NCT06148831

Carrying for the Culture

Withdrawn NA Last updated 29 January 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Infant Carrier in Postpartum Depression. Withdrawn.

Timeline

8 January 2024

Primary endpoint
27 January 2026

27 January 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Nurturely
Phase	NA
Status	Withdrawn
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Start date	8 January 2024
Primary completion	27 January 2026
Estimated completion	27 January 2026
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Infant Carrier

Conditions studied

• Postpartum Depression — all drugs for Postpartum Depression →
• Breast Feeding — all drugs for Breast Feeding →

Sponsor

Nurturely

Who can join

18 and older, female only, with Postpartum Depression or Breast Feeding. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Suboptimal postpartum health outcomes in the US, including low rates of lactation and high rates of postpartum depression, contribute to high rates of perinatal mortality and morbidity as well as long-term and intergenerational health outcomes. Black birthing parents and infants are at the highest risk, with the lowest rates of lactation and the highest rates of postpartum depression. Yet most interventions to support lactation and postpartum mental health are based on models of care that are unrepresentative of Black and global majority communities. The principal investigator's previous Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) using soft infant carriers to increase parent-infant physical contact was effective in increasing lactation and decreasing postpartum depression in a sample of Latinx postpartum parents. Infant carrying, or "babywearing," is a culturally relevant prevention strategy based on models of parenting representative of Black and global majority communities. In this study, the investigators use strategies from implementation research and clinical effectiveness research to assess an infant carrier intervention within a community-based, culturally specific perinatal home visiting program for Black birthing parents.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Breastfeeding interventions for preventing postpartum depression.
   Lenells M, Uphoff E, Marshall D, Wilson E, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 39963955 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd014833.pub2