Clinical trials: Early Childhood Development
Parenting, Development, Child
Child Development and Primary Care in Low Income Families
The objective of this study is to conduct a 12-month pilot longitudinal study of a parent-directed program delivered in a primary care setting serving primarily low-income families.
- Trial name
- NCT03126292
- Testing
- Sit Down and Play, Child Safety Handout
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Child Development
The Effect of Early-life Risk Factors on the Etiology of Diabetes in Children: a Birth Cohort
In recent years, with the rising prevalence of obesity among children, the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents has continued to be increased.
- Trial name
- NCT04313998
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sijia Gu
Early Childhood Development
Evaluating Effects of Integrating ECD Activities Into Bangladesh Government's Urban Lactating Mothers Allowance Program for the Poor on Children's Cognition and Behavior in Rangpur City Corporation, Bangladesh
Burden: Provision of health care to urban poor population is a great challenge because of supply and demand barriers in the urban health system, which is considered patchy and fragmented.
- Trial name
- NCT03753646
- Testing
- Lactating allowance and psycho social stimulation
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Impact of Early Interventions on Neurocognitive Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Early start Denver model (Rogers, 2010; Dawson, 2010) is a developmental and behavioral model that aim to enhance socio-comunicative abilities and also global development of children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- IDEAEYE (NCT03254264)
- Testing
- Early Start Denver Model, 'as-usual' intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Development, Infant, Perinatal Disorder
Early Childhood : Action Research in the Lunévillois Area (PERL)
The PERL project is a research in prevention in perinatality. The objective of this research is to offer preventive and regular care at familie's home in the Lunévillois area, while integrating it into the existing practices of…
- Trial name
- PERL (NCT03506971)
- Testing
- Psychologist's evaluation, Pediatric Nurse's interventions, Joint home visits
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
Child Development
LEAPS-NCHD Program Evaluation
An estimated 88 million children drop out of primary school each year worldwide, and the highest number of dropouts are in the first and second grade.
- Trial name
- NCT03764436
- Testing
- LEAPS-NCHD Program
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,858 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Child Development
Zinc and Biobehavioral Development in Early Childhood
Zinc is necessary for growth and development, including the central nervous system, and zinc deficiency which is common in resource-poor settings, may adversely affect social, behavorial, cognitive and sensorimotor development.
- Trial name
- NCT00589264
- Testing
- zinc, iron + copper
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Optimizing Outcomes for Young Autistic Children
The overarching goal of the proposed study is to: (a) determine how best to sequence two parent-mediated interventions: a social communication intervention (Project ImPACT, Improving Parents as Communication Teachers) and a…
- Trial name
- NCT05926687
- Testing
- Social Communication, Disruptive Behavior, Social Communication + Reduce Frequency
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Child Development Disorder
Craniosacral Test and Primitive Reflexes in Infant Neurodevelopment
Question(s): Can active primitive reflexes (APR) and cranial blocks (CB) in healthy children interfere with neurological balance causing psycho-behavioral and cognitive dysfunctions? Design: Cross-sectional and descriptive study…
- Trial name
- NCT05190029
- Testing
- Series of questions to parents of children in a virtual form., Intervention by teachers, Physiotherapeutic evaluation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinica Gema Leon
Early Pregnancy
Vitamin B12 Supplementation to Improve B12 Status and Child Development
Impaired vitamin B12 (B12) status during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of birth defects and common complications (e.g. intrauterine growth restriction, neural tube defects), and possibly immune function impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT03258385
- Testing
- Vitamin B12 fortified UHT milk, Plain UHT milk
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
School Readiness, Racial Socialization
Cultural Pride Reinforcement for Early School Readiness
Minority children disproportionately experience racial bias, which is linked to school failure, toxic stress, and health disparities.
- Conditions
- School Readiness, Racial Socialization, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT05140460
- Testing
- Cultural Pride Reinforcement for Early School Readiness (CPR4ESR), Reach Out and Read (ROR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Familia Imara: A Parenting Program to Reduce Family Violence in Tanzania
This cluster-randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness, implementation, and scalability of Familia Imara, a group-based, couples-focused, community health worker (CHW)-delivered parenting program, on reducing…
- Trial name
- NCT07574567
- Testing
- Familia Imara
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 6,216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saini Das
Child Rearing, Adolescent Development
Follow-up of Families in Early Preventive Intervention
This project supports the post-third-grade assessment of 693 children and their families who were enrolled in a randomized trial of a program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses that was epidemiologically and…
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Adolescent Development, Reproductive Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- MemphisYear9 (NCT00438516)
- Testing
- nurse home visitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 627 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Early Child Development
Testing Means to Scale Early Childhood Development Interventions in Rural Kenya
This study aims to experimentally test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of competing models of delivery of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) intervention in rural Kenya to determine how to maximize their reach to…
- Trial name
- NCT03548558
- Testing
- Group sessions, Group+Home sessions, Booster sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Prematurity
Different Intervention Models of Premature Infants Based on the ICF Biopsychosocial Model
Prematurity is an important risk factor for delayed neuropsychomotor development. The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of different intervention models on the neuropsychomotor development of premature babies…
- Trial name
- NCT05989438
- Testing
- Orientations for families, Professional stimulation more orientations for families.
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Parent-Child Relations, Parenting
CenteringParenting Clinical Intervention on Kindergarten Readiness in Early Childhood
Disparities in health begin in early childhood. Early life experiences influence brain development and have significant implications on future health and developmental outcomes.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Parenting, Child Development, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03641092
- Testing
- CenteringParenting Intervention, Routine Well Child Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Dietary Assessment
Early Childhood Dietary Assessment Study
The goal of this crossover randomized controlled trial is to develop a proxy reporting protocol for a traditional 24-hour dietary recall (24HR) and an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) assisted 24-HR for use among children…
- Trial name
- ECDAS (NCT07227272)
- Testing
- Ecological Momentary Assessment, Traditional 24-hour dietary recall
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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
Early Childhood Professional Development
Professional Development Tools to Improve the Quality of Infant and Toddler Care
Mathematica Policy Research, funded by OPRE, ACF, DHHS, will conduct a field test of We Grow Together: The Q-CCIIT Professional Development System.
- Trial name
- Q-CCIIT PD (NCT03433872)
- Testing
- We Grow Together: The Q-CCIIT Professional Development System
- Volunteers
- 475 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Training Early Social Language in Autism
The aim of the study is to determine whether a targeted behavioral intervention can lead to both changes in early communication skills and in neural responses in toddlers and preschoolers with autism.
- Trial name
- TESLA (NCT03427138)
- Testing
- Jasper, Parent Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus