Clinical trials: Mental Retardation
Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delay
Establishing the Clinical Utility of First StepDx PLUS and NextStepDx PLUS Study
The study uses a randomized controlled study design of pediatric neurologists and developmental pediatricians and front-line (primary care) pediatricians to determine if use of FirstStepDx PLUS and Next StepDx PLUS are associated…
- Trial name
- NCT02414438
- Testing
- FirstStepDX PLUS and NextStepDX PLUS Webinar, FirstStepDX PLUS and NextStepDX PLUS Test Results
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qure Healthcare, LLC
Prader Willi Syndrome, Obesity
Characterization of Transcriptional Regulators of Ghrelin Hormone Which Causes Genetic Obesity
The problem point of the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) patient is the obesity which is intense and the plasma ghrelin level which increases unusual from the recently PWS patients was discovered.
- Trial name
- NCT01404624
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Trisomy 21
Down Syndrome Screening Based on Dried Blood Spots and Cell-free Fetal DNA
There are 26,600 Down Syndrome newborns every year in China. The economic burden of this disease is 65,000 USD for lifetime of every patient.
- Trial name
- DBS&CFF (NCT01837979)
- Testing
- cell-free fetal DNA
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the most prevalent of the developmental disorders and their incidence is rising. However, the variability in the behavioral symptoms is large.
- Trial name
- NCT02591446
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Leukemia, B-cell
Precision Exercise in Children With Malignant Hemopathies
In the early years of life and during adolescence, physical activity is crucial for good development of motor skills. It is even more so for those children and young people who are forced to undergo anti-cancer therapies and…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Leukemia, B-cell, Leukemia, T Cell, Lymphoma, Hodgkin
- Trial name
- SportTherapy (NCT04090268)
- Testing
- Sport Therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milano Bicocca
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism
Early Life Anemia and Children's Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: National and Regional Register-based Studies
The overall project aim is to study children's neurodevelopmental outcomes (including diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability) following exposure to maternal anemia during pregnancy or anemia during the first year…
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism, ADHD, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCT06199362
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,400,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Williams Syndrome, Lipedema
Williams Syndrome Strength, Hormones, Activity & Adiposity, DNA Programming, Eating Study
Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare microdeletion genetic disorder that has a broad phenotype including many endocrine and metabolic abnormalities. Dr.
- Trial name
- SHAAPE (NCT03758651)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
RAS Mutation, Neurofibromatosis 1
RASopathy Biorepository
The RASopathies are a group of developmental disorders caused by genetic changes in the genes that compose the Ras/mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. New RASopathies are being diagnosed frequently.
- Conditions
- RAS Mutation, Neurofibromatosis 1, Noonan Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome With Multiple Lentigines
- Trial name
- NCT04395495
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Down Syndrome
Oral Language in Children With Down Syndrome
The objective of this research is to verify the language of children with Down syndrome concerning lexical, syntactic and semantic aspects using MLU.
- Trial name
- NCT00952354
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Obesity
A Family-Based Weight Loss Intervention for Youth With Intellectual Disability
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is twofold. First, to examine the efficacy of a 24-session, 6-month family-based behavioral intervention (FBBI) - as compared to a waitlist FBBI group, which later receives the same…
- Trial name
- HealthU (NCT02033642)
- Testing
- Family Based Behavioral Intervention, Maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
Mother, Menstrual Hygiene Management
Menstrual Management Using a Mobile Application in Adolescent Girls With Mild Intellectual Disabilities
In the study conducted to determine the effectiveness of menstruation management training given with a mobile application (Bağımsız Yapabilirim) in female adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities in the independent living…
- Conditions
- Mother, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Hand Hygiene, Intellectual Disability, Mild
- Trial name
- Independent (NCT07016932)
- Testing
- Education with mobile application
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Aneuploidy
National Prevalence and Impact of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing
Information on pregnant women undergoing non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) at one of the Obstetrix Medical Groups Outpatient Centers between January 2012 and June 2014 will be retrospectively gathered and an analysis of the…
- Trial name
- NCT02284399
- Testing
- non-invasive prenatal testing
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Obstetrix Medical Group
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability
TMS for the Investigation of Brain Plasticity in Autism Spectrum Disorders
The main purpose is to study brain plasticity (the changes that occur in the brain through experience) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT02836405
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Intellectual Disabilities
Examine the Effects of 24-week Exercise Program on Functional Capacity, Cognitive Capacity, and Quality of Life in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle are prevalent in the population with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and they do not comply with the World Health Organisation's physical activity guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT06180304
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability
Research Engagement With People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The objectives of this project are to to build sustainable regional communities of Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) stakeholders to provide ongoing input to research priorities, methodological processes, and…
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, Chronic Conditions, Multiple
- Trial name
- PCORI (NCT04182347)
- Testing
- Health Research ToolKit Development
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fragile X Syndrome
A Single-Dose Study in Normal Volunteers to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of STX107
The objectives of this study are to determine the safety and tolerability of single oral doses of STX107 and to determine basic pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters following single oral doses of STX107 when administered via an oral…
- Trial name
- NCT00965432
- Testing
- STX107
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seaside Therapeutics, Inc.
Physical Activity, Intellectual Disabilities
Advancing Cardiovascular Health Among Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: Co-Development of Technology Interventions to Enhance Physical Activity
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) face significant health issues, particularly in managing chronic conditions such as cardiovascular (CV) health risks.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Intellectual Disabilities, Cardiovascular Health
- Trial name
- NCT07919171
- Testing
- Virtual reality physical activity health promotion intervention
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder
Building Sentences With Preschoolers Who Use AAC
The focus of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of the AAC Generative Language Intervention approach to an AAC Standard of Care condition on preschool sentence productions.
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Disorders in Children, Speech Intelligibility
- Trial name
- NCT03538925
- Testing
- AAC Generative Language Intervention, Standard of Care / Business as Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Down Syndrome
Assessment of Neural Oscillations in Adult Subjects With Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Subjects in Resting State and While Conducting Cognitive Tasks
Background: It has been proposed that a hyperactivity of the endocannabinoids system could be involved in the cognitive deficits involved in Down Syndrome (DS).
- Trial name
- EEGDS (NCT04791124)
- Testing
- Electroencephalography
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Parc de Salut Mar
Down Syndrome
Remote Exercise Study for Individuals With Down Syndrome
This pilot study aims to test whether remote delivery of the exercise intervention provides a sufficient training stimulus. This pilot study will be remote and online-only, and will have no in-person interaction, data collection…
- Trial name
- NCT04647851
- Testing
- Remote exercise intervention Down syndrome
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas