NCT07483515: B³

Bonding Before Birth: A mHealth Intervention for First-time Expectant Couples

Not yet recruiting NA Last updated 19 March 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Group B (Intervention) in Anxiety in 572 participants. Not yet recruiting.

Timeline

23 March 2026

Primary endpoint
31 December 2028

31 December 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore
Phase	NA
Status	Not yet recruiting
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	572
Start date	23 March 2026
Primary completion	31 December 2028
Estimated completion	31 December 2028
Sites	1 location across Singapore

Drugs / interventions tested

• Group B (Intervention)

Conditions studied

• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
• Pregnancy — all drugs for Pregnancy →
• Parenting Self-efficacy — all drugs for Parenting Self-efficacy →
• Stress (Psychology) — all drugs for Stress (Psychology) →

Sponsor

Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore

Who can join

Adults 21 to 75, any sex, with Anxiety or Pregnancy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Emotional regulation is a key component of reducing parenting stress, a sense of self-efficacy, and thus successful parenting, child outcomes, and productivity amongst working parents. However, few interventions begin building these necessary components in pregnancy prior to the extremely stressful period immediately post-partum, where little trait and behavioural modification occurs. More importantly, most interventions overlook the importance of having both partners, despite fathers/partners playing a significant role in influencing maternal stress and mood symptoms.

This goal of this study is to examine whether short weekly exercises delivered through a mobile app can help first-time parents feel better emotionally during pregnancy. These exercises are designed to help people manage their emotions and stress. Researchers want to know if doing these exercises, along with getting weekly feedback and encouragement, can reduce signs of depression and improve emotional control.

Expecting mothers and fathers who are having their first child may be able to join the study if they meet certain conditions. Participants should be planning to stay in Singapore for the next two years and be comfortable using a smartphone and answering questions in English. Participants may benefit from learning new ways to manage stress and emotions, which could help improve their mental health.

Participants will wear a Fitbit watch to track activity. They will complete a short weekly survey about their well-being during pregnancy and a monthly survey about their work productivity until six months after the baby is born. They will also answer online surveys about their health, relationships, and background at the start, three times during pregnancy, and three times after birth. In addition, they will visit the research lab twice to take part in tasks that measure thinking and behaviour.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.