Clinical trials: Communication Disorder, Childhood
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
Stuttering, Adult, Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder
Efficacy and Tolerability of Ecopipam in Adults With Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering).
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of ecopipam in reducing stuttering symptoms. It is hypothesized that ecopipam effectively reduces stuttering symptoms as measured on the SSI-IV…
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Adult, Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder, Speech Disorders, Language Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT02909088
- Testing
- Ecopipam 50mg, Ecopipam 100mg
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Gerald Maguire, MD
Childhood Obesity
Talking About Weight With Families: An Innovative Educational Strategy
Tools are limited to help health care professionals and parents talk about weight-related issues with their paediatric patients and children, respectively.
- Trial name
- NCT03664492
- Testing
- Educational whiteboard video
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Neuropsychiatric Disorder, Neurological Disorder
Studying Childhood-onset Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders
Background: Many psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental disorders are genetic. This means that they tend to run in families. Some begin in childhood, while others do not appear until adulthood.
- Conditions
- Neuropsychiatric Disorder, Neurological Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT01778504
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 237 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Pediatric Obesity, Childhood Obesity
Impact of a Playful Family Education Strategy With ICT on Childhood Obesity Prevention
The goal of this non-randomized clinical controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of a playful family education strategy reinforced by the use of communication technologies in childhood obesity.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT06486493
- Testing
- Conventional treatment, Playful Family Education Strategy, Reinforced Playful Family Education Strategy
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Social Phobia
Treatment of Childhood Social Phobia
This 4-year study will compare the long-term effectiveness of behavioral treatment, fluoxetine (Prozac®), and placebo for treatment of social phobia in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00043537
- Testing
- Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children (SET-C), Fluoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Autistic Disorder of Childhood Onset With Full Syndrome
Impact of Sports Activity on Pragmatic Skills of Children
To investigate the effects of structured physical exercises/outdoor sports on social interaction/communication skills of children with Autism in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT04593576
- Testing
- Physical activity protocol/out door sports, Intensive table teaching speech therapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Selective Mutism, Anxiety Disorder of Childhood
VR Homework Exercises for Selective Mutism Treatment
Selective mustism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that manifests in childhood. Children with Children with SM do not speak in certain social situations where this is expected of them.
- Trial name
- NCT06882629
- Testing
- 'Speaking at school, a matter of doing' combined with VR homework exercises
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Luuk Stapersma
Schizophrenia, Learning Disorders
Learning and Executive Function Disorders in Children and Psychosis Risk at Adult-age
The primary objective of the study aims to study transition toward schizophrenia in patients with learning disorders, and to compare the risk between patients with specific learning disorders, and patients with complexed learning…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Learning Disorders, Executive Function Disorders
- Trial name
- DYS FUTURS UHR (NCT04280367)
- Testing
- Standardised semi-structured talk, Autistic spectre disorder screening, Anxiety measuring
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Enhancing Early Language and Cognitive Development in Toddlers Through a Culturally Adapted Home-based Parent Intervention
Home-Based Language and Cognitive Intervention for Arab Toddlers in Israel
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, home-based program designed to improve language and cognitive development in Arab toddlers in Israel.
- Trial name
- CAHBI-T (NCT07233525)
- Testing
- Culturally Adapted Parent-Implemented Intervention, Child Health Education Sessions
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Early Childhood Developmental Disability (Disorder)
Enhancing Social Communication and Emotional Development in Under 5 Children
In the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the conversation has shifted from the complexity of ensuring decrease in infant mortality to that of holistic wellbeing of children from conception onwards by ensuring…
- Trial name
- NCT04541069
- Testing
- Social Communication and Emotional Skill Development (SCESD) module
- Volunteers
- 2,004 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh
Autism Spectrum Disorder
How Simplified Language Affects Comprehension and Learning in Young Autistic Children
The long-term study goal is to experimentally evaluate the components (and likely active ingredients) of early language interventions for young children with ASD.
- Trial name
- PALS (NCT05707923)
- Testing
- Linguistic simplification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Reading Disability
Executive Function in Early Childhood
Despite the fact that a substantial number of school age children struggle with both reading and math acquisition, the brain mechanisms of the overlapping aspects of reading and math skills, thought in part to be linked via…
- Trial name
- NCT03713125
- Testing
- Reading Tutoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Rapid Syllable Transition (ReST) Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children
This study will investigate the feasibility of applying the Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) protocol in children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, considering the scarcity of evidence in the context of Brazilian…
- Trial name
- ReST-SSD (NCT07636031)
- Testing
- Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Aline Mara de Oliveira
Predisposition, Genetic, Cancer Childhood
EXOme Rare Cancers in Children (EXOCARE)
Other than high-dose radiation and previous chemotherapy, few strong risk factors have been identified as causes of childhood cancer.
- Conditions
- Predisposition, Genetic, Cancer Childhood, Development Delay
- Trial name
- EXOCARE (NCT03472807)
- Testing
- Collection of blood sample or saliva, Collection of a tumor sample taken before the participation of the patient in study, Collection of blood sample if tumor sample is not available
- Where
- 27 sites in France, Reunion
- Volunteers
- 169 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorders
Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Therapeutic Approach Using Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback in Children With AFI: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the Ultrax protocol and estimate preliminary effects on articulatory precision, prosody, and speech motor planning.
- Trial name
- PICOS (NCT07087249)
- Testing
- Ultrasound Visual Feedback, Waitlist
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Aline Mara de Oliveira
Cataract
Effect of Mobile Communication on Childhood Cataract Follow-up Adherence
Rigorous and regular follow-up is essential to successful management of childhood cataract, but it is often ignored by parents and especially difficult to be delivered in China, such an average-medical-resource-limited country.
- Trial name
- NCT01417819
- Testing
- Mobile short message service
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 258 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Stuttering, Stuttering, Adult
Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering
The purposes of this study are to 1) investigate potential speech, language, and psychosocial contributions to the experience of stuttering in monolingual and multilingual speakers, and to 2) evaluate interdisciplinary…
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Stuttering, Adult, Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering, Developmental
- Trial name
- NCT05908123
- Testing
- The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Undernutrition
Impact Evaluation of the WFP-Implemented Nutrition Program in Malawi
The goal of this evaluation is to assess the impact of a 3.5 year, World Food Program (WFP) supplemental child feeding and nutrition services program in reducing stunting and improving linear growth in children from 6 through 24…
- Trial name
- NCT02985359
- Testing
- Nutributter, Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC)
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 556 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood
Speech Processing in Stuttering
This research is being done to better understand stuttering, specifically how people who stutter may process and/or produce speech.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering, Adult
- Trial name
- NCT04929184
- Testing
- Speech and non-speech tasks
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan