Premature InfantsBBCPremNCT07738224
Using the Babble Boot Camp© Speech Therapy Approach With Babies Born Prematurely
A study testing Babble Boot Camp in people with Premature Infants, run by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute at 2 sites in Australia.
Trial summary
Babble Boot Camp focuses on early speech and language development, environmental enrichment and supporting parent-infant interaction with the aim of improving communication outcomes and parental well-being in at risk children. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 6 months
- Conditions the study is for
- Premature Infants
- What is being tested?
- Babble Boot Camp
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 86 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesAustralia
- Study dates
- Oct 2026to Aug 2028
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Up to 6 months
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Infants born <32 weeks' gestational age (GA)
- Infants medically stable and not ventilator dependent at recruitment
- Primary language spoken at home is English
- Participants able to attend 6 months of telehealth early intervention
- Infants less than 5.5 months corrected age
Who cannot join
- Diagnosis of a chromosomal or genetic anomaly known to affect development,
- Significant hearing and vision loss
- Clefting of the lip or palate
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Intraventricular haemorrhage grade 3 or 4
- Participants participating in any other trials including BBC
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Victoria A Heinlen contact
Australia2 sites
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Melbourne, Victoria
Angela Morgan, +61383416458, angela.morgan@mcri.edu.au
Victoria A Heinlen, victoria.heinlen@mcri.edu.au
The Royal Women's Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria
Alicia Spittle, aspittle@unimelb.edu.au
Victoria Heinlen, victoria.heinlen@mcri.edu.au
About this study
Official title: Babble Boot Camp© for Preterm Infants: A Trial of a Proactive Speech/Language Intervention
Babble Boot Camp focuses on early speech and language development, environmental enrichment and supporting parent-infant interaction with the aim of improving communication outcomes and parental well-being in at risk children.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this parent-coaching speech therapy intervention delivered via telehealth helps to support babies born very preterm with their earliest stages of communication.
Read more
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does Babble Boot Camp increase language outcomes in infants born very preterm? Is Babble Boot Camp able to be successfully completed by caregivers, and do caregivers believe Babble Boot Camp is possible to implement at home? What is the family impact of Babble Boot Camp?
Participants will:
Be randomly assigned into either a "treatment group" or a "usual care group." If allocated into the treatment group using Babble Boot Camp, participants will attend weekly 15-minute therapy sessions with a speech pathologist for 6 months.
Both groups ("treatment group" or a "usual care group") will complete questionaries at enrollment and when the child participant is 6, and 12 months old (corrected age).
Read the detailed description
Babble Boot Camp (BBC) is an evidence-based proactive, systematic, and longitudinal speech/language intervention for babies ages 2-24 months of age to infants and toddlers at risk of communication impairment (Peter et al., 2020). The approach was designed to prevent or minimize speech and language disorders in infants at predictable risk by fostering precursor and early communication skills via parent training (Potter et.al, 2023). BBC is parent or caregiver implemented to reinforce functional, practical, and developmentally appropriate prelinguistic and early speech skills (Peter et al., 2020). Specifically targeted treatment routines include a "word bath" with infant directed prosody, facial expressions, responding to infant vocalizations, modeling and reinforcing babbling, labeling objects, modeling word productions, and recasting/expanding upon the child's utterances (Peter et. Al., 2021; Peter et.al.,2025). BBC has been trialed with great success in Classic Galactosemia, and with feasibility for children with Down Syndrome (Peter et al., 2021; Peter et al., 2025). During the weekly 15-20-minute speech therapy sessions, the speech pathologist follows a Teach-Model-Coach-Review-Questions format based on the teach-model-coach-review instructional approach (Robert et.al., 2014). Parents are then to implement learned strategies and routines daily including the addition of watching videos of babies babbling and joint picture book reading. All routines are targeted on what the child can access with support to account for the Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1979). BBC researchers were able to show the intervention was feasible for families in the original trial group containing children with Classic Galacosemia (Finestack et. al, 2022). This suggests that BBC could potentially be possible to use with other populations.
In this trial, the intervention program commences at 6 months corrected age and continues via telehealth up to 12 months' corrected age. The intervention is delivered by a speech pathologist. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) of BBC compared with usual care, will evaluate the efficacy of BBC intervention which is delivered earlier than traditional health service models provide, at a more developmentally appropriate time, and unrestricted by geographical location, for infants born preterm and their families.
