Clinical trials: Child Behavioral Health
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Adherence in Children and Technology (eACT)
Fifty-eight percent of children with new-onset epilepsy do not take their antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) as prescribed, which is associated with continued seizures, mortality, poor quality of life, and high healthcare costs.
- Trial name
- eACT (NCT03817229)
- Testing
- Education microlearning sessions, Automated digital reminders, Problem-solving mHealth module
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 268 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Parenting, Language Development
The Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a family wellness program enhances child and parenting outcomes among Latino dual language learners entering Kindergarten and their families.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Language Development, Literacy, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05760573
- Testing
- Family Wellness Program (FWP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 396 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Video-conferencing FACT for Young Children With Special Needs
Objective: This RCT evaluates the efficacy of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) delivered via videoconferencing for parents of special needs children, targeting reducing parental stress (primary outcome), symptoms…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Specific Learning Disorder, Communication Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT06262646
- Testing
- Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Control Group
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation, Smoking Cessation
PROS Brief Smoking Cessation Counseling in Pediatric Practice to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure of Young Children
The investigators' long-term goal is to improve the quality of services targeting the prevention of secondhand smoke (SHS). Their specific aims are to: refine components of office systems and counseling interventions for parental…
- Trial name
- NCT00135213
- Testing
- training in smoking cessation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Pediatric Pain, Anxiety
PURSUIT: A Technologically Augmented School-based Program to Improve Child Coping and Prevent Substance Use.
The study investigators aim to test an online support platform for Michigan youth aged 8-18 years enrolled in elementary, middle, or high school and their parent/caregiver.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Pain, Anxiety, Mood, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07266740
- Testing
- PURSUIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
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)
Physical Inactivity, Child Behavior
ACTIBESE Project - Active Behaviour in School Education
The ACtive BEhaviour in School Education (ACTIBESE) project aims to assess and intervene in Chilean schoolchildren's active behaviours by examining the influence of personal, interpersonal, and school factors.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Child Behavior, Family Support
- Trial name
- ACTIBESE (NCT06362655)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Stress, Depression
Stress Management Intervention for Mothers of Children With Cancer
To explore maternal biological (activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and behavioral (smoking, sleep behavior, exercise and alcohol use) pathways of intervention-related decreases in inflammation.
- Trial name
- CTC (NCT02022449)
- Testing
- Stress management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Oral Health, Child
Testing Preliminary Effectiveness of a Training to Support CHWs Outreach on Dental to African American Caregivers
Two arm study, experimental and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of African American youth via their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescents, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT05511935)
- Testing
- professional development training for CHWs on dental health (GRIN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Understanding the Role of Gender Inequality and Food Insecurity on Maternal and Child Health
To pilot test a group intervention for newly married women and their households to improve nutrition, pregnancy and delivery knowledge, and intrahousehold communication
- Trial name
- K01 (NCT04383847)
- Testing
- Sumadhur Aarambha
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Evaluation of Oral Needs of Children With Disorder Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
There is little accurate data in the literature at present on oral problems of hyperactive children, especially regarding care needs that would justify an assumption oral specific.
- Trial name
- NCT01106768
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Health Behavior
Effect of Social Accountability on Improving Service Delivery and Outcomes in the Public Sector in Uttar Pradesh, India
In several low and middle-income countries, Social Accountability (SA) interventions have been introduced as an innovative approach to governance, aiming to improve delivery of public services.
- Trial name
- D0168 (NCT02879708)
- Testing
- Information Only, Information and Facilitation
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 105,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Development, Child, Mindfulness
Social Emotional and Ethical Development (SEED)
The objectives of the present study are to (1) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness in implementing teachers' training on mindfulness and developing their competency in delivering the Social, Emotional, and Ethical…
- Conditions
- Development, Child, Mindfulness, Mental Well-being
- Trial name
- NCT06122844
- Testing
- Social, Emotional, and Ethical Development (SEED) curriculum
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Obesity
Competency Based Approaches for Community Health 2
One-size-fits-all approaches have failed to demonstrate sustained effects on childhood obesity, especially among low-income minority families, who experience constantly changing barriers to engaging in health behavior.
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT04971044)
- Testing
- COACH, School Readiness Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rare Diseases
FACE for Children With Rare Diseases
Children with ultra-rare or complex rare diseases are routinely excluded from research studies because of their conditions, creating a health disparity.
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT04855734)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered (FACE) pACP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Health Education, Community, Diet, Food, and Nutrition
Change in Child-feeding Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices With Nutrition Education Mass Media in Ghana
Optimal infant and young child feeding practices are largely inadequate in rural and poor households in Ghana. Child welfare clinics (CWCs) focus on immunization, supplementation, and growth monitoring and promotion (GMP)…
- Conditions
- Health Education, Community, Diet, Food, and Nutrition, Malnutrition, Infant Nutritional Sciences
- Trial name
- NCT02800564
- Testing
- Active mass media approach, Passive mass media approach
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada, Ghana
- Volunteers
- 689 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Mental Health, Violence Against Children
Hope Groups: Parenting and Mental Health Among Refugees in the Middle East
This research is testing if 'Hope Groups' -- a psychosocial, mental health, parenting strengthening, and violence prevention support group program -- work to help Palestinian caregivers displaced by war.
- Trial name
- NCT07506421
- Testing
- Hope Groups
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 490 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Depression, Anxiety, Anger
Advancing Family Wellbeing Through a Massive Open Online Intervention: The LightBEAM Program
Early childhood is a critical period for developmental outcomes, and the parent-child relationship plays a vital role in shaping cognitive and social development.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Parenting, Stress Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT07026838
- Testing
- The Light Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM) Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
HIV Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Improving Uptake of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV for the Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
Early accurate diagnosis is one of the first crucial steps in care for infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) relies upon early diagnosis and results in significant reductions in…
- Trial name
- SMS4PMTCT (NCT01433185)
- Testing
- Text message
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 388 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Idiopathic Toe Walking
The Effect of Serial Casting and Physical Therapy in Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking
Children who continue to walk on their tiptoes after developing a heel-toe gait normally are diagnosed with idiopathic toe walking (ITW).
- Trial name
- NCT06010485
- Testing
- Serial Casting, Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital