Clinical trials: Brain Developmental Diseases
Infant Development, Perinatal Stroke
Behavioral Assessment Method Index
The overall goal of this study is to develop and improve assessment methods for children with and without perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAS)/hemiparetic cerebral palsy (HCP).
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Perinatal Stroke, Hemiparesis, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- BAM (NCT07291479)
- Testing
- Non interventional study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Premature Birth
2-Brain Regulation to Achieve Improved Neuroprotection During Early Development
Each year 15 million infants are born preterm (PT). Even without severe comorbidities, they are exposed to sensory stress during the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) stay and are at greater risk of neurodevelopmental problems…
- Trial name
- 2-BRAINED (NCT06659809)
- Testing
- Tele-care video-feedback intervention (TVFI)
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation
Infant Development, Sensory Disorder
The Prechtl's General Movement Assessment, Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination and Sensory Profile-2
In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), infants encounter many sensory stimuli (excessive noise, bright lights, painful medical applications, etc.) that are not present in the uterus.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Sensory Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, Motor Delay
- Trial name
- highrisk (NCT05217199)
- Testing
- Measurements
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Motor Disorders
Combined Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Application for Remote Infant Motor Screening: Development and Validation
The purpose of this study is therefore five-fold: (1) designation of an APP "Baby Go" version 3.0 to include the assessment, follow-up, and education functions for parental use at home, (2) development and validation of the AI…
- Trial name
- NCT06521918
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 242 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
The Rolandic Epilepsy/ESES/Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Correlation With Language Impairment Study
In clinical practice language impairment is frequently reported in association with nocturnal epileptiform activity. There is a spectrum of epileptic conditions that are characterized by nocturnal epileptiform activity.
- Conditions
- Rolandic Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Wave Sleep
- Trial name
- REL (NCT01335425)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Huntington's Disease
HDClarity: a Multi-site Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection Initiative to Facilitate Therapeutic Development for Huntington's Disease
HDClarity will seek at least 2500 research participants at different stages of Huntington's disease (HD). The primary objective is to collect a high quality CSF sample for evaluation of biomarkers and pathways that will enable…
- Trial name
- HDClarity (NCT02855476)
- Where
- 40 sites in United States, Canada and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
Growing up With the Young Endocrine Support System (YESS!)
Transition from paediatric to adult endocrinology is a challenge for adolescents, families and doctors. Up to 25% of young adults with chronic endocrine disorders are lost to follow-up ('drop-out') once the young adult moves out…
- Conditions
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, Growth Hormone Deficiency, Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency
- Trial name
- YESS (NCT04252001)
- Testing
- YESS! game, Snake '97, Transition-toolkit
- Where
- 7 sites in Belgium, Netherlands and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dr. Laura C. G. de Graaff-Herder
Infant Development, Pain, Procedural
Parental Touch Trial (Petal)
This is a two centre two-arm randomised controlled interventional trial. We aim to determine whether parental touch prior to a painful clinical procedure provides effective analgesia in neonates.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Pain, Procedural, Parents
- Trial name
- Petal (NCT04901611)
- Testing
- Parental touch
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group
Traumatic Brain Injury
Growth Hormone and Insulin Growth Factor 1 Deficiencies in Children/Adolescents Following Traumatic Brain Injury: The Impact on Growth and Neuropsychological Development
The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between growth hormones, and recovery from a TBI - traumatic brain injury. It is believed that a TBI may interfere with the body's ability to produce growth hormones.
- Trial name
- NCT00929045
- Testing
- Growth Hormone Replacement
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Effects of Acute Exercise on Motor Learning and Brain Activity in Children With DCD
The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of an acute intense physical exercise bout on the learning ability of children with typical motor development (TD) and children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
- Trial name
- ExLeBrainDCD (NCT05936372)
- Testing
- Acute intense aerobic exercise
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Nacional d'Educacio Fisica de Catalunya
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Brain Imaging in Babies Study
The aims of the BIBS Study The Brain Imaging in Babies study (BIBS) aims to improve understanding of how a baby's brain develops from before birth, up until 3-4 years of age.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Conditions, COVID-19
- Trial name
- BIBS (NCT04443179)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 790 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
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
Autistic Disorder
Motor Learning and Brain Changes in Autism
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine whether a video-game based motor training can affect postural stability, daily living skills, autism symptoms, and white matter microstructure of the corticospinal tract in…
- Trial name
- NCT02358317
- Testing
- Video Game Motor Training, Sedentary Video Game Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Hearing Loss
Hearing and Brain Development Cohort in Children and Adolescents
This bidirectional observational cohort study aims to establish a Hearing and Brain Development (HBD) cohort in children and adolescents with hearing loss across different hearing management pathways, including hearing aid…
- Trial name
- HBD-Cohort (NCT07625462)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Williams Syndrome, Duplication
Defining the Brain Phenotype of Children With Williams Syndrome
Background: Little is known about how the brain changes during childhood and adolescence, how genes affect this process, or how the brains of people with 7q11.23 genetic variation change during this period.
- Trial name
- NCT01132885
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mitochondrial Pathology
Transgenerational Metabolic-Immune Biomarkers of Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The study involves up to 5 visits for a fasting blood draw, behavioral assessments, and/or questionnaires. Other samples may be collected when appropriate. This study is currently recruiting.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mitochondrial Pathology, Epilepsy, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT04322734
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
French Minds Cohort: a French Longitudinal and Multimodal Cohort of Patients With Major Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls
The goal of this study is to learn whether people living with severe psychiatric disorders can be grouped into more homogeneous subgroups, across usual diagnostic categories, based on two key dimensions: social withdrawal and…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP), Bipolar Disorder (BD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD
- Trial name
- FRENCH-MINDS (NCT07881016)
- Testing
- 3T Brain MRI, Biological Sampling, Clinical, Cognitive and Digital Assessments
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation FondaMental
Cerebral Palsy, Prematurity
Best Practices Fo Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy
In this research, the investigators are using an implementation science approach to enhance the uptake of a clinical practice guideline for earlier diagnosis of cerebral palsy (i.e.
- Trial name
- CP (NCT06537622)
- Testing
- Implementation group, Standard of care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Healthy Children, Preterm Birth
Executive Training and Brain in Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily executive training to cognitive inhibition, working memory or mindfulness as compared to an active control condition has a near- and far-transfer impact on brain and…
- Trial name
- APEX (NCT02989116)
- Testing
- Inhibition training, Working memory training, Mindfulness training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen