Clinical trials: Children With Disabilities
Refractive Error, Visual Impairment
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study
The Baltimore Reading and Eye Disease Study (BREDS) is a two year study to determine the prevalence of vision problems in an early school age population with reading difficulty.
- Conditions
- Refractive Error, Visual Impairment, Convergence Insufficiency, Reading Disabilities
- Trial name
- BREDS (NCT02607384)
- Testing
- Eyeglass wearing, Orthoptic exercises, Specialist referral
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Laughter Yoga, Intellectual Disability
Laughter Yoga's Impact on Parental Stress, Burnout, and Self-Efficacy
The present study aims to investigate the effects of laughter yoga on stress levels, burnout, and parental self-efficacy among parents of children with intellectual disabilities.
- Conditions
- Laughter Yoga, Intellectual Disability, Parents, Burnout
- Trial name
- NCT07119164
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Obesity, Prader-Willi Syndrome
Increased Expression of Adiponectin Receptor 2 in the Mononuclear Cells in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome
The inflammatory process is involved in the pathogenesis of obesity. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic model of syndromic obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT00800852
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Child Development Disorders
A Longitudinal Study of Function and Participation in Life Activities of Patients With Developmental Disabilities
A Longitudinal Study of Function and Participation in Life Activities of Patients with Developmental Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT02930603
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Down Syndrome, Child Obesity
HomeGrown: A Family-based Lifestyle Intervention to Support Healthy Development of Young Children With Down Syndrome
The goal of this project is to evaluate an adapted health promotion program, HomeGrown, designed to improve the health of young children with Down syndrome by supporting families in making healthy home environmental changes.
- Trial name
- HomeGrown (NCT07296861)
- Testing
- The HomeGrown, Waitlist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Down Syndrome
Oral Language in Children With Down Syndrome
The objective of this research is to verify the language of children with Down syndrome concerning lexical, syntactic and semantic aspects using MLU.
- Trial name
- NCT00952354
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Developmental Disabilities, Psychological Wellbeing
90SecondParent Wellbeing: Weekly Health Letters for Parents of Children With Developmental Disabilities
Parents of children with developmental disabilities (DD) consistently report significant psychological distress, a vulnerability amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic due to intensified caregiving demands and reduced access to…
- Conditions
- Developmental Disabilities, Psychological Wellbeing, Parental Wellbeing
- Trial name
- NCT07869251
- Testing
- 90SecondParent Wellbeing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Global Developmental Delay
Design and Implementation of a Carer Aromatherapy Training (CAT) Program for Children With Global Developmental Delay in Hong Kong: A Mixed Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Framework
This project aims to design and implement a Carer Aromatherapy Training (CAT) program, guided by the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behaviour (COM-B) model, to empower carers with safe and effective aromatherapy…
- Trial name
- CAT programme (NCT07800689)
- Testing
- Carer Aromatherapy Training (CAT) program and home massage with massage oil with the mixture of Petitgrain Mandarin (Citrus reticulate) essential oil and fractionated coconut oil
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Prader Willi Syndrome, Obesity
Correlation of Hyperghrelinemia With Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by childhood-onset obesity and endocrine dysfunction that leads to cardiovascular disability and early death within the first 3 decades of life.To assess the…
- Trial name
- NCT00474643
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pediatric Sleep Apnea
Ambulatory Polysomnography in Neurodiverse Children: Feasibility, Quality, and Satisfaction
Laboratory polysomnography is the gold standard for objective sleep measurement. With hospital waiting times becoming increasingly long, outpatient polysomnography seems a good solution.
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pediatric Sleep Apnea, Periodic Leg Movements, Excessive, Sleep-Related, Polysomnography
- Trial name
- NCT06966973
- Testing
- Polysomnograpy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 563 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UPNOS
Stress, Social Anxiety
Animal Assisted Activities on the Stress and Social Anxiety
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the effects of animal-assisted activities on the stress and social anxiety levels of physically disabled children.
- Conditions
- Stress, Social Anxiety, Disabling Disease, Animal Communication
- Trial name
- NCT04845100
- Testing
- Animal Assisted Activity Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Şeyma Demiralay
Developmental Dyslexia, Developmental Coordination Disorder
Functional MRI Study in Children With a Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and/or Developmental Dyslexia (DD)
All the studies underlined the high frequency of co-morbid associations in specific learning disorders. Understanding the reasons for these associations could enable us to determine the cerebral bases that underlie each disorder.
- Trial name
- FMRI-DCD-DD (NCT02393729)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment, MRI Study
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Intellectual Disability
Verbal Intent and Gaze Cues on Action Prediction in ASD
A 2×2×3 mixed design (intent word × object type × group: TD, ASD, ID) was used. Age-matched children watched videos and judged which object a model would pick; their choices and eye movements were recorded.
- Trial name
- NCT07597694
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Parental Burnout, Caregiver Burnout
Mindfulness for Mothers of Children With Disabilities
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an eight-week mindfulness-based teleintervention in improving quality of life, parental burnout, self-compassion, and stress level in mothers of children with…
- Trial name
- NCT05620368
- Testing
- Mindfulness and Compassionate Living Course (MCLC), Usual care intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Autistic Disorder
Associative Memory in Adults With an Autism Spectrum Disorder
The objective of this multidisciplinary project is to explore the deficit of associative memory in ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) that could result from abnormal brain connectivity.
- Trial name
- MEM-T2A (NCT02279680)
- Testing
- Electroencephalography, Neuropsychological assesments
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Down Syndrome
Functional Communicative Profile of Children With Down Syndrome
The aim of this study was to verify the use of communicative functions by children with DS in two interaction conditions: interaction with therapist and interaction with parent.
- Trial name
- NCT00844259
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Learning Disorders, Executive Dysfunction
Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder
In recent years, significant progress has been made on ways to improve Executive Functions (EF) skills for school readiness involving direct EF training and classroom educational programs.
- Trial name
- NCT05476133
- Testing
- Executive functions training-elementary and Promoting executive function in in the classroom
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria 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
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delay
Improving Autism Screening With Brain-Related miRNA
The goal of this project is to identify specific miRNAs that are increased or decreased in the saliva of children with developmental delay and are useful for screening toddlers for ASD.
- Trial name
- NCT02712853
- Testing
- Saliva collection, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-II Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Parenting, Parent-Child Relations
The Families and Middle School Success Project
The purpose of the proposed research is to conduct an efficacy trial of the Family Check-Up (FCU) Online to prevent emotional and behavioral disorders among middle-school students at-risk for disability during the transition back…
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Self-regulation, Problem Behavior in School
- Trial name
- FMSS (NCT05400564)
- Testing
- Family Check-Up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon