Clinical trials: Brain Development
Dystonia, Pediatric
Quantifying Motor Network Dynamics to Predict and Enhance Outcomes in Pediatric Dystonia
The goal of this study is to understand the development and progression of childhood dystonia, a movement disorder, in children.
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Pediatric, Deep Brain Stimulation, Motor Development
- Trial name
- NCT07325175
- Testing
- DBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Parenting, Child Development
Evaluating a Strengths-based Community-grounded Intervention
Structural inequities and historical underinvestment in marginalized communities create developmental contexts that constrain access to high-quality education, healthcare, stable housing, and other critical resources.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Child Development, Brain Development, Household and Family
- Trial name
- NCT06701240
- Testing
- ParentChild+, FamilyNutrition+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Assessing Intellectual and Motor Outcomes in High-risk Infants
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition when a baby has a brain injury that affects their movement and muscle tone. Some people with CP can have other developmental issues, like learning impairments, but many do not and have isolated…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy (CP), Cerebral Palsy Children, High-risk Infants
- Trial name
- AIM-High (NCT06857539)
- Where
- 4 sites in Ireland
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability
Early Institutionalization Intervention Impact Project
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of early intervention (placement into foster care, and a caregiving training) on physical, cognitive, social and brain development and psychiatric symptomatology in children…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability, Behavioral and Neural Patterns of Attention, Brain Function
- Trial name
- EI-3 (NCT04165746)
- Testing
- Foster Care, Caregiving Intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Early Child Brain Development
Enhancing the Ongoing ECD Scale-up Programme (Saving Bangladeshi Babies Brain (SB3) in Bangladesh
Background (brief): 1. Burden: Globally 250 million children under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their full potential due to poverty, malnutrition, and lack of a stimulating environment. 2.
- Trial name
- ECD SB3 (NCT07472699)
- Testing
- Psychosocial stimulation, Combined
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Epilepsy, Migraine
Clinical Applications of High-Frequency Oscillations
The objective of this study is to utilize high-frequency brain signals (HFBS) to localize functional brain areas and characterize HFBS in epilepsy, migraine, and other brain disorders.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Migraine, Headache, Pain
- Trial name
- HFOs (NCT00600717)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Child Development, Motor Skills
Motor-Focused Exercise and Brain Development in Preschool Children
This study will test whether a structured motor-focused exercise program can improve both brain function and gross motor skills in preschool children.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Motor Skills, Neurodevelopment, Brain Function
- Trial name
- MoBraD (NCT07307742)
- Testing
- Motor-Focused Physical Education, Ordinary Physical Education
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Growth & Development, Brain
A First-ever Research Collaboration to Characterize MRI Measured Neural Flexibility Development in Chinese Toddlers
The overall objective is to characterize the developmental characteristics of MRI measured neural flexibility, as an index of cognitive flexibility, in Chinese toddlers (32 to 42 months old).
- Trial name
- NCT04916652
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Cortical Development Malformation, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonnance Imaging
Normative Brain Volume Profiles From Multicenter Fetal MRI
Fetal brain MRI is an essential diagnostic tool to inform parents about the prognosis of abnormalities detected on routine ultrasound.
- Conditions
- Cortical Development Malformation, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonnance Imaging, Brain Cortical Thickness, Prenatal Diagnosis
- Trial name
- MULTINORMFET (NCT06081036)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,423 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Acquired Brain Injury, Development, Child
COgnitive REhabilitation in Pediatric Patients with ABI, from Vegetative State to Functional Recovery
Acquired brain injuries (ABI) represent one of the most important cause of disability and mortality during the pediatric age, also in the western Countries.
- Trial name
- COREABI (NCT04499092)
- Testing
- Personalized Neuropsychological treatment (CORE-ABI), Sequential Neuropsychological treatment (SET-ABI)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Brain Development, Behavior Disorders, Child
The Brain Mechanism of Social Emotion and Communication in Infants Aged 0 to 6 Years
This study explores the relationship between brain development and infants' social emotion and communication ability, as well as the role of genetic factors and maternal exposure during pregnancy (e.g., environmental exposures…
- Conditions
- Brain Development, Behavior Disorders, Child, Intellectual Developmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05040542
- Testing
- maternal exposure during pregnancy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,001 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
T1DM, Brain Development
Brain Health and Development With T1DM
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is typically diagnosed in childhood and over time can lead to complications affecting the retina, heart, kidneys, peripheral nerves, and more recently appreciated, the brain.
- Trial name
- NewT (NCT03335878)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 290 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Premature Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Childhood Outcomes of Preterm Brain Abnormalities
Prematurely born children are at higher risk of cognitive impairments and behavioral disorders than full-term children. There is growing evidence of significant volumetric and shape abnormalities in subcortical structures of…
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Brain Development Abnormality, Brain Lesion
- Trial name
- NCT03410810
- Testing
- MRI, Neurodevelopmental/Neuropsychological Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Development, Child, Executive Functions
Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children
How to optimally stimulate the developing brain is still unclear. Executive functions (EF) exhibited substantially stronger far transfer effects in children who learned to play a musical instrument than in children who acquired…
- Conditions
- Development, Child, Executive Functions, Interventions, Music
- Trial name
- ORBIT (NCT05912270)
- Testing
- Orchestra in Class
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Twin Brain Development
Early Brain Development in Twins
The purpose of this study is to study the role of genes and environment in early brain development using a twin approach. The investigators will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study brain structure and it's relationship…
- Trial name
- NCT01409746
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brain Injuries, Brain Development Abnormality
Evaluating the Efficacy of SyMRI in Clinical Pediatric Populations
Synthetic MR Technologies has created a quantified imaging solution - SyMRI - to enable radiologists to acquire quantified images and always obtain the best contrast images.
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Brain Development Abnormality, Brain Pathology
- Trial name
- SyMRI (NCT03494855)
- Testing
- SyMRI Software
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children