The primary goal of this trial is to examine the efficacy of BBC with children born preterm. Additional secondary outcomes include parent compliance, parent views of the trial, and describing the participants with highest attendance. A further exploratory outcome to be measured will include family impact of treatment on depression/anxiety/stress.
- Conditions
- Premature Infants
- Being tested
- Babble Boot Camp
- Keywords
- Early intervention, speech therapy, Caregiver-implemented
- Medical subject headings
- Premature Birth, Communication Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Babble Boot CampBehavioural
The intervention will be delivered by the following method:
Weekly 15-minute telehealth sessions with topics around understanding and responding to infant behaviour, promoting development through enhanced parent child interaction and demonstrating intervention activities. Toys will be used to facilitate language development with parents coached on appropriate interactions. During these sessions, the therapist will coach the parent to deliver intervention activities with their infant during daily routines and activities. The parent will record 2-3 short videos of their child to be submitted to the therapist weekly prior to the telehealth session.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Babble Boot Camp | Experimental | Infants in the intervention group will be treated through collaboration between a speech pathologist and one (or both, if available) parent. The principles and goals of the intervention are related to the deficits commonly seen in infants born preterm, with individualised strategies to be used in the home to support prelinguistic speech and language skills. Receives: Behavioral: Babble Boot Camp |
| Usual Care | No intervention | Infants enrolled in both groups will receive usual care in the community as it is unethical to withhold care. Typical services include routine medical care, social work support, physiotherapy, occupational, or speech therapy assessments, and referral to local early intervention programs as deemed necessary by the primary medical team. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Mean difference between arms in the Language ability composite score as assessed by the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test-Fourth Edition (REEL-4)
The REEL-4 Language ability composite score combines the expressive language and receptive language subtests of the standardized assessment into one score to measure the overall language ability of a participant. The REEL-4 is a standardized assessment using standard scores ranging from 40 to 160, with an average score of 100. Scores are interpreted using standard deviation units of 15 points, meaning scores between 85 and 115 fall within the typical range.
Measured: 12-months corrected age (Post-intervention)
Secondary outcomes (3)
Mean percentage of parent-submitted videos that include at least one BBC program communication component (BBC Intervention group) [measuring parent compliance]
Parents in the BBC treatment group will submit videos of their child during the duration of the trial to assess the use of BBC in daily routines successfully. Compliance with use of BBC components is defined as a video submitted containing the use of at least one BBC communication component. Parent compliance in the BBC treatment group will be summarised as the mean percentage of videos successfully including communication components.
Measured: 6-12 months corrected age (Intervention period)
Acceptability of the trial to caregivers using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA)
Caregiver's views of the trial using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability will be measured using an adapted questionnaire from Sekhon et.al., modified for the BBC Prem intervention to assess the design, evaluation, and implementation of the intervention (Sekhon et.al., 2022). Likert scales will be used to measure several items - scores will range from 1-5, where higher scores could indicate a better or worse outcome depending on the item. The items will be summarised by reporting the median per item. Answers to open ended questions answers will be collated and themes identified will be reported.
Measured: 12-months corrected age (Post-intervention)
Number of participants attending greater than 80 percent of intervention sessions
The number and percentage of participants who attended greater than 80 percent of sessions will be given.
Measured: child participant age 6-12 months CA (Intervention period), child participant age 12 months CA (post-intervention)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 Jul 2026
- Study startOct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionAug 2028 (estimated)
- Study completionAug 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (12)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Premature InfantsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 86 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Angela T Morgan, Principal investigator, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07738224
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 124255
- Acronym
- BBCPrem
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 26 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The de-identified data set collected for the analysis of this trial will be made available analysis and publication of the primary outcome. The following will be made available long-term for use by future researchers from a recognised research institution: Individual participant data that underlie the results reported after anonymisation/deidentification (text, tables, figures and appendices), Trial protocol, Participant Information and Consent Form (PICF), Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), statistical code. Note that the data sharing of de-identified speech and language data is an Optional Consent for participants.
Publications
Vygotsky, L.S. (1979). The development of higher forms of attention in childhood. Soviet Psychology, 18(1), 67-115. https://doi.org/10.2753/RPO1061-0405180167
Finestack LH, Potter N, VanDam M, Davis J, Bruce L, Scherer N, Eng L, Peter B. Feasibility of a Proactive Parent-Implemented Communication Intervention Delivered via Telepractice for Children With Classic Galactosemia. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 Nov 16;31(6):2527-2538. doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00107. Epub 2022 Oct 14.
