Clinical trials: Early Childhood
Cerebral Visual Impairment
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Cerebral Visual Impairment
Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is one of the leading causes of pediatric visual impairment and negatively impacts the development of motor, language, and cognitive skills.
- Trial name
- CVI-ND (NCT07212010)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Early Childhood Caries
The Anticariogenic Effect of Silver Diamine Fluoride and Sodium Fluoride Varnish
Sodium Fluoride (NAF) varnish was considered as the treatment of Early Childhood Caries (ECC). However, the emergence of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) has become more popular to tackle dental caries among children.
- Trial name
- NCT06316323
- Testing
- Silver diamine fluoride, Sodium fluoride
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Teknologi Mara
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
Bone Strength, Growth
Vitamin D Intervention in Infants - 6 Years Follow-up (VIDI2)
Exposure to vitamin D intervention in early life may have permanent effects on physiology and metabolism. Bone growth and mineralization, development of immunity, body composition and brain structure and functioning may be…
- Conditions
- Bone Strength, Growth, Body Composition, Infection
- Trial name
- VIDI2 (NCT04302987)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Obesity, Overweight
Early Stockholm Obesity Prevention Program
To study whether a targeted intervention can prevent the development of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in families with either one obese or two overweight parents.
- Trial name
- EarlySTOPP (NCT01198847)
- Testing
- Dietary, physical activity and sleeping
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Development and Validation of a Screening Tool for Preschool Children Aged 1-6 Years
This study develops and validates the Chatbot-Assisted Developmental Assessment Scale for Preschool Children (CADAS), a screening tool for 1-6-year-olds.
- Trial name
- NCT07248397
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Obesity, Childhood, Child Development
El Sendero: Pathways to Health Study
This project will continue to follow two birth cohorts of mother-infant Latino dyads through a series of new assessments at age 6y, with an emphasis on examining the the role early nutritional exposures, exposures to…
- Trial name
- NCT05551650
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Caries, Dental, Health Behavior
Interactive Parent-Targeted Text Messaging in Pediatric Clinics to Reduce Caries Among Urban Children
This is a randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a parent-targeted text message-based intervention program on caries incidence and oral health behaviors (child and parent).
- Trial name
- iSmile (NCT03294590)
- Testing
- OHT Parent targeted text messages, CWT Parent targeted text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 754 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Arabic NODA Validation Study for Autism Diagnosis in Saudi Arabia
This study aims to validate the Arabic adaptation of the Naturalistic Observation Diagnostic Assessment (NODA), a telehealth tool designed to help diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in young children.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
- Trial name
- NODA-ARSA (NCT07089108)
- Testing
- Arabic NODA Video-Based Diagnostic Assessment
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Chronic Disease
Influence of Prenatal and Early Childhood Home-Visiting by Nurses on Development of Chronic Disease
This study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows participants in a randomized clinical trial of a program of prenatal and early child home visiting on maternal and offspring risks for chronic disease.
- Trial name
- NCT06160037
- Testing
- Transportation and Developmental Screening, Transportation, Screening, and Nurse-Visitation during Pregnancy and Infancy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,055 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Childhood Obesity, Epigenetics
Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
The molecular mechanisms underlying developmental programming of childhood obesity remain poorly understood. Here, the investigators address major questions about early childhood obesity programming by studying CD3+ T-cells from…
- Trial name
- NCT03402139
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Infant Development
Babies' Brain Responses to Strangers
Researchers at the Diversity in Development Lab at UC Santa Cruz are investigating how babies' brain activities respond to people from familiar and unfamiliar racial backgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT06550245
- Testing
- Infants observing familiar and unfamiliar racial groups
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California Santa Cruz
Growth and Development, Child Rearing
Technology-Based Parent School Program
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a technology-based parent school program designed for parents of toddlers to be improved their parenting abilities.
- Conditions
- Growth and Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Caries
- Trial name
- NCT05370989
- Testing
- Technology-Based Parent School Program, ongoing treatment
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi 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
Early Childhood Caries
Effect of Three Types of Fluoride Varnish in Preventing Early Childhood Caries
This study evaluates and compares the effect of two types of calcium- and phosphate-containing fluoride varnishes to conventional fluoride varnishes in preventing early childhood caries.
- Trial name
- NCT04274569
- Testing
- NaF vanish, NaF-TCP, NaF-CPP-ACP
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 570 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Early Childhood Caries, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Effectiveness of Strengthened Anticipatory Guidance Used in the MOH Malaysia Infant Oral Health Care Programme
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of strengthened anticipatory guidance (AG) used in MOH Malaysia Infant Oral Healthcare Programme in preventing early childhood caries (ECC) lesions and improving caries risk of infants…
- Trial name
- MOH (NCT06000293)
- Testing
- Oral health education
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
Obesity
Home Plate: A Trial to Improve Home Food Preparation Practices Among Parents of Toddlers
This study aims to test the effectiveness of a community-based, peer-mentored intervention to improve home food preparation practices in families with young children.
- Trial name
- NCT02458833
- Testing
- Home Plate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Early Childhood Caries, Dental Caries
Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles: An Early Childhood Caries Prevention Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a bundled best practices oral health intervention utilizing motivational interviewing versus a didactic maternal and child healthy lifestyle intervention will reduce childrens'…
- Trial name
- NCT04556175
- Testing
- Oral Health, Healthy Lifestyle
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Regulation, Self, Reflective Functioning
Recognizing Children's Needs: Impact on Early Childhood Regulatory Problems
Brief Summary: This study aims to quantitatively examine the relationship between regulatory problems (sleep, feeding, and crying) in infants aged 6-36 months and levels of parental sensitivity and reflective functioning.
- Conditions
- Regulation, Self, Reflective Functioning, Mentalization, Child Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT07249593
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Sickle Cell Disease, Cognitive Ability, General
Improving Parental Psychosocial Functioning and Early Developmental Outcomes in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
There are all significant risk factors for poor early cognitive development and, as such, neurocognitive deficits have been demonstrated in pre-school children with sickle cell disease (SCD).
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Cognitive Ability, General, Psychological Stress, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT02394899
- Testing
- Play therapy, Problem solving skills
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- The University of The West Indies