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Health Effects of Mentoring

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02900638
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 14, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 4, 2020
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Edith Chen, Northwestern University

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether mentoring is associated with beneficial cardiovascular health effects in both mentors and mentees.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Cardiovascular Health Behavioral: Mentoring Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
Participants are randomly assigned to either being a mentor or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of undergraduate students. Participants are also randomly assigned to either being a mentee or a wait list control. These participants are drawn from a population of Chicago Public School children. In total, there will be 30 mentors, 30 control mentors, 30 mentees, and 30 control mentees. Participants will come for a laboratory visit in which cardiovascular health measures will be taken (details below). Visits will occur once at baseline (before the intervention starts), and once post-intervention. The protocol will be the same at the two study visits. Participants in the intervention group will engage in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once a week after school for the school year
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 55 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Pilot Study of Physical Health Effects of Cities Mentor Project
Study Start Date : August 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date : August 2019
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Intervention (Mentor/Mentee) Behavioral: Mentoring
Youth in the intervention group will participate in one-on-one mentoring sessions (between mentors and mentees) once per week after school. Mentoring sessions will focus on the development of a social bond between mentor and mentee.
No Intervention: Wait list control


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Obesity [body mass index] [ Time Frame: Change in body mass index from baseline to 8 months ]
    BMI in kg/m^2, weight in kilograms, height in meters

  2. Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Change in blood pressure from baseline to 8 months ]
  3. Pro-inflammatory cytokines [standardized and averaged value of pro-inflammatory cytokines and CRP] [ Time Frame: Change in cytokine composite score from baseline to 8 months ]
  4. Cholesterol [ Time Frame: Change in cholesterol from baseline to 8 months ]
  5. HbA1c [ Time Frame: Change in HbA1c from baseline to 8 months ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   9 Years to 25 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Undergraduate student for mentors.
  • Chicago Public School student for mentees.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 9 or older than 14 for mentee conditions.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02900638


Locations
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United States, Illinois
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60208
Sponsors and Collaborators
Northwestern University
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Responsible Party: Edith Chen, Professor, Northwestern University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02900638    
Other Study ID Numbers: STU00203223
First Posted: September 14, 2016    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 4, 2020
Last Verified: March 2020
Keywords provided by Edith Chen, Northwestern University:
mentoring
children
cardiovascular health