PubMed 36251874Roberts MY, Kaiser AP, Wolfe CE, Bryant JD, Spidalieri AM. Effects of the teach-model-coach-review instructional approach on caregiver use of language support strategies and children's expressive language skills. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2014 Oct;57(5):1851-69. doi: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0113.
PubMed 24950492Peter B, Finestack L, Loveall S, Thompson L, Bruce L, Scherer N, Stoel-Gammon C, Davis J, Potter N, VanDam M, Eng L, Buckley S. Babble Boot Camp for Infants With Down Syndrome: Piloting a Proactive, Caregiver-Led Intervention Designed to Boost Earliest Speech and Language Skills. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 May 6;34(3):1041-1057. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00271. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
PubMed 40153250Peter B, Potter N, Davis J, Donenfeld-Peled I, Finestack L, Stoel-Gammon C, Lien K, Bruce L, Vose C, Eng L, Yokoyama H, Olds D, VanDam M. Toward a paradigm shift from deficit-based to proactive speech and language treatment: Randomized pilot trial of the Babble Boot Camp in infants with classic galactosemia. F1000Res. 2019 Mar 11;8:271. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18062.5. eCollection 2019.
PubMed 32566130Lovibond, S. H. (1995). Manual for the depression anxiety stress scales. Sydney psychology foundation.
Spittle A, Treyvaud K. The role of early developmental intervention to influence neurobehavioral outcomes of children born preterm. Semin Perinatol. 2016 Dec;40(8):542-548. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.09.006. Epub 2016 Nov 3.
PubMed 27817913van Noort-van der Spek IL, Dudink J, Reiss IK, Franken MJP. Early Speech Sound Production and Its Trajectories in Very Preterm Children From 2 to 4 Years of Age. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2022 Apr 4;65(4):1294-1310. doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00388. Epub 2022 Mar 9.
PubMed 35263167Sekhon M, Cartwright M, Francis JJ. Development of a theory-informed questionnaire to assess the acceptability of healthcare interventions. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 1;22(1):279. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07577-3.
PubMed 35232455Potter NL, VanDam M, Bruce L, Davis J, Eng L, Finestack L, Heinlen V, Scherer N, Schrock C, Seltzer R, Stoel-Gammon C, Thompson L, Peter B. Virtual Post-Intervention Speech and Language Assessment of Toddler and Preschool Participants in Babble Boot Camp. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Sep 26;67(9S):3327-3339. doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00687. Epub 2023 May 26.
PubMed 37235746Peter B, Davis J, Cotter S, Belter A, Williams E, Stumpf M, Bruce L, Eng L, Kim Y, Finestack L, Stoel-Gammon C, Williams D, Scherer N, VanDam M, Potter N. Toward Preventing Speech and Language Disorders of Known Genetic Origin: First Post-Intervention Results of Babble Boot Camp in Children With Classic Galactosemia. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2021 Nov 4;30(6):2616-2634. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00098. Epub 2021 Oct 19.
PubMed 34665663Brown, V. L., Bzoch, K. R., & League, R. (2021). Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (4th ed.). PRO-ED.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Babble Boot Camp© for Preterm Infants: A Trial of a Proactive Speech/Language Intervention
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07738224
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BBCPrem / 124255
- Conditions
- Premature Infants
- Keywords
- Early intervention, speech therapy, Caregiver-implemented
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 86 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Oct 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Aug 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Aug 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 Jul 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Babble Boot Camp focuses on early speech and language development, environmental enrichment and supporting parent-infant interaction with the aim of improving communication outcomes and parental well-being in at risk children.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this parent-coaching speech therapy intervention delivered via telehealth helps to support babies born very preterm with their earliest stages of communication.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does Babble Boot Camp increase language outcomes in infants born very preterm? Is Babble Boot Camp able to be successfully completed by caregivers, and do caregivers believe Babble Boot Camp is possible to implement at home? What is the family impact of Babble Boot Camp?
Participants will:
Be randomly assigned into either a "treatment group" or a "usual care group." If allocated into the treatment group using Babble Boot Camp, participants will attend weekly 15-minute therapy sessions with a speech pathologist for 6 months.
Both groups ("treatment group" or a "usual care group") will complete questionaries at enrollment and when the child participant is 6, and 12 months old (corrected age).
