Clinical trials: Brain Developmental Diseases
Premature Birth
Early Intervention in Preterm Infants: Short and Long Term Developmental Outcome After a Parental Training Program
Preterm infants, during their stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), face a period of stressful environment, which may negatively impact early brain development and subsequent neurobehavioral outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02983513
- Testing
- Early Intervention
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome
Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns
Early Check provides voluntary screening of newborns for a selected panel of conditions. The study has three main objectives: 1) develop and implement an approach to identify affected infants, 2) address the impact on infants and…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X - Premutation, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT03655223
- Testing
- Confirmatory Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Biomarkers Associated With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Loss of cognitive function after major surgery is a significant risk in older people. It can occur acutely in the days after surgery as delirium or in months to years later as a persistent reduction in brain function termed…
- Conditions
- Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT05464355
- Testing
- Intraoperative electroencephalography recording, Neurofilament light chain measurement, Tau protein measurement
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cerebrovascular Accidents
Development of a Refined Version of the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement Scale for Stroke Patients
We will employ modern test theory (i.e., Rasch model) to refine the Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement instrument (STREAM), which will be called the refined version of the STREAM, R-STREAM).
- Trial name
- NCT00173810
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Concussion, Brain
Development of a Concussion Management Platform for Children and Youth
This multi-centred, randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot tested mobile device Application built to guide youth in recovery from concussion.
- Trial name
- Back2PlayApp (NCT05471791)
- Testing
- Back2Play App
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Loss of Chromosome 18q, Growth Hormone Deficiency
Growth Hormone and Chromosome 18q- and Abnormal Growth
We, the investigators at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, want to learn if height and IQ (intelligence quotient) scores are improved by growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with chromosome 18…
- Trial name
- NCT00134420
- Testing
- Nutropin AQ, Arginine and Clonidine Stimulation Testing, Growth Factors Laboratory Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Cerebral Palsy Children, Motor Disabilities
Implementing Powered Mobility in Early Childhood Settings for Children With Cerebral Palsy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a therapist training program can help providers in Part C Early Childhood Settings use powered mobility (PM) with young children who have cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Function…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy Children, Motor Disabilities, Developmental Disability, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT07220590
- Testing
- Therapist Training on Powered Mobility Implementation, Powered Mobility Intervention for Child-Caregiver Dyads
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Cerebral Palsy, Growth
Predictive Models of Weight and Height for the Evaluation of the Growth of Children and Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent disability in children. The vast majority of these patients are malnourished. In this population, there are practical difficulties to perform a nutritional and growth assessment which…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Growth, Child
- Trial name
- NCT03303755
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 388 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Brain-Computer Interface-based Programme for the Treatment of ASD/ADHD
This project involves creating a novel and personalised BCI training system that targets social and communication difficulties, and inattentive symptoms problems often found in ASD/ADHD children.
- Trial name
- ASDBCI (NCT02618135)
- Testing
- Intervention Group, Control Group
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Alzheimer's Disease
Online Caregiver Psychoeducation and Support for Alzheimer's
This study is piloting an internet-based intervention to provide support for caregivers of VA patients with Alzheimer's disease or related memory difficulties (ADRD).
- Trial name
- NCT00416078
- Testing
- caregiver website support, caregiver brief supportive phone calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Cerebral Palsy
WittyChildren - Advanced Technology for Response Time Evaluation in Children Affected by Developmental Disorders
The WittyChildren project aims to evaluate the response to visual stimuli in terms of reaction times and movement execution using advanced instruments.
- Trial name
- NCT07240740
- Testing
- The WittySEM system, in addition to simultaneously allowing the evaluation of the movement associated with the execution of the task, also provides for an active and "play-like" involvement of the sub
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Oxytocin Brain Project
The main goal of the study is to look at the effects of intranasal oxytocin on the brain in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Oxytocin is a hormone that exists naturally in the body and the brain, affecting a wide range of social…
- Trial name
- NCT03033784
- Testing
- 8 International Units (IU) of Oxytocin, 24IU of Oxytocin, 48IU of Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Stroke
Evaluation of Vibration-based Wearable Upper Limb Rehabilitation Device
The investigators will perform a pilot 4-week at home study with 48 individuals with stroke and 10 therapists working with stroke patients to examine the feasibility and effect of a wearable focal muscle vibration device on upper…
- Trial name
- NCT04698369
- Testing
- Vibration Massage Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Dwarfism, Pituitary
Predictive Markers in Chinese Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) Children Treated With Saizen®
This is an open-label, prospective, multicentric, non-comparative, non-randomized Phase IV interventional study in which subjects pre-diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) were treated for 4 weeks with Saizen to compare…
- Trial name
- NCT01187550
- Testing
- Recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH)
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II)
Lysosomal Storage Disease: Health, Development, and Functional Outcome Surveillance in Preschool Children
Hypothesis: Children diagnosed with a lysosomal disease will exhibit developmental, adaptive, and behavioral strengths and difficulties depending upon 1) biomedical risk factors (i.e.
- Conditions
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS I), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III (MPS III), Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (MPS VI)
- Trial name
- NCT01938014
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Stuttering/ Developmental
The Effect of the Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on the Speech Fluency Enhancement
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of concurrent transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fluency training in adults with developmental stuttering.
- Trial name
- NCT03990168
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, fluency intervention/ Delayed Auditory Feedback
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
Invasive PreNatal Diagnosis in a Context of Family History of Single-gene Disorders, Including, Sickle Cell Disease
Development of Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis for Single Gene Disorders
Cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) is present in the maternal blood from the early first trimester of gestation and makes up 5%-20% of the total circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal plasma.
- Conditions
- Invasive PreNatal Diagnosis in a Context of Family History of Single-gene Disorders, Including, Sickle Cell Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fragile X Syndrome
- Trial name
- DANNIgene (NCT06147414)
- Testing
- Blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Traumatic Brain Injury, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Score Predicting Lesion Development on CT Following Mild TBI
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the most common reasons behind emergency department (ED) visits. A small portion of mTBI patients will develop an intracranial lesion that might require neurosurgical intervention.
- Trial name
- SELECT-TBI (NCT04995068)
- Testing
- Head CT to determine presence of traumatic intracranial lesion
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Stroke
Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Web-supported Programme of Constraint Induced Therapy Following Stroke (LifeCIT)
When a person has had a stroke they often lose their confidence, motivation and the ability to move one arm and hand. Recent research has shown that intensive exercise assists recovery of movement, but people are often…
- Trial name
- NCT01350453
- Testing
- LifeCIT, Standard Care
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Cerebral Palsy
Game-Based Rehabilitation Platform for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Acquired Brain Injuries
This research project focuses on the evaluation of an engaging exercise and cognitive computer game-based platform and embedded assessment tools for use in clinical practice and its transition to use in the home, and elementary…
- Trial name
- NCT02728375
- Testing
- computer game based rehabilitation protocol, Conventional therapy protocol
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
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