Clinical trials: Communication
Child Behavior, Adolescent Behavior
A Mother's Role in Delaying Onset of Sexual Activity in Her Children
The goal of this study is to enhance the mother's role in promoting avoidance of sexual risks and problem behaviors in 6- to 12-year-old children.
- Trial name
- NCT00060697
- Testing
- Adolescent sexual activity education for mothers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Dyslexia
Evaluation of Speech Rhythm Training in Dyslexic Readers Aged 7 to 9 Years
Studies of dyslexia have shown altered oscillatory activity in the low gamma band (~25-35 Hz) in the left auditory cortex. Neural oscillations around 30 Hz constitute the basic sampling rate of speech, from which the ability to…
- Trial name
- RnDys (NCT05996497)
- Testing
- behavioral measures, Electrophysiological measures, Training 1
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression
Rosie the Chatbot: Leveraging Automated and Personalized Health Information Communication
Rosie the Chatbot is an educational chatbot that moms can have on their computers or cellphones and will work by moms typing in their questions about pregnancy, health, infant milestones, and other variety of health related…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, Infant Development, Infant Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT06053515
- Testing
- Rosie the Chatbot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Language Development Disorders
Kindergarten Children Acquiring Words Through Storybook Reading
Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) are slower to learn new words than their peers, placing them at risk for academic failure.
- Trial name
- KAWStory (NCT03586479)
- Testing
- Interactive storybook reading
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Standing Devices: An Exploratory Study
For children who use a power wheelchair, a powered wheelchair standing device (PWSD) may be considered for daily use. A PWSD allows a child to electronically move between sitting and standing and can be driven in either position.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida
- Trial name
- NCT05117827
- Testing
- Power Wheelchair Standing Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Grand Valley State University
Dyslexia, Special Education
Multiple Family Narrative Therapy for Chinese Families of Children With Dyslexia
The goal of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to develop and to implement a multiple family narrative therapy (MFNT) intervention consisting of parent-child relationships training among Chinese families of children with…
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Special Education, Special Needs Children
- Trial name
- MFNT-CDYS (NCT05949346)
- Testing
- Multiple Family Narrative Therapy (MFNT), School services for families of children with Dyslexia
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Critical Laboratory Values, Drug Laboratory Interactions
Effect of an Automated Paging System on Response to Critical Laboratory Values
Patients in hospitals may develop serious problems that are detected by blood tests. It is very important for the physicians to be notified of these abnormal blood tests as soon as possible.
- Conditions
- Critical Laboratory Values, Drug Laboratory Interactions, Drug Drug Interactions
- Trial name
- NCT00469924
- Testing
- Real Time Clinical Alerting
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 271 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Characterization of (A)Typical Sensorimotor Pathways in Individuals With Autism
The goal of this interventional study is to understand whether sensorimotor skills could represent an endophenotype for autism, i.e.
- Trial name
- MovAUT (NCT07389720)
- Testing
- clinical assessment, Neuropsychological examination, Neurophysiological evaluation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Parent-Child Relations
Parent-child Communication and Health-risk Behavior
Engaging in health-risk behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use put youth at risk for health problems that may compromise their futures and are extremely costly to society.
- Trial name
- MP (NCT02330666)
- Testing
- Mission Possible: Parents & Kids Who Listen
- Volunteers
- 604 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dyslexia, Developmental
Neural Mechanisms of Successful Intervention in Children With Dyslexia
Dyslexia, an impairment in accurate or fluent word recognition, is the most common learning disability affecting roughly ten percent of children.
- Trial name
- NCT04323488
- Testing
- Lindamood-Bell Seeing Stars
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Child Nutrition Disorders
Effect of Behavior Change Communication About Improved Micronutrient Intake on Nutritional Status and Academic Performance of School Age Children in Meskan District, Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia
A cluster randomized controlled trial was chosen to exploit the robustness of this design to help ascertain the efficacy of the BCC intervention compared to the routine dietary practice.
- Trial name
- BCC (NCT02956941)
- Testing
- BCC on Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (ENHAs)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 376 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Education Nursing, Communication Skills
Mobilization of Emotions and Empathy During Communication Training in Nursing Students
Effective communication in healthcare is vital for patient satisfaction, safety, outcomes, and ethical practice, supporting shared decision-making and informed consent.
- Conditions
- Education Nursing, Communication Skills, Ethics Education, Empathy
- Trial name
- AEI-Sim (NCT07340086)
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Stuttering
Genetic Factors Related to Stuttering
Stuttering is an abnormality in speech that affects the rhythm of speech. People who stutter know what they wish to say, but at the time are unable to say it because of involuntary repetition, unnecessary lengthening…
- Trial name
- NCT00001602
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Speech Intelligibility
Speech Intelligibility in Noise Using the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT)
The main purpose of the study is to estimate speech intelligibility in noise. A Norwegian Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) for children will be implemented, and test results for normal hearing (NH) children and adults will be…
- Trial name
- NCT01309503
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Sexual Behavior, Communication
Birds and Bees Research Study
The goal of this efficacy study is to evaluate how different web-based resources affect parents' and children's sexual health knowledge; attitudes, efficacy, intentions, and behaviors about parent-adolescent communication…
- Trial name
- NCT03655951
- Testing
- Web-based resource on adolescent sexual health, Alternate web-based resource on adolescent sexual health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 730 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Motor Delay
Effects of Conventional Physical Therapy With and Without Cuevas Medek Exercises in Developmental Delay
There are several etiologies for developmental delay (DD). One of the main causes of developmental delay is cerebral palsy (CP), which has a variety of clinical characteristics brought on by damage to the developing brain.
- Trial name
- NCT06522451
- Testing
- conventional physical therapy, Conventional physical therapy along with cuevas medek exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity
Early Intervention Based on Neonatal Crawling in Very Premature Infants at Risk For Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Extreme prematurity is constantly increasing according to the World Health Organization. However, methods to train premature infants at risk of disability is sorely lacking. The goal of this project is to overcome this problem.
- Conditions
- Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity, Infant Development, Brain Damage
- Trial name
- Premalocom2 (NCT06027645)
- Testing
- Crawling stimulation with a mini-skateboard (i.e. the crawliskate)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Marianne Barbu-Roth
Intellectual Disability, Intellectual Disability, Mild
Therapeutic Play in Children With Mild Intellectual Disability
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a designed therapeutic play activities program on improving motor adaptive behavior in a sample of Egyptian children with mild intellectual disabilities.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Intellectual Disability, Mild, Motor and Developmental Delay, Motor Delay
- Trial name
- NCT06735482
- Testing
- Therapeutic play program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Beni-Suef University