Detailed description
Babble Boot Camp (BBC) is an evidence-based proactive, systematic, and longitudinal speech/language intervention for babies ages 2-24 months of age to infants and toddlers at risk of communication impairment (Peter et al., 2020). The approach was designed to prevent or minimize speech and language disorders in infants at predictable risk by fostering precursor and early communication skills via parent training (Potter et.al, 2023). BBC is parent or caregiver implemented to reinforce functional, practical, and developmentally appropriate prelinguistic and early speech skills (Peter et al., 2020). Specifically targeted treatment routines include a "word bath" with infant directed prosody, facial expressions, responding to infant vocalizations, modeling and reinforcing babbling, labeling objects, modeling word productions, and recasting/expanding upon the child's utterances (Peter et. Al., 2021; Peter et.al.,2025). BBC has been trialed with great success in Classic Galactosemia, and with feasibility for children with Down Syndrome (Peter et al., 2021; Peter et al., 2025). During the weekly 15-20-minute speech therapy sessions, the speech pathologist follows a Teach-Model-Coach-Review-Questions format based on the teach-model-coach-review instructional approach (Robert et.al., 2014). Parents are then to implement learned strategies and routines daily including the addition of watching videos of babies babbling and joint picture book reading. All routines are targeted on what the child can access with support to account for the Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1979). BBC researchers were able to show the intervention was feasible for families in the original trial group containing children with Classic Galacosemia (Finestack et. al, 2022). This suggests that BBC could potentially be possible to use with other populations.
In this trial, the intervention program commences at 6 months corrected age and continues via telehealth up to 12 months' corrected age. The intervention is delivered by a speech pathologist. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) of BBC compared with usual care, will evaluate the efficacy of BBC intervention which is delivered earlier than traditional health service models provide, at a more developmentally appropriate time, and unrestricted by geographical location, for infants born preterm and their families.
The primary goal of this trial is to examine the efficacy of BBC with children born preterm. Additional secondary outcomes include parent compliance, parent views of the trial, and describing the participants with highest attendance. A further exploratory outcome to be measured will include family impact of treatment on depression/anxiety/stress.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Babble Boot Camp | Experimental | Behavioral: Babble Boot CampInfants in the intervention group will be treated through collaboration between a speech pathologist and one (or both, if available) parent. The principles and goals of the intervention are related to the deficits commonly seen in infants born preterm, with individualised strategies to be used in the home to support prelinguistic speech and language skills. |
| Usual Care | No intervention | –Infants enrolled in both groups will receive usual care in the community as it is unethical to withhold care. Typical services include routine medical care, social work support, physiotherapy, occupational, or speech therapy assessments, and referral to local early intervention programs as deemed necessary by the primary medical team. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 6 months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Infants born <32 weeks' gestational age (GA)
- Infants medically stable and not ventilator dependent at recruitment
- Primary language spoken at home is English
- Participants able to attend 6 months of telehealth early intervention
- Infants less than 5.5 months corrected age
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Diagnosis of a chromosomal or genetic anomaly known to affect development,
- Significant hearing and vision loss
- Clefting of the lip or palate
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Intraventricular haemorrhage grade 3 or 4
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Babble Boot CampThe intervention will be delivered by the following method: Weekly 15-minute telehealth sessions with topics around understanding and responding to infant behaviour, promoting development through enhanced parent child interaction and demonstrating intervention activities. Toys will be used to facilitate language development with parents coached on appropriate interactions. During these sessions, the therapist will coach the parent to deliver intervention activities with their infant during daily routines and activities. The parent will record 2-3 short videos of their child to be submitted to the therapist weekly prior to the telehealth session. | Behavioural | Babble Boot Camp |
Primary outcome
Mean difference between arms in the Language ability composite score as assessed by the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test-Fourth Edition (REEL-4)
Time frame: 12-months corrected age (Post-intervention)
The REEL-4 Language ability composite score combines the expressive language and receptive language subtests of the standardized assessment into one score to measure the overall language ability of a participant. The REEL-4 is a standardized assessment using standard scores ranging from 40 to 160, with an average score of 100. Scores are interpreted using standard deviation units of 15 points, meaning scores between 85 and 115 fall within the typical range.
3 secondary outcomes
Mean percentage of parent-submitted videos that include at least one BBC program communication component (BBC Intervention group) [measuring parent compliance]
Time frame: 6-12 months corrected age (Intervention period)
Acceptability of the trial to caregivers using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA)
Time frame: 12-months corrected age (Post-intervention)
Number of participants attending greater than 80 percent of intervention sessions
Time frame: child participant age 6-12 months CA (Intervention period), child participant age 12 months CA (post-intervention)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Sep 2026.
