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
Child Development, Early Child Development
Intergenerational Risk and Resilience of Rohingya in Displacement
The iRRRd study is an ongoing prospective longitudinal prenatal birth cohort study based in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Between February 2023 and March 2024, 2,888 pregnant women were enrolled (approximately 80% Rohingya refugees…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Early Child Development, Mental Health, PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- iRRRd (NCT07758283)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,200 people
- Sponsor
- New York 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
Bullying of Child
Be-Prox. An Effectiveness Study of Bullying Intervention in Norwegian Kindergartens.
With an overall aim to ensure a safe and sound kindergarten environment for all Norwegian children in accordance with the Kindergarten Act §§41-43, the objectives of the current project are: To evaluate the effectiveness of…
- Trial name
- Be-Prox (NCT06040437)
- Testing
- Be-Prox
- Where
- 4 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Leukemia
Chemotherapy and Biological Therapy With or Without Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
RATIONALE: Giving chemotherapy, such as hydroxyurea, cytarabine, idarubicin, and etoposide before a donor bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00025402
- Testing
- filgrastim, recombinant interferon alfa, busulfan
- Where
- 188 sites in Czechia, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- III. Medizinische Klinik Mannheim
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
Dental Caries in Children
Prevention of Recurrent Caries With Lactobacilli PRECAL
The aim of this study was to compare the effect of drops containing probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus reuteri 17938, Lactobacillus reuteri PTA 5289, Biogaia AB, Sweden) on the incidence of dental caries with placebo drops in…
- Trial name
- NCT04929340
- Testing
- Probiotic bacteria
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Language Development
Promoting Early Language Development Through Parent-child Book Reading in Costa Rica
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of an interactive parent-child book reading intervention. The intervention includes two components: the provision of five children's books to parent-child dyads and information…
- Trial name
- NCT04978766
- Testing
- Interactive Book Reading
- Where
- 2 sites in Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Costa Rica
Executive Function
Brain Games to Improve Executive Function in São Paulo, Brazil
A growing body of research has highlighted the critical importance of children's self-regulation and executive function skills for their school performance as well as for their later life outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT03491488
- Testing
- Brain Games
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Asthma
Exercise Challenge Test in 3-6 Years Old Asthmatic Children
Vigorous exercise is known to cause transient bronchoconstriction in school children with asthma, many of whom initially have normal lung function at rest.
- Trial name
- NCT00442715
- Testing
- Exercise chalenge test
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
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
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
Overweight
Early Childhood Prevention of Childhood Overweight
You are invited to participate in a research study to understand more about childhood obesity and how to prevent it. We hope to learn how families influence each others eating habits.
- Trial name
- NCT00896545
- Testing
- 5-keys counseling, Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Cardiovascular Disease
Nitric Oxide Bioavailability and Early Life Stress (NO-Stress)
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Other studies have shown that stress, early in life, could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, later in life.
- Trial name
- NO-Stress (NCT02115724)
- Testing
- Antioxidant cocktail, Biopsy, NMD; 0.4mg sub-lingual nitroglycerin spray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Augusta University
Dental Caries, Early Childhood Caries
Preventing Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Children: the Baby Teeth Talk Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combination of pre- and post-natal preventive and behavioral interventions is effective in preventing early childhood caries in Indigenous children.
- Trial name
- BTT (NCT02151916)
- Testing
- Dental care, AG, MI & fluoride varnish, Delayed intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 544 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Literacy
Text Messaging Pilot Study
This pilot study aims to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of text messages designed to encourage shared reading among urban parents.
- Trial name
- NCT03281356
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Emotion Regulation
Emotion Regulation Strategies in Toddlerhood and Middle Childhood
This study will examine the relation between behavioral emotion regulation (ER) strategies at toddler age 3 to cognitive ER strategies in middle childhood/pre-adolescence as part of an ongoing longitudinal study of children's…
- Trial name
- NCT05415319
- Testing
- Laboratory tasks in middle childhood/pre-adolescence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miami University
Feeding Behavior, Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood
iKanEat: A Randomized-controlled, Multi-center Trial of Megestrol for Chronic Oral Food Refusal in Children
This is a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. The primary focus of the study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment with megestrol as part of a 24 week behavioral feeding…
- Trial name
- iKanEat (NCT03815019)
- Testing
- Megestrol Acetate, iKanEat Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Overweight, Childhood, Obesity Prevention
High Five! - School-based Prevention of Overweight and Obesity Among 6 to 9 Year Olds
The goal of this interventional study is to assess the effectiveness of the school-based "High Five!" program in reducing overweight, obesity and high blood pressure in children aged 7-9 years old.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Childhood, Obesity Prevention, Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- DINO-PL (NCT07357857)
- Testing
- High Five
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 659 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
Child, Early Childhood Caries
Evaluation of Remineralizing Efficacy of Combination Varnishes on White Spot Lesions in ECC Children
The remineralizing efficacy of 3 fluoride varnishes were assessed in children with white spot lesion under 6 years of age ( children with early childhood caries)
- Trial name
- NCT03360266
- Testing
- Sodium Fluoride with CPP-ACP varnish, sodium fluoride with ACP varnish, 5% Sodium Fluoride Varnish
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Science