetus diagnosed with CHD or biological mother of an infant diagnosed with CHD in the neonatal period. 2. Fetus or newborn with CHD anticipated to require cardiac surgery or transcatheter intervention in the first 30 days of life. 3. CHD diagnosis received between 16.0 and 30.0 weeks gestation. 4. Singleton pregnancy. 5. Pregnant mother is planning to continue the pregnancy and pursue surgical or transcatheter intervention for the infant. 5\. Pregnant mother is able to participate and compl…

Interventions

Other
HeartGPS
GPS stands for Guiding parents through emotions, Providing information and support, and Strengthening connections. Participants randomized to the treatment group will participate in HeartGPS, which includes three key components tailored to the CHD population: 1. Eight virtually administered counseling sessions, 2. Tailored educational resource, 3. Mental health care plan.

Locations (17)

Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Golisano Children's at UK
Lexington, Kentucky

Description

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Detailed criteria

Interventions

Other

HeartGPS

GPS stands for Guiding parents through emotions, Providing information and support, and Strengthening connections. Participants randomized to the treatment group will participate in HeartGPS, which includes three key components tailored to the CHD population: 1. Eight virtually administered counseling sessions, 2. Tailored educational resource, 3. Mental health care plan.