- BackgroundVygotsky, L.S. (1979). The development of higher forms of attention in childhood. Soviet Psychology, 18(1), 67-115. https://doi.org/10.2753/RPO1061-0405180167
- Background: PubMed 36251874Finestack LH, Potter N, VanDam M, Davis J, Bruce L, Scherer N, Eng L, Peter B. Feasibility of a Proactive Parent-Implemented Communication Intervention Delivered via Telepractice for Children With Classic Galactosemia. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 Nov 16;31(6):2527-2538. doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00107. Epub 2022 Oct 14.
- Background: PubMed 24950492Roberts MY, Kaiser AP, Wolfe CE, Bryant JD, Spidalieri AM. Effects of the teach-model-coach-review instructional approach on caregiver use of language support strategies and children's expressive language skills. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2014 Oct;57(5):1851-69. doi: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0113.
- Background: PubMed 40153250Peter B, Finestack L, Loveall S, Thompson L, Bruce L, Scherer N, Stoel-Gammon C, Davis J, Potter N, VanDam M, Eng L, Buckley S. Babble Boot Camp for Infants With Down Syndrome: Piloting a Proactive, Caregiver-Led Intervention Designed to Boost Earliest Speech and Language Skills. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 May 6;34(3):1041-1057. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00271. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
- Background: PubMed 32566130Peter B, Potter N, Davis J, Donenfeld-Peled I, Finestack L, Stoel-Gammon C, Lien K, Bruce L, Vose C, Eng L, Yokoyama H, Olds D, VanDam M. Toward a paradigm shift from deficit-based to proactive speech and language treatment: Randomized pilot trial of the Babble Boot Camp in infants with classic galactosemia. F1000Res. 2019 Mar 11;8:271. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18062.5. eCollection 2019.
- BackgroundLovibond, S. H. (1995). Manual for the depression anxiety stress scales. Sydney psychology foundation.
- Background: PubMed 27817913Spittle A, Treyvaud K. The role of early developmental intervention to influence neurobehavioral outcomes of children born preterm. Semin Perinatol. 2016 Dec;40(8):542-548. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.09.006. Epub 2016 Nov 3.
- Background: PubMed 35263167van Noort-van der Spek IL, Dudink J, Reiss IK, Franken MJP. Early Speech Sound Production and Its Trajectories in Very Preterm Children From 2 to 4 Years of Age. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2022 Apr 4;65(4):1294-1310. doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00388. Epub 2022 Mar 9.
- Background: PubMed 35232455Sekhon M, Cartwright M, Francis JJ. Development of a theory-informed questionnaire to assess the acceptability of healthcare interventions. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 1;22(1):279. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07577-3.
- Background: PubMed 37235746Potter NL, VanDam M, Bruce L, Davis J, Eng L, Finestack L, Heinlen V, Scherer N, Schrock C, Seltzer R, Stoel-Gammon C, Thompson L, Peter B. Virtual Post-Intervention Speech and Language Assessment of Toddler and Preschool Participants in Babble Boot Camp. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Sep 26;67(9S):3327-3339. doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00687. Epub 2023 May 26.
- Background: PubMed 34665663Peter B, Davis J, Cotter S, Belter A, Williams E, Stumpf M, Bruce L, Eng L, Kim Y, Finestack L, Stoel-Gammon C, Williams D, Scherer N, VanDam M, Potter N. Toward Preventing Speech and Language Disorders of Known Genetic Origin: First Post-Intervention Results of Babble Boot Camp in Children With Classic Galactosemia. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2021 Nov 4;30(6):2616-2634. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00098. Epub 2021 Oct 19.
- BackgroundBrown, V. L., Bzoch, K. R., & League, R. (2021). Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (4th ed.). PRO-ED.
- Related InfoLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The de-identified data set collected for the analysis of this trial will be made available analysis and publication of the primary outcome. The following will be made available long-term for use by future researchers from a recognised research institution: Individual participant data that underlie the results reported after anonymisation/deidentification (text, tables, figures and appendices), Trial protocol, Participant Information and Consent Form (PICF), Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), statistical code. Note that the data sharing of de-identified speech and language data is an Optional Consent for participants.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Victoria A Heinlen contact
Angela T Morgan principal investigator
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Babble Boot Camp in people with Premature Infants, run by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute at 2 sites in Australia.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in Australia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Angela T Morgan (+61383416458, angela.morgan@mcri.edu.au), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Mean difference between arms in the Language ability composite score as assessed by the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test-Fourth Edition (REEL-4) (time frame: 12-months corrected age (Post-intervention)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07738224, which also lists 12 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Sep 2026.