Clinical trials: Early Childhood
Child Development
PROmoting Early Childhood Outside 2.0
Licensed early learning and childcare centres (ELCCs) can provide children with rich opportunities for outdoor play that they may not otherwise experience in their home or community.
- Trial name
- PRO-ECO2 (NCT05626595)
- Testing
- Project Group - PRO-ECO Project, Wait List Group - Normal Daily Practice
- Where
- 10 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Social Anxiety Disorder of Childhood
Caregiver Mind-Mindedness Training to Alleviate Social Anxiety in Children
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to investigate the efficacy of Mind-Mindedness (MM) training for caregivers as an early intervention for preschool-aged children (4 to 7 years) exhibiting signs of social anxiety.
- Trial name
- CAMPS (NCT06657014)
- Testing
- mind-mindedness
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heriot-Watt University
Pediatric Sleep Problems, Sleep Hygiene
Storybook App vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sleep and Attachment
This completed randomized controlled trial compared two caregiver-delivered interventions for sleep in young children: a multimodal mobile health intervention delivered through the Storybook mobile application and a face-to-face…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Sleep Problems, Sleep Hygiene, Parent-Child Attachment
- Trial name
- STORYBOOK-RCT (NCT07668609)
- Testing
- CBT-Based Psychoeducational Intervention, Storybook Mobile Application Intervention
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica de Cuenca
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
Suicide, Trauma
Integrated Suicide & Trauma Therapy for Suicide Risk
The investigators have developed a novel suicide intervention, Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy (ISTT). ISTT combines Brief-Skills for Safer Living (Brief-SfSL)-a promising method to enhance coping skills and reduce…
- Conditions
- Suicide, Trauma, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- ISTT (NCT05613972)
- Testing
- Integrated Suicide and Trauma Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Early Childhood Caries
Leptin, Adiponectin, FRAP and Tac in Patients With Early Childhood Caries
Caries is characterized by the same etiological factors that lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases that are associated with increased dietary sugar intake, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.
- Trial name
- LESSEN (NCT05352841)
- Testing
- Salivary sample analysis
- Where
- Serbia
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Novi Sad
Childhood Obesity, Adiposity
Lifestyle in Pregnancy and Offspring
Children born to obese women are at risk of increased adiposity and later adverse metabolic outcomes. We have conducted a follow-up study on an existing clinical trial, called the LiP study (Lifestyle in Pregnancy), registration…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Adiposity, Body Composition, Metabolic Risk Factors
- Trial name
- LiPO (NCT01918319)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Early Melanoma, Advanced Melanoma
Impact of Anti PD-1 Therapy in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (CAYA) Melanoma Patients
This is a retrospective observational cohort study, the primary objective is investigate the activity and efficacy of anti PD-1 antibodies in children, adolescents and young adult melanoma patients, with radically resected or…
- Trial name
- MELCAYA (NCT06281912)
- Where
- 13 sites in France, Germany and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia
Obesity, Childhood, Hyperphagia
Early Genetic Identification of Obesity
TITLE: Whole genetic approach in Early Genetic Identification of Obesity (WEGIO) DESIGN: Multicenter epidemiological study STUDY POPULATION: Participants at risk for a syndromic or a monogenic genetic obesity, incl.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Hyperphagia, Retinopathy, Syndactyly
- Trial name
- WEGIO (NCT06239064)
- Testing
- Genetic testing via blood collection
- Where
- 37 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Rolfs Consulting und Verwaltungs-GmbH (RCV)
Severe Early Childhood Caries, Caries
Construction of a Multidimensional Risk Prediction Model for Severe Early Childhood Caries
This study aims to address the high prevalence and recurrence rate of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) by breaking away from the traditional single biological factor perspective and introducing the theories of "24-hour…
- Trial name
- NCT07335744
- Testing
- questionnaire survey
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Child Development
Strengthening Bangladeshi Babies Brains (SBBB)
This study aims to establish a sustainable programme whereby early childhood development activities are integrated into the routine activities of community clinics in rural Bangladesh for undernourished children by developing a…
- Trial name
- BUDHI/SBBB (NCT04093934)
- Testing
- Psychosocial stimulation
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 480 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Cognitive Change, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
The Sugira Muryango Longitudinal & Spillover Study
The Early Childhood version of Sugira Muryango is a family-based, home-visiting intervention targeted at early childhood development and implemented with families living in extreme poverty in three districts of Rwanda.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional, Language, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05405400
- Where
- 3 sites in Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 2,932 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Infant Development
Mobile Health Intervention for Infants in Guatemala (18-m Intervention)
Promoting optimal development for children at risk in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is an important global health priority.
- Trial name
- NCT06195358
- Testing
- Mobile Health (Smartphone) Application, Printed Caregiving Materials
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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
Physical Inactivity in Early Childhood and Care, Delayed Fundamental Motor Skill Development
Active Fundament - Fundamentally Better
The objective of this longitudinal, quasi-experimental study is to improve children's fundamental motor skills and physical activity levels.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity in Early Childhood and Care, Delayed Fundamental Motor Skill Development, Early Childhood & Care Physical Activity Behavior, Motor Development in Children Aged 2-6 Years
- Trial name
- AF (NCT07315009)
- Testing
- Actief Fundament
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Dental Caries, Dental Caries in Children
Atraumatic Versus Silver-Modified Atraumatic Restorative Treatment in Primary Molars
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate and compare the short-term effectiveness of two minimally invasive treatments-Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) and Silver-Modified Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (SMART)-in…
- Trial name
- NCT07023939
- Testing
- ART: Atraumatic restorative treatment, SMART: Silver-Modified Atraumatic Restorative Treatment
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Beirut Arab University
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Evaluation of an Early Childhood Development Intervention Among Children Born to HIV-Infected Women in Eswatini
With increased use of effective strategies to prevent HIV transmission from women to their infants, the number of HIV infected children has dramatically decreased.
- Trial name
- NCT04114305
- Testing
- ECD Intervention
- Volunteers
- 431 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Early Childhood Development
Integrating Early Stimulation and Play at Scale: "MAHAY Mikolo"
The overall objective of the study is to examine the effects of integrating early child development group sessions into the existing, at-scale, community health and nutrition programs administered by the government in Madagascar.
- Trial name
- NCT05129696
- Testing
- Treatment (T), Treatment + (T+)
- Where
- Madagascar
- Volunteers
- 8,150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Pediatric Asthma
Developing a Childhood Asthma Risk Passive Digital Marker
Underdiagnosis and undertreatment is a major problem in childhood asthma management, especially in preschool-aged children. Current prognostic approaches using risk-score based tools have poor-to-modest accuracy, are impractical…
- Trial name
- NCT05826561
- Testing
- Childhood Asthma Passive Digital Marker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Childhood Asthma
lncRNA-based Nomogram to Assist Childhood Asthma Diagnosis
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, however, underdiagnosis of childhood asthma is an important issue in asthma management.
- Trial name
- NCT04525586
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University