Clinical trials: Child Development
Child Development
School-Based Mental Health Effectiveness Study
This study involves efforts to advance the science of prevention in early childhood mental health in low-resource communities. Investigators will assess the effectiveness, practical implementation strategies, and underlying…
- Trial name
- NCT04383327
- Testing
- ParentCorps-Professional Development (PD), T-Wellness
- Where
- 2 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,444 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Pregnancy, Child Development
Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Prenatal Fatty Acid Supplementation
The purpose of the study is to test whether nutritional supplementation during pregnancy is associated with 1) improved maternal health during pregnancy; 2) improved infant birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes, and 3) whether…
- Trial name
- NAPS (NCT02647723)
- Testing
- DHA, Sugar pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Development, Child
Snacks, Smiles and Taste Preferences
The research study is designed is to determine whether children's acceptance of low sugar snacks, most preferred level of sweet and salty taste, and dietary intake of added sugars changes after repeated exposure to snacks lower…
- Trial name
- NCT03631992
- Testing
- Low Sweet, Regular Sweet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Parenting, Child Development
Room to Grow Evaluation for Children
This research project is a small-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative program based in New York City called Room to Grow (RtG).
- Trial name
- RTG (NCT04226053)
- Testing
- Parenting, Child Development
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Covid19, Intellectual Disability
Supporting the Health and Well-being of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disability During COVID-19 Pandemic
The primary goal of this project is to identify the best messaging and implementation strategies to maximize SARS-CoV-2 testing for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their teachers to help ensure…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, Child Development Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04565509
- Testing
- Standard Messaging, Enhanced Messaging, COVID-19 Testing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Language Development, Behavior, Child
Literacy Promotion for Latinos Study
This study tests the extent to which tailored outreach text messages that provide a cue to action and an intervention that enhances access to poverty-reducing resources, in combination with standard primary care literacy…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Behavior, Child, Parenting, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT04609553
- Testing
- Usual care including ROR, Text messages, Connection to community resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 662 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Obesity, Infant, Language Development
Music and Child Health and Development
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Infant, Language Development, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05868811
- Testing
- Music Together, Play Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Depression, Child Development
Healthcare Providers as Trusted Messengers to Increase Receipt of Tax Credits Among Low-income Families
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of healthcare provider referrals to a tax filing app within parent-child health programs to test whether such referrals can increase receipt of…
- Conditions
- Depression, Child Development, Stress, Physical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05612685
- Testing
- Healthcare provider referral to a tax filing app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Child Development
Added Sugar Intake and Brain Structure and Function
The purpose of this study is to learn if there is a relationship between added sugar intake during pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood and the brain's structure and function at 5-6 years old.
- Trial name
- GAINS BRAINS (NCT06640829)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Services to Enhance Social Functioning in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders
The purpose of this study is to test a novel, three-part cognitive behavioral treatment strategy to improve social functioning in adults with autism spectrum disorder.
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04788537
- Testing
- Training to Understand and Navigate Emotions and Interactions (TUNE In)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Child Development
Effects of Early Community Services on Child and Family Development
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effects on early child development of early community services, including a brief nurse home visiting program.
- Trial name
- NCT04019977
- Testing
- Nurse Home Visiting Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Autistic Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Food Effect of RO6953958 in Healthy Participants
This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single- and multiple-ascending doses (SAD (Part 1) and MAD (Part 2)) and food effect (FE) of RO6953958 following oral…
- Conditions
- Autistic Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Mental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04475848
- Testing
- RO6953958, Midazolam
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Language Development Disorders, Down Syndrome
Strategies for Teaching Verbs
This study is designed to evaluate whether children with Down syndrome and children with typical development exhibit different levels of accuracy demonstrating novel verbs taught under three conditions: semantic cues (perform…
- Conditions
- Language Development Disorders, Down Syndrome, Child Language
- Trial name
- NCT03441685
- Testing
- Semantic cues (perform action), syntactic cues (sentence frame), or combined semantic and syntactic cues
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Physical Activity, Fundamental Motor Skills
An Intervention to Improve Motor Skills in Young Children
The goal of "PLAY" is to adapt and test a developmentally appropriate intervention delivered on a mobile app to parents, with the goal of teaching fundamental motor skill (FMS) proficiency to their preschool-aged children (ages 3…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Fundamental Motor Skills, Development, Child, Self-regulation
- Trial name
- PLAY (NCT03901300)
- Testing
- Fundamental Motor Skills App, Unstructured Physical Activity App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Early Child Development
Testing Means to Scale Early Childhood Development Interventions in Rural Kenya
This study aims to experimentally test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of competing models of delivery of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) intervention in rural Kenya to determine how to maximize their reach to…
- Trial name
- NCT03548558
- Testing
- Group sessions, Group+Home sessions, Booster sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Risk Assessment, Online Intervention
Early Childhood Outside (ECO) - Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Outdoor play is important for children as it can promote healthy social and physical development, emotional well-being, self-confidence, risk management and overall physical activity.
- Conditions
- Risk Assessment, Online Intervention, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT04624932
- Testing
- RR Digital Tool, Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 563 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Parenting, Development, Child
Pathways for Parents After Incarceration Feasibility Study
The purpose of this study is to learn how to better support fathers and their families after incarceration. It will test an intervention that promotes healthy development for children of previously incarcerated fathers and the…
- Conditions
- Parenting, Development, Child, Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04525703
- Testing
- Pathways for Parents after Incarceration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Child Development
Antibiotic Resistance and Microbiome in Children Aged 6-59 Months in Nouna, Burkina Faso
The use of antibiotics has saved millions of human lives, however consumption of antibiotics can select for antibiotic resistant organisms and may lead to changes in commensal microbiome.
- Trial name
- ARMCA (NCT03187834)
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Amoxicillin, Cotrimoxazole
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Child Development, Developmental Disabilities
Testing the Effectiveness of Telephone-based Early Childhood Developmental Screening
The purpose of this research study is to test the effectiveness of telephone-based early childhood developmental screening and care coordination, compared to usual care in a primary care pediatrics clinic.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Ambulatory Care, Screening
- Trial name
- NCT02495025
- Testing
- Telephone-based developmental screening and care coordination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Child Development
Early Literacy Promotion Intervention
This study is testing the effects of early literacy promotion compared to standard literacy promotion at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
- Trial name
- ELPI (NCT02713659)
- Testing
- Early Literacy Promotion, Standard Literacy Promotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia