The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health Optimization Virtual Intervention Network

NCT ID: NCT07066631

Last Updated: 2025-11-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

570 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-10-29

Study Completion Date

2029-03-31

Brief Summary

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Depression, anxiety, and related disorders such as post-traumatic stress and obsessive compulsive disorder affect about 20% of pregnant and postpartum people. When not treated properly, these issues negatively impact not only affected people, but also their children's health and development. Only 1 in 5 receive adequate treatment, so identifying new system-wide approaches to reliably deliver recommended care to perinatal mental health patients all is a crucial health care priority. The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental health Optimization Virtual Intervention Network (MOVIN) is a scalable perinatal mental health platform building on the evidence-based Collaborative care delivery model. MOVIN's online platform allows patients to connect with a care coordinator to co-develop personalized treatment recommendations, in collaboration with their primary care clinician and a perinatal psychiatrist when needed; progress is tracked to re-evaluate.

Detailed Description

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The Pregnant and Postpartum Mental Health Optimization Virtual Intervention Network (MOVIN) is a model of stepped, collaborative care delivered virtually, accessible to pregnant and postpartum individuals across Ontario based at Women's College Hospital. Access to MOVIN includes access to a web platform with curated educational material and treatment resources, personalized treatment planning between a participant and the MOVIN Care Coordinator (informed by systematic measurement-based follow-up of mental health symptoms), liaison between the MOVIN Care Coordinator and the participant's primary care clinician, and direct referral to a perinatal psychiatrist if required. Participants will be allocated 1:1 (intervention: control) using a computer-generated random allocation sequence in randomly varying block sizes. The primary outcome will be depressive symptoms (considered as a continuous variable) at 24-weeks post-randomization, measured using the patient-reported Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The main secondary outcome is symptom remission (EPDS \<10) at 24-weeks post-randomization.

Conditions

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Depression Postpartum Anxiety Pregnancy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Enhanced Usual Care

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

Group Type OTHER

Enhanced Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

MOVIN

Enhanced Usual Care plus MOVIN Care Platform. The MOVIN Care Platform is virtual collaborative care intervention with a stepped care approach in which a care coordinator directs participants to one or more evidence-based virtual interventions as appropriate.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MOVIN Care Platform

Intervention Type OTHER

Virtual collaborative care intervention with a stepped care approach in which a care coordinator directs participants to one or more evidence-based virtual interventions as appropriate.

Enhanced Usual Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

Interventions

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Enhanced Usual Care

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

Intervention Type OTHER

MOVIN Care Platform

Virtual collaborative care intervention with a stepped care approach in which a care coordinator directs participants to one or more evidence-based virtual interventions as appropriate.

Intervention Type OTHER

Enhanced Usual Care

Access to online resources and educational materials about general mental health, maternal mental health, depression and anxiety in the pregnancy and postpartum period, and an up-to-date listing of treatment services available in Ontario. These resources are maintained by the MOVIN study team.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult (age 18 years or older)
2. Pregnant or postpartum and living with their infant 0-6 months old. This includes all individuals who identify as women, as well as those of female sex who do not identify as women (e.g., non-binary, trans) who are the primary parent for their infant. This includes via natural birth, adoption, or surrogacy.
3. EPDS score \>10 at eligibility screening.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active alcohol or substance use disorder, mania or psychotic disorder (as these conditions are better managed in direct specialty care).
2. Active suicide plan or intent (as emergent hospital-based care is likely required),
3. Plan to move out of Ontario during the study.
4. Unable to complete relevant study procedures and measures online. For the few participants without access to devices/home internet, we will budget for tablets/data plans.
5. Unable to complete study activities in English. Note that Google translate is available for the intervention platform and language lines are available for participants so that they can be served in their language of choice, however we are unable to provide translations of all study assessment and questionnaire materials that participants will need to complete during the study.
6. No primary care clinician (required for collaborative mental health care delivery model).
7. Currently enrolled in a collaborative mental health care model.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Ottawa Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Women's College Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Women's College Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Women's College Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Simone Vigod

Role: CONTACT

416-323-6400 ext. 4080

Other Identifiers

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CTO Project ID: 5038

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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