RECRUITING

Accountability for Care Through Undoing Racism & Equity for Moms

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

This project-also known as "Accountability for Care through Undoing Racism \& Equity for Moms" or ACURE4Moms-aims to reduce Black-White maternal health disparities using multi-level interventions designed to decrease bias in prenatal care, improve care coordination, and increase social support. ACURE4Moms is a pragmatic 4-arm cluster randomized controlled trial conducted with 39 prenatal practices across North Carolina. Practices have been randomly assigned to receive either: Arm 1 (Standard Care): North Carolina Medicaid Care management for high-risk pregnancies; Arm 2 (Data Accountability and Transparency): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Practice-level Data Accountability interventions; Arm 3 (Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Community-Based Doula support intervention for high-risk patients during pregnancy and postpartum; or Arm 4 (Data Accountability and Transparency + Community-Based Doula Support): North Carolina Medicaid Care Management + Both Arms 2 and 3 interventions. During each practice's 2-year intervention period, the practice will initiate prenatal care for \~750-1,500 patients (up to 60,000 patients total), whose outcomes the investigators will follow and compare between arms until all these patients have reached 1-year post-delivery.

Official Title

Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Care Through Data-Based Accountability and Doula Support

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-06-05
Study Completion:2027-08-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05484804

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:12 Years to 99 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:FEMALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Have at least 180 Black patient deliver over 2 years
  2. * Be willing to be randomized
  3. * Be willing to adhere to the study protocol
  4. * Start prenatal care at one of the study clinics during study implementation
  5. * Self-identify as Black or African American
  6. * Able to give consent and complete surveys and interviews in English
  7. * Employed as either a provider, nurse/medical assistant, or office administrator at one of the clinics in this study
  8. * Provide doula care to patients at one the clinics in this study
  1. * Already integrated with Community-Based Doulas
  2. * Already have an Early Warning System or Disparities Dashboard

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jennifer H Tang, MD, MSCR
CONTACT
919-962-4880
jennifer_tang@med.unc.edu
Rabab S Hussain, MIS
CONTACT
919-962-4880
rabab_husain@med.unc.edu

Principal Investigator

Jennifer H Tang, MD, MSCR
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rachel P Urrutia, MD, MSCR
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Locations (Sites)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • Jennifer H Tang, MD, MSCR, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Rachel P Urrutia, MD, MSCR, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-06-05
Study Completion Date2027-08-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-06-05
Study Completion Date2027-08-31

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Pregnancy Related
  • Maternal Health
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Low Birthweight
  • Racism
  • Implicit Bias