Clinical trials: Childhood
Childhood Obesity
Translational Investigation of Growth and Everyday Routines in Kids
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of severe obesity on physical activity, sedentary behavior and cardiometabolic risk factors during childhood and adolescence and whether these associations are modified by…
- Trial name
- TIGER Kids (NCT02784509)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Pregnancy
Kansas University DHA Outcome Study (KUDOS) Follow-Up
This is a continuation study to KUDOS (NCT00266825). The purpose of this study is to follow-up with participants on the original study to determine if the effects of increasing DHA intake during pregnancy increase cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT02487771
- Testing
- DHA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Susan Carlson, PhD
Lymphoma
Combination Chemotx in Treating Children or Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Stg III or Stg IV Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of combination chemotherapy is most effective for lymphoblastic lymphoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00004228
- Testing
- asparaginase, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine
- Where
- 176 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 393 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Lymphoma
Busulfan, Melphalan, and Thiotepa in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Hodgkin's or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Chemotherapy, such as busulfan, melphalan, and thiotepa, may destroy cancerous blood-forming cells (stem cells) in the blood and bone marrow.
- Trial name
- NCT00238433
- Testing
- filgrastim, busulfan, melphalan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia
Combination Chemotherapy, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Post Transplant Cyclophosphamide for Hematologic Cancer
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy before a donor bone marrow transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT00134017
- Testing
- Busulfan, Cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 142 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Cataract
Loteprednol vs Prednisolone for the Treatment of Intraocular Inflammation Following Cataract Surgery in Children.
The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery for childhood cataract.
- Trial name
- NCT01475643
- Testing
- Loteprednol etabonate, Prednisolones acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people
- Sponsor
- Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
Caries, Dental, Health Behavior
Interactive Parent-Targeted Text Messaging in Pediatric Clinics to Reduce Caries Among Urban Children
This is a randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a parent-targeted text message-based intervention program on caries incidence and oral health behaviors (child and parent).
- Trial name
- iSmile (NCT03294590)
- Testing
- OHT Parent targeted text messages, CWT Parent targeted text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 754 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Spinal Muscular Atrophy 1
Gene Transfer Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate safety and efficacy of intravenous delivery of AVXS-101 as a treatment of spinal muscular atrophy Type 1 (SMN1).
- Trial name
- NCT02122952
- Testing
- AVXS-101
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Gene Therapies
Development Delay, Development, Child
The Opening Doors to Early Intervention Study
Poor urban minority children often experience delays in their early development leading to health disparities. Publicly funded early intervention services are available to improve child development among these children in…
- Trial name
- ODEI (NCT03625115)
- Testing
- Family Navigator (FN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 357 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Selective Depletion of CD45RA+ T Cells From Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Grafts From HLA-Matched Related and Unrelated Donors in Preventing GVHD
This phase II trial is for patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or chronic myeloid leukemia who have been referred for a peripheral blood stem cell transplantation to treat…
- Conditions
- Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia, Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage, Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT02220985
- Testing
- Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine Phosphate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance
Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise in Adolescents With Hepatosteatosis
This is a research study about how short-term exercise intervention affects adolescents with a disease called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
- Conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance, High Intensity Interval Training, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04342390
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Overweight, Obese
Ideas Moving Parents and Adolescents to Change Together (IMPACT)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has sponsored a consortium of four sites across the United States, entitled Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research…
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT01514279)
- Testing
- HealthyCHANGE, SystemCHANGE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, Lung Metastases
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Lung Metastases
This pilot clinical trial studies intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in treating younger patients with lung metastases.
- Conditions
- Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, Lung Metastases, Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma, Previously Treated Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT01586104
- Testing
- intensity-modulated radiation therapy
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Childhood Aggression
Intuniv vs Placebo in the Treatment of Childhood Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Children with explosive aggression are often rejected by their peers, placed in special classroom, and contribute to family discord. When psychotherapy and family therapy is unsuccessful, medications are often used.
- Conditions
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Childhood Aggression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02048241
- Testing
- Parent Management Training, Intuniv
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Ovarian Cancer
Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant for Germ Cell Tumors
RATIONALE: Germ cell tumors (GCT) are highly sensitive to chemotherapy such that even with metastatic disease at diagnosis, many patients can be cured.
- Conditions
- Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Ovarian Cancer, Teratoma
- Trial name
- NCT00432094
- Testing
- carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric, Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting
Acupressure in Controlling Nausea in Young Patients Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy
RATIONALE: Acupressure wristbands may prevent or reduce nausea and caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether standard care is more effective with or without acupressure wristbands in controlling acute and delayed…
- Conditions
- Central Nervous System Tumor, Pediatric, Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
- Trial name
- SCUSF1202 (NCT01346267)
- Testing
- Real Acupressure Band
- Where
- 25 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 187 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia
Donor Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant and Donor Natural Killer Cell Transplant After Total-Body Irradiation, Thiotepa, Fludarabine, and Muromonab-CD3 in Treating Patients With Leukemia or Other Blood Diseases
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor peripheral blood stem cell and donor natural killer cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune…
- Conditions
- Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00450983
- Testing
- muromonab-CD3, natural killer cell therapy, fludarabine phosphate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Recurrent Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Chemoimmunotherapy With Epratuzumab in Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
This Phase II trial is studying how well giving epratuzumab together with an established chemotherapy platform works in treating young patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Trial name
- NCT00098839
- Testing
- L-asparaginase, doxorubicin hydrochloride, therapeutic hydrocortisone
- Where
- 46 sites in United States, Australia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Chronic Uveitis
Multi Center Prospective Registry of Infliximab Use for Childhood Uveitis
The primary objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of infliximab for the treatment of persistent uveitis in children.
- Trial name
- NCT00589628
- Testing
- infliximab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Egla C. Rabinovich
Childhood Traumatic Grief, Post Traumatic Stress
Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-focused CBT in Tanzania and Kenya
The primary goal is to study the effectiveness of Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in treating traumatic grief and traumatic stress for orphaned children and young adolescents in two East African sites with…
- Conditions
- Childhood Traumatic Grief, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT01822366
- Testing
- Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Kenya and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,280 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University