Clinical trials: Neurodevelopment
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Sleep Disorder
Exercise Intervention for Sleep in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
There is a long-standing assumption that physical activity is an effective, non-pharmacological approach to improving sleep quality and quantity.
- Trial name
- NCT04416789
- Testing
- Exercise programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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
Cerebral Palsy Infantile
Outcome of Very Preterm Infants With Glucose Level Disturbances
The hypothesis of this prospective, cohort study is that hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia and unstable glucose levels in the first seven days of life in infants born very preterm and at very low birth weights can harm long-term…
- Trial name
- NCT03530189
- Testing
- 10% dextrose, bolus of dextrose, reducing the glucose infusion, insulin
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Rijeka
Premature Birth
Effectiveness of Music Therapy on the Development of Preterm Neonates
Pragmatic, randomized controlled clinical trial with blinding of the evaluator, performed in order to estimate the effectiveness, six (6) months after hospital discharge, of music therapy on the intra-hospital evolution and…
- Trial name
- EMT-DRNP (NCT02948491)
- Testing
- Music therapy
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Manuela Beltrán
Neonates and Preterm Infants, Neonates or Premature Babies
Prospective Study of the Feasibility of Brain Connectivity Imaging by Functional Ultrasound Imaging (fUS) in Newborn Infant
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) affect how the brain develops and can lead to lifelong difficulties with movement, learning, behavior, and thinking.
- Trial name
- CONEXUS (NCT06940713)
- Testing
- Imaging Time
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Fullterm Birth, Neonate
Assessment of Autonomic Maturation in Neonatal Period and Early Neural Development From a Longitudinal Prospective Cohort
The heart rate variability assessment of the sympathetic-parasympathetic balance is a strong analytical tool in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) physiology, at each end of life.
- Conditions
- Fullterm Birth, Neonate, Prematurity
- Trial name
- AUBE (NCT00951860)
- Testing
- Autonomic Nervous System activity
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Oral Feeding Outcomes, Neurodevelopment Outcome
Impact of Hospital to Home: Optimizing Preterm Infant Environment for Surgical Neonates and Their Parents (H-HOPE)
Infants born with congenital defects may require major surgery in the neonatal period. These infants are at risk for neurodevelopmental impairments.
- Trial name
- H-HOPE (NCT07372898)
- Testing
- H-HOPE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Pollution; Exposure, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Air Pollution and Development in the Boricua Youth Study
This study seeks to understand the relationship between prenatal maternal air pollution exposure and offspring risk for ADHD and examine two potential -modifiable- mechanisms: prenatal maternal inflammation and offspring sleep…
- Trial name
- NCT05368493
- Testing
- MRI task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Obesity, Childhood, Cognition
NiPPeR Randomised Trial - Child Follow Up Study
There is an increasing focus on the need to optimise nutrition, lifestyle and metabolism of parents before and during pregnancy and of the infant after birth, but as yet there is limited understanding of the specific influences…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Cognition, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- NiPPeR Child (NCT05934422)
- Testing
- Intervention (Study Nutritional Drink), Control (Standard Nutritional Drink)
- Where
- 3 sites in New Zealand, Singapore and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Preterm Birth
Environmental Enrichment Intervention and Brain Development in Preterm Infants
This study aims to evaluate the effects of a structured environmental enrichment (EE)-based early developmental intervention on brain, motor, and cognitive outcomes in preterm infants.
- Trial name
- PRE-ENV (NCT07343505)
- Testing
- Standard Developmental Care, Environmental Enrichment-Based Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Hypoxia
Fetal Cerebrovascular Autoregulation in Congenital Heart Disease and Association With Neonatal Neurobehavior
Determine 1) the impact of abnormal fetal cerebrovascular physiology with neurodevelopmental delay (ND) outcomes and 2) how this relationship is modified by patient and environmental factors such as chronic congenital heart…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Hypoxia, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Complex Congenital Heart Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05767385
- Testing
- Single Arm, Neonatal Neurobehavioral Scale
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Down Syndrome
Modulation of the Immune System in Down Syndrome for Improved Outcomes and Neurodevelopment - 1
This protocol describes a phase 2, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial for Janus kinase (JAK) inhibition in Down syndrome (DS).
- Trial name
- MISSION-1 (NCT07598643)
- Testing
- Tofacitinib Oral Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Gender Role Disorder, Male to Female Type
Gender-specific aEEGs and Outcome in Preterms
Background and objectives: Male sex is a risk factor for poor neurodevelopmental outcome following preterm birth. The investigators aimed to investigate gender-related differences in amplitude-integrated electroencephalography…
- Trial name
- NCT01562236
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Microcephaly, Mental Retardation
Neurodevelopment Outcome of Newborns Exposed to Zika Virus (ZIKV) in Utero
This prospective cohort study will determine the natural history of fetal exposure to Zika virus (ZIKV) and its effects on the fetus and newborn with emphasis on neurodevelopment outcome.
- Trial name
- ZENI (NCT02943304)
- Testing
- Symptomatic pregnant women with positive RT-PCR ZIKV in serum or urine, or a positive serologic test specific for ZIKV
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 284 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
White Matter Abnormalities, Nonspecific, ADHD
Predicting the Outcome of ADHD in White Matter Injure Neonates With Multi-modality MRI
The goal of this bidirectional observational cohort study is to investigate the longitudinal relationship between neonatal white matter injury (WMI) and the subsequent development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
- Conditions
- White Matter Abnormalities, Nonspecific, ADHD, Neurodevelopment Outcome
- Trial name
- NCT07836244
- Where
- 9 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 348 people
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
Transient Hypothyroxinemia of Prematurity
Neurodevelopmental Impact of Treatment in Hypothyroxinaemia of Prematurity.
Nowadays, taking care of preterm birth is associated with an important increase in survival. This increased survival comes with impairment in neurodevelopmental outcomes in long term evaluation.
- Trial name
- NEO-TYR (NCT06346236)
- Testing
- L-thyroxine at a dose of 7.5 µg/kg/d for THOP, THOP without treatment, NoTHOP
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Early Childhood Development, Infant Development
Understanding Early Development of Infants and Toddlers
The goal of this observational study is to analyze early development in infants and young children from a biopsychosocial perspective, with a particular focus on cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive…
- Conditions
- Early Childhood Development, Infant Development, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT07418528
- Testing
- Psychological developmental assessment
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bartosz M. Radtke
Developmental Delay
Mirror Neuron Network Dysfunction as an Early Biomarker of Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Background: People show changes in brain activity when they watch other people do actions. This may be part of early social and communication skills.
- Trial name
- NCT03307317
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Premature Infant
Bonding Quality and Gene Expression in Fullterm Infants Compared to Late Preterm Infants and Preterm Infants With Early Skin to Skin or Visual Contact
Recent research has identified differences in the quality of mother-child interaction and gene expression of six key molecules involved in stress response and neurobehavioral development in preterm infants (born <32 weeks of…
- Trial name
- NCT03366285
- Testing
- Attachment story completion taks (ASCT)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cologne
Premature Birth
A Family-Centered Intervention Program for Preterm Infants: Effects and Their Biosocial Pathways
Four hypotheses will be tested in this study: 1. The intervention group performs better in child, parent and transactions outcomes than the control group throughout the follow-up period. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT01807533
- Testing
- Family-centered intervention program, Usual care intervention program
- Where
- 3 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 275 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital