Clinical trials: Neurological Development
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
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
Down Syndrome
Efficacy Assessment of Systematic Treatment With Folinic Acid and Thyroid Hormone on Psychomotor Development of Down Syndrome Young Children
Evaluation of the following in very young children with Down syndrome: the efficacy of systematic treatment with L-thyroxine at controlled doses (clinically and by ultrasensitive thyreostimulating hormone (TSH) assay), the…
- Trial name
- ACTHYF (NCT01576705)
- Testing
- thyroid hormone and folinic acid
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Jerome Lejeune
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD; also referred to as specific language impairment) experience a significant deficit in language ability that is longstanding and harmful to the children's academic, social, and…
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT06026124
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Specific Language Impairment
Accelerating Word Learning in Children With Language Impairment
This research attempts to adapt and optimize a word learning treatment, specifically interactive book reading, for use with Kindergarten children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI).
- Trial name
- NCT01829360
- Testing
- Treatment (interactive book reading, dialogic reading, shared book reading)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Hypofibrinogenemia, Afibrinogenemia
Human Fibrinogen Concentrate in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
The goal of the study is to determine whether the use of Human Fibrinogen Concentrate (RiaSTAP) will decrease blood loss and the need for component blood therapy in neonates and infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Conditions
- Hypofibrinogenemia, Afibrinogenemia, Bleeding Disorders
- Trial name
- RiaSTAP (NCT02822599)
- Testing
- RiaStAP, Saline
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital f/k/a Miami Children's Hospital
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading II
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD; also referred to as specific language impairment) experience a significant deficit in language ability that is longstanding and harmful to the children's academic, social, and…
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT07048392
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, EEG With Periodic Abnormalities
Safety and Efficacy of tPBM for Epileptiform Activity in Autism
For this study, the proposed intervention will be noninvasively delivered near infra-red (NIR) light - transcranial Photobiomodulation (tPBM) - to the brains of autistic children with abnormal EEGs with epileptiform discharges or…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, EEG With Periodic Abnormalities, Epilepsy, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- tPBM (NCT06352372)
- Testing
- noninvasively delivered near infra-red (NIR) light - transcranial Photobiomodulation (tPBM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Richard Frye
Developmental Language Disorder
Maximizing Outcomes for Preschoolers With Developmental Language Disorders
The objective of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Enhanced Milieu Teaching-Sentence Focus (EMT-SF) intervention, implemented by caregivers and interventionists, relative to a control condition enrolling 108…
- Trial name
- NCT03782493
- Testing
- the Enhanced Milieu Teaching-Sentence Focus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Depression, Anhedonia
Anhedonia, Development, and Emotions: Phenotyping and Therapeutics
The goal of the ADEPT Study is to understand anhedonia in young people and how it changes based on treatments targeting the brain circuit underlying it.
- Trial name
- ADEPT (NCT05487885)
- Testing
- Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), Positive Affect Training, Ketamine Injectable Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Erika Forbes
Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia
Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) and Bimanual Training (HABIT) in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
A randomized control trial of bimanual training. The protocols have been developed at Columbia University to be child friendly and draws upon our experience since 1997 with constraint-induced movement therapy in children with…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia, Children, Pediatric
- Trial name
- NCT00305006
- Testing
- Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT), Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Teachers College, Columbia University
Developmental Language Disorder
The Effect of Prior Learning on Treatment of Morpheme Errors
This is a small-scale treatment study designed to determine which teaching methods result in the best learning. Treatment focuses on helping children with a developmental language disorder learn parts of grammar.
- Trial name
- NCT05953077
- Testing
- Conversational recasting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
PTEN Gene Mutation, PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
RAD001 and Neurocognition in PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
Phosphatase and TENsin homolog (PTEN) gene germline mutations are associated with a spectrum of clinical manifestations characterized by neurocognitive deficits, intellectual disability, autism symptomatology, skin lesions…
- Trial name
- NCT02991807
- Testing
- RAD001
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Osteoarthritis, Cancer Pain
Protocol to Monitor the Neurological Development of Infants With Exposure in Utero From Birth to 15 Months in Tanezumab Clinical Studies
A4091065 is a multicenter, prospective, cohort study with enhance physical an neurodevelopmental surveillance to characterize the outcomes related to the development of infants up to the age of 15 months who were potentially…
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Cancer Pain, Recurrent Low Back Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03031938
- Testing
- Investigational medical product (IMP) administered in parent study
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Intellectual Disability, Autism
Enhancing Genomic Laboratory Reports to Enhance Communication and Empower Patients
Current lab reports are designed to communicate results from the laboratory to the provider; they are not designed to be accessible to patients.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Autism, Multiple Congenital Anomalies
- Trial name
- NCT02504502
- Testing
- enhanced genomic report
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Anxiety
HIRREM Developmental Study
The purpose of this study is to explore the functional and physiological effects associated with the use of High-resolution, relational, resonance-based, electroencephalic mirroring (HIRREM), as supplemental care, for symptoms of…
- Conditions
- Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Hot Flashes
- Trial name
- NCT02709369
- Testing
- HIRREM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delay
Can Novel Telemedicine Tools Reduce Disparities Related to Early Identification of Autism
In this study, the investigators are trying to find new ways to screen for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children. The investigators want to see if people like pediatricians can screen children for ASD while a…
- Trial name
- NCT03847337
- Testing
- Telehealth-Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers (STAT), Telehealth-Autism Spectrum Disorder-Pediatrics (ASD-PEDS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Transition-age Youth, Developmental Disabilities
Evaluation of Project TEAM (Teens Making Environmental and Activity Modifications)
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which Project TEAM (Teens making Environment and Activity Modifications) is an effective, socially valid, and feasible intervention that prepares youth with developmental…
- Conditions
- Transition-age Youth, Developmental Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Autism
- Trial name
- ProjectTEAM (NCT02714868)
- Testing
- Project TEAM, Matched Comparison
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Angelman Syndrome, Nervous System Diseases
Dietary Supplements for the Treatment of Angelman Syndrome
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a complex genetic disorder that affects the nervous system. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of certain dietary supplements in treating the symptoms of AS.
- Trial name
- NCT00348933
- Testing
- Betaine, Creatine, Metafolin
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego