Clinical trials: Mental Disorder in Childhood
Autism, Developmental Disabilities
Childhood Autism Risks From Genetics and the Environment (The CHARGE Study)
The purpose of this study is to understand how genes, environment, and the interplay between the two, influences the development of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00106652
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Developmental Risk
Growing Up in Multifactorial Risk Conditions
The perinatal period brings significant physiological and emotional changes in mothers, linked to pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for a newborn.
- Conditions
- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Developmental Risk, Psychomotor Development Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- CORE (NCT07477899)
- Testing
- Home visiting programme
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Bipolar Disorder
Effectiveness of Family-Focused Treatment Plus Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of family-focused treatment (FFT) plus pharmacotherapy in treating adolescents with bipolar disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00332098
- Testing
- Family-Focused Treatment Plus Pharmacotherapy, Enhanced Care Plus Pharmacotherapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Child Development, Developmental Disabilities
Testing the Effectiveness of Telephone-based Early Childhood Developmental Screening
The purpose of this research study is to test the effectiveness of telephone-based early childhood developmental screening and care coordination, compared to usual care in a primary care pediatrics clinic.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Ambulatory Care, Screening
- Trial name
- NCT02495025
- Testing
- Telephone-based developmental screening and care coordination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Childhood Cancer, Depressive Symptoms
Cultivating Resilience in Oncology Practice
The purpose of the CROP study is to investigate the potential to cultivate psychological resources and resilience in childhood cancer patients and their family members using a mobile phone-based intervention.
- Conditions
- Childhood Cancer, Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- CROP (NCT04902313)
- Testing
- Awareness and insight Modules (AiM)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Somatization
Intervention Through EMDR and CBT With Women Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of two types of therapy for the treatment of sexual abuse psychological impact on a sample of Spanish women.
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04813224
- Testing
- TRAUMA CENTERED EMDR-BASED TREATMENT and TRAUMA-FOCUSED CBT-BASED TREATMENT
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Internacional de Valencia
Anxiety
The Relationship Between Emotional Regulation Strategies And Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Effectiveness In Childhood Anxiety Disorders: A Longitudinal Prospective Study
The current study will focus on two phases of anxiety process: Generating Anxiety (reported, direct and physiological) and Emotional Regulation Strategies (Reappraisal, Mindfulness, Expressive Suppression and Rumination).
- Trial name
- NCT01145261
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Riluzole to Treat Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With or Without Autism Spectrum Disorders
This study will examine the effectiveness of riluzole for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Youth, Including those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
- Conditions
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Asperger Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00251303
- Testing
- Riluzole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Cancer Malignancies
Melatonin Intervention For Neurocognitive Deficits in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort
Primary objective: 1. To examine the efficacy of melatonin treatment on neurocognitive functioning in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Secondary objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01700959
- Testing
- melatonin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 911 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Childhood Traumatic Grief, Post Traumatic Stress
Randomized Controlled Trial of Trauma-focused CBT in Tanzania and Kenya
The primary goal is to study the effectiveness of Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in treating traumatic grief and traumatic stress for orphaned children and young adolescents in two East African sites with…
- Conditions
- Childhood Traumatic Grief, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT01822366
- Testing
- Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Kenya and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,280 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sleep Bruxism, Childhood
Effect of the Intervention "Food, Fun and Family" on Sleep Bruxism in Children
Excess consumption of refined sugar and increased use of recreational screen time are risk factors for alterations in the quality of life that have been associated with sleep bruxism in children and that compromise the same…
- Trial name
- NCT05310162
- Testing
- Food, fun and family, Counseling
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- CES University
Personality Disorders, Social Withdrawal of Childhood or Adolescence
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Personality Structure
The study plan outlined here represents an investigation of instruments on the patients treated in the acute ward of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE).
- Conditions
- Personality Disorders, Social Withdrawal of Childhood or Adolescence, Psychosocial Impairment
- Trial name
- CAPPS (NCT05162287)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Verbal Apraxia
Role of Omega-DEK in Childhood Apraxia of Speech
This is a 20-week study for children between 3 and 6 years old with confirmed childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). The study includes a 12-week open-label pilot feasibility study of an investigational drug (Omega-DEK) plus…
- Conditions
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Verbal Apraxia, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT07216001
- Testing
- Omega-DEK, L-carnitine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Claudia R. Morris
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Vascular Dilatation
The Iowa ACEs and Sleep Cohort and Manipulating Sleep in Young Adults With ACEs Studies
The overall purpose of this study is to understand the role of disrupted sleep in the association of exposure to early life adversity (adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)) with vascular endothelial (dys)function.
- Conditions
- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Vascular Dilatation, Sleep, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT06454344
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Autism
Oxcarbazepine Versus Placebo in Childhood Autism
The proposed study is designed to assess the effectiveness of treatment with Oxcarbazepine vs. placebo in childhood/adolescent autism.
- Trial name
- NCT00467753
- Testing
- Oxcarbazepine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Earthquake
The Effect of Parent Mediated Intervention Program on Children With ASD Exposed to Earthquake in Turkey in February 2023
After devastating natural events such as earthquakes, individuals with special needs experience much more difficulties. There is a limited number of studies investigating the impact of disasters on individuals with autism.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Earthquake, Behavior Problem of Childhood and Adolescence
- Trial name
- NCT05998382
- Testing
- Online group-based parent-mediated intervention program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Sabri Hergüner
ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Irritability
Predictors of Improvements in Irritability and Aggression in Children With ADHD Treated With CNS Stimulants
Impulsive Aggression and chronic irritability (IACI) often occur together and are one of the most common reasons children present for behavioral health (BH) care.
- Conditions
- ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Irritability, Aggression Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT06871488
- Testing
- CNS Stimulant, CNS Stimulant open label first phase
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood, Anorexia Nervosa
Longitudinal Follow Up of Eating Disorder Treatment
The research proposed here seeks to delineate the outcomes of people who have received treatment for an eating disorder at a specialist eating disorder service in childhood or adolescence (hereafter 'former patients').
- Conditions
- Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa
- Trial name
- L-FED (NCT03946540)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Tic Disorder, Childhood
A Study of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation as an Add-on Treatment for Tic Disorders (SCATT)
Tic disorders is recognized as a neuropsychiatric disease. The treatments of tic disorders include drug therapy, psychotherapy and physical therapy.
- Trial name
- SCATT (NCT03705988)
- Testing
- Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation(CES)
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Antecedent Picky Eating Behaviour in Young Children
Picky eating behaviour in young children is a very common concern for parents. The aim of the study is to investigate factors during early life which are associated with a child becoming a picky eater.
- Conditions
- Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Eating Behavior, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT03407391
- Testing
- None - observational
- Volunteers
- 6,608 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bristol