Clinical trials: Early Child Development
Pollution; Exposure, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Air Pollution and Development in the Boricua Youth Study
This study seeks to understand the relationship between prenatal maternal air pollution exposure and offspring risk for ADHD and examine two potential -modifiable- mechanisms: prenatal maternal inflammation and offspring sleep…
- Trial name
- NCT05368493
- Testing
- MRI task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
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
School Readiness, School Environment
Every Newborn Reach Up Early Education Intervention for All Children Education (ENREACH) Education
The goal of the project is to assess the scale-up of the program, focusing on improving school readiness among preschool children, enhancing capacity building for parents and teachers, and utilizing a cluster randomized…
- Trial name
- ENREACH-ED (NCT06890156)
- Testing
- ENREACH child-parent-teacher triad
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Early Childhood, Neurodevelopment, Early Childhood, Anthropometry
Environmental Pollutants in Pregnancy - IoMumNEXT
Globally 12.6 million people, including 1.7 million children under the age of 5, die each year from environmental-related illnesses.
- Trial name
- IoMumNEXT (NCT06226311)
- Testing
- Data collection, Diagnostic Test: Urinary
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Access Link for Early Referral and Treatment
Autism Access Link for Early Referral and Treatment [ALERT], the intervention proposed in this application, is a novel state-wide referral and case management platform that PCPs can activate to ensure that a child with suspected…
- Trial name
- Autism ALERT (NCT04861740)
- Testing
- Autism ALERT, Screening Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Child Development
The Effects of Early-life Environmental and Behavioral Factors on Child Growth and Development
The Shanghai Sleep Birth Cohort Study (SSBC) is a prospective observational study investigating the sleep condition of women in their third trimester and children from the age of 42 days to 6 years.
- Trial name
- SSBC (NCT04314466)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Autism
Interactive Massage Intervention in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of a 3-month maternal interactive massage intervention in toddlers aged 18-24 months with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- IMI-ASD (NCT07876245)
- Testing
- Maternal Interactive Massage, Behavioral
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Violence, Gender-Based, Violence, Domestic
Responsible Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Intervention Evaluation
The goal of this stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial is to assess whether a Ugandan community-based intervention for young fathers (ages 18-25 years) of children ages 0-3 years impacts fathers' knowledge, attitudes…
- Conditions
- Violence, Gender-Based, Violence, Domestic, Violence, Sexual, Violence, Physical
- Trial name
- NCT06100679
- Testing
- Responsible Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative
- Where
- 4 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,728 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
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, Child Behavior
Achieving Sustained Early Child Development Impacts at Scale: A Test in Kenya
An estimated 43% of children under age 5 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience compromised development due to poverty, poor nutrition, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Child Behavior, Language, Child
- Trial name
- NCT06140017
- Testing
- Msingi Bora responsive parenting and family wellbeing program
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Healthy
Hair Biomarkers Study
Young children aged 0-4 years may be exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and/or early life adversity (ELA), which are linked with worse physical and mental health across their lifespan.
- Trial name
- HBS-II (NCT07011082)
- Testing
- Stress preventative measures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Attention Skills, Mindfulness
Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Education Program on Preschool Children's Attention Skills
This study examined the effect of the Mindfulness Education Programme on the attention levels of preschool children aged 60-72 months.
- Conditions
- Attention Skills, Mindfulness, Early Childhood Education
- Trial name
- NCT07617129
- Testing
- Mindfulness Education Programme
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Infant Development
A Community Based Implementation of a Toolkit and Parenting Program for Improving Brain Development in Newborns
The investigators propose to develop and test the efficacy of a low cost evidence based toolkit aimed at improving brain development among newborns a rural setting of Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT02290756
- Testing
- Parenting Program, Low cost evidence based toolkit
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Child Development, Child Development Disorder
Every Newborn-Reach Up Early Education Intervention for All Children- a Parent Group Intervention for School Readiness in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tanzania
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of a pre-primary education parent group intervention in children with and without disability in Nepal Bangladesh and Tanzania.
- Trial name
- EN-REACH (NCT06334627)
- Testing
- Pre-Primary Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Bangladesh, Nepal and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,651 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity
Newenkantun: a Play-based Program to Promote Socioemotional Learning in Early Childhood Education in Chile.
What is this study about? This study will test a program called "Newenkantun" (which refers to a hand-strength game in Mapuche culture) designed to help young children develop important social and emotional skills through play…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity, Sleep, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- Newenkantun (NCT07871929)
- Testing
- Teacher Professional Development, Parent/guardian support, Play-Based Activities and Environmental Modifications
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de La Frontera
Infant Health, Child Development
Infant Development and Early Aquatic Stimulation
The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of an aquatic stimulation protocol for infants up to one year of age. The main questions to be answered are: Is the aquatic stimulation program, which involves recruitment…
- Trial name
- NCT07204613
- Testing
- Aquatic stimulation for child development
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri
Child Development Disorder
Craniosacral Therapy Improves Infant Neurodevelopment
Craniosacral exploration and therapy is one of the innovative palpation and treatment techniques in specialized physiotherapy, which can contribute in an efficient, subtle and sudden way to the detection of dysfunctions in the…
- Trial name
- NCT05340049
- Testing
- Academic behavioral intervention of teachers, Therapy sessions
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinica Gema Leon
Maternal Exposure, Health Behavior
Brain Probiotic and LC-PUFA Intervention for Optimum Early Life
Probiotics is suggested to play several roles in promoting health, including alleviating disease symptoms, protection against atopic disease, and modulating the immune system by improving the beneficial gut microbiota…
- Conditions
- Maternal Exposure, Health Behavior, Infant Development, Child Development
- Trial name
- BRAVE (NCT03851120)
- Testing
- Probiotics and LC-PUFA (480 mg DHA), Psychosocial stimulation and healthy eating education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Child Development
Soy Exposure on Bone Development and Gut Microbiota
In this project, the investigators aim to investigate the effects of soy consumption at early life on the development of gut microbiota and bone growth.
- Trial name
- NCT05213780
- Testing
- No intervention is involved
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Child Development, Growth
Health and Early Life Microbiota
The aim of this cohort is to identify environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors that modify the human intestinal microbiota development during the first years of life, and to identify early microbiota features that associate…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Growth, Allergy, Overweight
- Trial name
- HELMi (NCT03996304)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,055 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki