Clinical trials: Early Childhood
Healthy
Effect of Professional Development in Science
This trial is a randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a nine-month-long professional development program to improve early childhood educators' and carers' self-efficacy for science approaches…
- Trial name
- NCT05559294
- Testing
- Professional Development of Early Childhood Education and Care Staff for Science, Education and care as Usual (ECAU)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- UCL University College, Denmark
Childhood Obesity
PROGRESS for the Primary Prevention of Early Overweight in Low-income, Rural Families
The Parent Responsiveness Optimized: Growth, Regulation, Eating, Sleep, and Soothing (PROGRESS) study is a randomized clinical trial designed to prevent early childhood overweight among rural, low-income families participating in…
- Trial name
- PROGRESS (NCT07823582)
- Testing
- Sleep-Soothe-Play Responsive Parenting, Parent-Child Communication, Parental Mindfulness
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Child Development
Zambia Infant Cohort Study - Brains Optimized for Surviving and Thriving
Children exposed to HIV in-utero but uninfected (CHEUs) number 14.8 million globally. In Zambia, an estimated 56,000 CHEUs are born annually, a staggering fraction of the national birth cohort.
- Trial name
- ZICS-BOOST (NCT05119959)
- Testing
- ECD intervention for CHEUs, Usual care for CHEUs
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 469 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Families Moving Forward Bridges: An Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With PAE With or At-risk for FASD
This is an unblinded, feasibility study of an adapted positive parenting intervention to be carried out in a small sample (n=12 dyads) of young children with FASD and their primary caregiver in King County, WA.
- Trial name
- NCT06935461
- Testing
- Families Moving Forward Bridges
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Language Development, Screen Time
Screen Time and Language Development in Toddlers Assessed With the Bayley-4
This cross-sectional study investigated whether caregiver-reported daily screen time is associated with language development in toddlers aged 12 to 42 months, measured with the Bayley-4.
- Conditions
- Language Development, Screen Time, Child Development
- Trial name
- Leave blank (NCT07731386)
- Testing
- Daily Screen Media Exposure, Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Fourth Edition (Bayley-4)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kayseri City Hospital
Early Childhood Caries (ECC)
Zirconia Crowns Versus Extraction of Primary Anterior Teeth
Severely mutilated anterior primary teeth in preschool children are frequently managed by extraction. However, premature loss of anterior primary teeth has been associated with adverse functional, developmental and psychosocial…
- Trial name
- NCT07719478
- Testing
- Zirconia Crown, Extraction
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Passant Nagy
Anxiety Disorders
Kidpower Camp - Structured Games or Playgroup
Clinically significant anxiety affects 20% of preschoolers and can become chronic, leading to depression, substance abuse, school-drop out and even suicide.
- Trial name
- NCT04960813
- Testing
- Structured games, Playgroup
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 158 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Mental Health, Self Care
Impact of Psychosocial Support Web-Based Toolkit
At times of crisis, early childhood development (ECD) workers, and schools/centers play an important role in the lives of children in the early childhood stage (less than 8 years old) and their parents; they are intended to act…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Self Care, Performance Enhancement
- Trial name
- NCT07289594
- Testing
- MHPSS Web-Based Toolkit
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arab Resource Collective
Early Childhood Caries (ECC), Color Stability of Restoration
Evaluation of Silver Diamine Fluoride, Sodium Fluoride With Casein Phosphopeptide-Amorphous Calcium Phosphate(MI Varnish) and Dycal to Arrest Caries When Used in Indirect Pulp Capping Procedures in Children
Early childhood caries is a serious public health issue often neglected and goes untreated having detrimental effects on the child and their family. Hence, multiple teeth are affected with dental caries approaching close to pulp.
- Conditions
- Early Childhood Caries (ECC), Color Stability of Restoration, Caries Arrested, Caries,Dental
- Trial name
- SDF (NCT07893756)
- Testing
- Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF, 38%) gel, Sodium Fluoride with CPP-ACP (MI varnish), Calcium Hydroxide (CH)
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Jazan
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Reproducibility and Accuracy of a Portable System for Early Detection of Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors
The clinical trial compares the reproducibility and accuracy of cardiac tonometry-based portable systems that may detect early cardiac dysfunction (SphygmoCor® Xcel and Oscar 2™ ambulatory blood pressure monitor) at home and in…
- Trial name
- NCT05138991
- Testing
- Echocardiogram Recording, Questionnaire Administration, Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delay
Exploratory Trial of a Pediatric Web-Based Care Planning Guide
Infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities or delays use early intervention (EI) for rehabilitation services. Yet, poor quality of EI services is pervasive, particularly for racially and ethnically diverse and socially…
- Trial name
- PROSPECT+ (NCT06458959)
- Testing
- PEM+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 223 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dental Caries
Preventing Caries with Silver Diamine Fluoride
Background: Early childhood caries (tooth decay, ECC) affected 55% 5-year-old Hong Kong children, and 70% of these children had gross destruction of the upper anterior teeth with negative long-term impacts on health and quality…
- Trial name
- NCT04399369
- Testing
- SDF, NaF
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 688 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
HIV
Measuring the Impact of Integrating Maternal and Newborn HIV Testing With Childhood Immunization Services
This randomized evaluation measured the impact of two levels of support for the integration of infant and postpartum maternal HIV testing with routine immunization services in Southern Zambia on the number of postpartum maternal…
- Trial name
- NCT02479659
- Testing
- HIV testing commodity reinforcement, Policy reinforcement meeting, Opt-out HIV testing for mothers and newborns
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDinsight
Early Childhood Caries
Clinical Efficiency and Child's Behavior of Hall Versus SDF Techniques in the Management of Carious Primary Molar:
This study will compare two non- invasive treatment options: Hall technique and 38% Silver diamine fluoride. Both are methods used to create a more favorable environment without removal of caries leading to the arrest of the…
- Trial name
- NCT04737057
- Testing
- SDF, Hall technique
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo 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
Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Preterm Infant
EMDR Therapy in Preterm-Born Infants With Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms
This study examines a trauma-focused treatment for very young children who were born prematurely and developed post-traumatic stress related symptoms after medical care.
- Trial name
- EMDR-INFANTS (NCT07590778)
- Testing
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) storytelling method
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Tanja Holtackers
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
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study
The MSHS Study is a nationally representative study commissioned by the U.S. Office of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families that will describe the characteristics and experiences of the children and…
- Trial name
- MSHS (NCT03116243)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,404 people
- Sponsor
- Abt Associates
Breast Feeding, Lactation
RELIANCE: Moringa in Lactation and Early Childhood
This study will assess the impact of maternal moringa supplementation to mothers of breastfeeding infants on milk output, milk composition, exclusive breastfeeding duration, and maternal and child health.
- Trial name
- NCT07605091
- Testing
- Moringa Leaf Powder, Carrier
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philip Kern
Child Behavior, Child Behavior Problem
Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate a self-concept intervention (Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness (SCR4ESR)) in young African American children using experimental and mixed…
- Conditions
- Child Behavior, Child Behavior Problem, Child Behavior Disorders
- Trial name
- SCR4ESR (NCT06084910)
- Testing
- Self-Concept Reinforcement for Early School Readiness, Reach Out and Read
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles