Clinical trials: Early Childhood Development (ECD)
School Readiness, School Environment
Every Newborn Reach Up Early Education Intervention for All Children Education (ENREACH) Education
The goal of the project is to assess the scale-up of the program, focusing on improving school readiness among preschool children, enhancing capacity building for parents and teachers, and utilizing a cluster randomized…
- Trial name
- ENREACH-ED (NCT06890156)
- Testing
- ENREACH child-parent-teacher triad
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Child Maltreatment
Evaluation of a 2-session Parent Training Programme for Caregivers of Younger Children in Zimbabwe
A pilot, exploratory cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) with two arms will be conducted to test a two-session parent training programme for caregivers of children enrolled in early childhood development classes in Harare…
- Trial name
- NCT06431321
- Testing
- Tabudira Parenting Intervention for Early Childhood Development, Nutritional guide for younger children
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cape Town
Child Development
Alliance for Family Strengthening: Improved Early Childhood Development in Rwanda
Preliminary pilot testing of the home-based FSI-ECD intervention as delivered by community based lay workers.
- Trial name
- FSI-ECD (NCT03455127)
- Testing
- FSI ECD
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Boston College
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
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
Parenting
ECD Newborn Parenting Education Program
Early childhood development: specifically the first 1000 days of life are of crucial importance. It sets the trajectory for the future and transgenerational health.
- Trial name
- NCT06572254
- Testing
- Early Childhood Development Newborn Parenting Education Program
- Where
- 2 sites in Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Early Child Brain Development
Enhancing the Ongoing ECD Scale-up Programme (Saving Bangladeshi Babies Brain (SB3) in Bangladesh
Background (brief): 1. Burden: Globally 250 million children under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their full potential due to poverty, malnutrition, and lack of a stimulating environment. 2.
- Trial name
- ECD SB3 (NCT07472699)
- Testing
- Psychosocial stimulation, Combined
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Child Development
Family Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Study activities were carried out to adapt and test a family-strengthening intervention to improve child development outcomes among families facing adversity in Rwanda.
- Trial name
- FSIECD (NCT03045640)
- Testing
- FSI ECD
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Boston College
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 (ECD)
Combined Nutrition and Parenting Study
This study aims to evaluate whether early childhood development is improved by a bundled set of interventions that promote responsive stimulation and improved nutrition by the provision of eggs and dried fish (nutrient-dense…
- Trial name
- BUNDLE (NCT07490899)
- Testing
- Responsive stimulation, female and male caregivers, Food provision and nutrition education
- Where
- 4 sites in Liberia
- Volunteers
- 2,240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Gender Relations, Violence
Bandebereho 6 Year Follow up RCT in Rwanda
This study seeks to conduct a six-year follow-up of the Bandebereho randomized control trial (RCT) to assess the longer-term impact of the gender-transformative Bandebereho couples intervention on participating men, women, and…
- Conditions
- Gender Relations, Violence, Child Development, Contraception
- Trial name
- NCT04861870
- Testing
- MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 2,818 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Promundo, United States
Moderate and Severe Undernutrition
Transition to Scale of Nutrition and Psychosocial Stimulation Program for Malnourished Children
We hypothesize that it is feasible to integrate a program of Nutritional Care and Pychosocial Stimulation into the Community Clinics in Bangladesh and thereby improve malnourished children's growth and development after a year of…
- Trial name
- TTS Bangladesh (NCT02208531)
- Testing
- Psychosocial Stimulation and Nutritional Care
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 6,400 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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
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
Maltreatment
Reduce Childhood Maltreatment and Promote Development
Background (brief): 1. Burden: The uniqueness of each child is tremendously influenced by interaction between nature and nurture during critical period of brain development that promotes foundation of brain architecture through…
- Trial name
- NCT03031236
- Testing
- Psychosocial stimulation, Cognitive behavioral therapy and positive parenting practice
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Early Childhood Development
Evaluation of the iMBC/ECD Model in Ghana
The Duke research team will work with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and lead the design and implementation of a cluster-randomized trial in Northern Ghana to assess the impact of the Integrated Mothers and Babies Course \& Early…
- Trial name
- NCT03665246
- Testing
- Integrated Mothers and Babies Course
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 378 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University