Clinical trials: Infant Developmental Assessment
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
MRI Assessment of Lung Airways in Cystic Fibrosis: Evaluate MRI's Ability to Detect Changes in Airway Structure .
This study is being done to determine whether MRI can produce high quality lung and airway images in healthy and CF patients and if MRI can be used to evaluate size and shape of the airways with computer assistance.
- Trial name
- UTE Airway MR (NCT07454681)
- Testing
- Advanced ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI - Ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging is a technique that can quickly capture the fast-decaying 1H lung signal., Multiple Breath Wash out (MBW)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
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
Premature Infant Disease
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of White Noises and Parental Voices As Protectors Against Noise Damage in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The goal of this Randomized Controlled Trial is to test the efficacy of listening to white noises and parental voices against environmental noise damage in premature babies admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
- Trial name
- NCT06150404
- Testing
- White Noises and Maternal and/or Paternal voices
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Medically Complex Infants
Effects of Medical Complexity Using GMA on Lurie Children's In- and Outpatients
The purpose of this study is to research a new type of test for cerebral palsy that can be performed earlier, at 10-15 weeks of age (after the due date for premature infants).
- Trial name
- CIMA (NCT01659710)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Raye Ann deRegnier
Excessive Crying, Prolonged Pain
Assessment of Prolonged Pain in Infants With Excessive Crying: Contribution of Infrared Thermal Imaging - The NEOTHERM Pilot Study
NEOTHERM is a multicenter, prospective, observational pilot study examining whether infrared thermal imaging (ITI) can contribute to the assessment of prolonged pain in infants with excessive crying.
- Trial name
- NEOTHERM (NCT07693179)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Denis
Craniostenosis
Multimodal Mechanical, Tissue, Architectural, and Histological Evaluation of the Bone and Sutures of the Parietal Bone in an Infant With Craniosynostosis.
The human skull is a complex structure that protects the underlying tissues, including the brain. Certain rare conditions and diseases, such as craniosynostosis-which affects 1 in 2,000 to 2,500 children-impair these functions…
- Trial name
- CRANIOMECA (NCT07650981)
- Testing
- Biological sample, bones sample and questionaires.
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Preterm Infant, Feeding Behavior
A Cue-based Developmental Approach Toward the Preterm Infants During Feeding Transition Period
The coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing during the transition from gavage to oral feeding is a challenge for preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, Feeding Behavior, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT03755999
- Testing
- The premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Stress
Efficacy of Healing Touch in Stressed Neonates
The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether or not Healing Touch therapy (HT) helps to treat the stress of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Trial name
- NCT00034008
- Testing
- Healing Touch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Healthy, Infant
Infant s Examination and Manipulation of Objects
This study will explore how babies become able to use their experience with objects to plan to manipulate them appropriately. For example, an adult knows that picking up a grocery bag full of canned food requires different…
- Trial name
- NCT00053469
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Sepsis Newborn, Motor Development
Late-onset Sepsis and Development
Neonatal sepsis is classified as early-onset and late-onset sepsis. Early-onset sepsis occurs within the first 72 hours after birth and is associated with a mortality rate of 10-15%.
- Conditions
- Sepsis Newborn, Motor Development, Sensory Integration Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06884969
- Testing
- Test of Sensory Function in Infants, Peabody Motor Development Scale-2
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nigde Omer Halisdemir University
Image Evaluation
Development of a MR Scanner Capable of Being Sited in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This study investigates a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system designed by GEHC for imaging viable neonate and infant populations.
- Trial name
- Firefly (NCT02232009)
- Testing
- 3.0 T Neonatal MRI Scanner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Pregnancy, Infant Development
Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation
MIHOPE is a multi-state study of home visiting programs authorized under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.
- Trial name
- MIHOPE (NCT02069782)
- Testing
- Home visiting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,232 people
- Sponsor
- MDRC
General Anesthetics Toxicity, Neurodevelopment
Neurodevelopment of Infants Exposed to General Anesthesia: a Multi-center Investigation
Numerous preclinical evidence has confirmed that most commonly-used general anesthetics can affect neurodevelopment of young animals adversely, causing both structural defect of brain and cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- General Anesthetics Toxicity, Neurodevelopment, Infant
- Trial name
- GENIUS (NCT03629093)
- Testing
- General Anesthetics
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Healthy
Followup of Infants Fed Non-routine Infant Formula
The purpose of this study is to compare physical development of infants fed one of three study formulas.
- Trial name
- NCT00665938
- Testing
- Infant formula
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mead Johnson Nutrition
Other Preterm Infants
Impact of Preterm Body Composition at Discharge on 2 Years Neurological Development (ASQ Evaluation)
Neonatal nutritional management consists in reproducing miming uteri growth kinetic. Since the seventies, NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) strategy consists in a high proteidic input (apport) supposed to allow optimal…
- Trial name
- EPIPOD (NCT01450436)
- Testing
- Peapod assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Periventricular Leukomalacia
Evaluation of Long-Term Gait Development in Infants With Neonatal Encephalopathy Using Infant Treadmill
There have been many studies on the use of running training in older children to improve gait development in children with cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Periventricular Leukomalacia, Intraventricular Hemorrhage Neonatal, Bilirubin Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- NCT03534466
- Testing
- Baby treadmill, Conventional physical rehabilitation training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Malnutrition, Paediatric Failure to Thrive
Development and Evaluation of a New Infant Nutrition Screening Tool
A large number of children experience undernutrition related to or resulting from their illness. The NHS has recently published standards which state that all patients should be screened for undernutrition on admission and…
- Trial name
- iNEWS (NCT03323957)
- Testing
- nutritional screening tool
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Language Development
Do Video Materials Help Parents to Support Infant Development?
The aim of this project is to assess whether video materials from the BBC Tiny Happy People (THP) campaign are effective in terms of improving the language skills of socioeconomically disadvantaged children before they start…
- Trial name
- NCT04919343
- Testing
- BBC Education Tiny Happy People videos, Physical health control intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 435 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Autism
Clinical Evaluation of Integrative Practices Units Infant and Child Care for Unit Children With Typical or Atypical Autism (AUTISM)
The research project is part of the evaluation of the therapeutic approaches in mental health. Its framework infant and juvenile units that have developed "integrative devices," taking into account recent advances in knowledge…
- Trial name
- AUTISM (NCT02154828)
- Testing
- Integrative practices
- Where
- 21 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Perinatal Stroke
Baby Brain Recovery Study
This study will be a longitudinal multiple-visit observational study, done to identify possible bioindicators of recovery and repair of motor corticospinal pathways which may be targeted by future interventions in infants with…
- Trial name
- NCT05013736
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Behavioral Assessments, Non invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison