Clinical trials: Parents
Diet Modification
A Home-based Intervention to Improve the Diet Quality of Preschoolers
U.S. children eat too little fruits and vegetables and whole grains, and too many energy dense foods, dietary behaviors associated with increased morbidity from cardiovascular diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT03923491
- Testing
- Healthy Feeding, Healthy Eating, Reading Readiness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rhode Island
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Diabetes
A Study of Rapid-Acting Mealtime Insulin in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a challenging medical disorder, especially in children and adolescents. In order to prevent the chronic complications of hyperglycemia, the maintenance of near-normal glycemic control must be…
- Trial name
- NCT04157738
- Testing
- Rapid-Acting Insulin, Long acting insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Adolescent Obesity
The Role of Parents in Adolescent Weight Loss
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a novel model of including parents in adolescent weight control results in greater decrease in adolescent z-BMI compared to an intervention with minimal parent involvement.
- Trial name
- NCT01139411
- Testing
- Behavioral Weight Control with Enhanced Parent Involvement, Behavioral Weight Control with Minimal Parent Involvement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Maternal Substance Use, Child Abuse and Neglect
Stage I Randomized Trial of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Substance Using Mothers of Infants and Toddlers
The primary goal of this Stage I therapy development study will be to manualize and test the preliminary efficacy of a parenting intervention for drug dependent mothers that aims to foster their ability to recognize children's…
- Trial name
- NCT00319436
- Testing
- Mentalizing Therapy for Substance Using Mothers, Standard Parent Education for Substance Using Mothers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Caregivers, Parents
Self-Management in Parents of Technology-Dependent Children
Parent caregivers of children with chronic conditions who require life-saving technology such as mechanical ventilation or feeding tubes must maintain a high level of vigilance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Parents, Self-Management, Chronic Illnesses, Multiple
- Trial name
- NCT04105244
- Testing
- Resourcefulness Training©
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Substance-Related Disorders, Underage Drinking
Testing a Brief Substance Misuse Preventative Intervention for Parents/Guardians of 5th-7th Grade Students
The current study aims to test the efficacy of a family communication-based, novel, adaptable, and resource-efficient substance misuse preventive intervention for parents/guardians of pre/early adolescents (grades 5-7).
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Underage Drinking, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT03925220
- Testing
- The SUPPER Project, Improving nutrition and physical activity among youth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Parenting, Parent-Child Relations
Study of an Online Program to Help Parents Talk With Their Tween Children About Health, Gender, Body-Image, and Relationships
The goal of this study is to learn if Media Aware Parent - Tween, an online program for parents of children ages 9-12, helps parents have effective conversations with their child about health and media.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT06408818
- Testing
- Media Aware Parent - Tween, Active Control Resource
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Parental Infant Bonding, Cardio-respiratory Stability in Preterm NICU Infants
Effects of Reading to Preterm Infants on Baby and Parents' Well Being
Reading to children is believed to be beneficial to cognitive and mental development.This study will examine the response of premature Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) infants to bedside reading by measuring changes in heart…
- Trial name
- NCT02518997
- Testing
- Parental Reading Aloud
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Adolescents, 18 and Under When Child Was Born for Mothers
Young Parents Program, Project Connect
1. Specific Aims 1. To evaluate the effects of life skills/parenting groups that are embedded within a comprehensive multidisciplinary clinic for adolescent parents (the Young Parents Program), using a randomized control design.
- Conditions
- Adolescents, 18 and Under When Child Was Born for Mothers, 25 and Under When Child Was Born for Fathers
- Trial name
- YPPProCon (NCT01379924)
- Testing
- Parenting/Life Skills Intervention, Teen-tot medical home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Chemotherapy Effect
Effect of Nurse-led Education on Parent's Anxiety and Depression on Managing Side Effects of Chemotherapy
ABSTRACT Background: Today, a wide range of pediatric cancers is treated by chemotherapy. More than 21 side effects of chemotherapy have been identified. Among those nausea; vomiting, infection and anemia are most common.
- Trial name
- NCT03753542
- Testing
- Multimedia education, booklet Providence and tele-nursing follow-up
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nomi Waqas Gul
Parent-Child Relations, Parenting
Literacy Promotion Using Automated Hovering
The purpose of this study is to incorporate behavioral economics (BE) approaches to determine whether 3 novel interventions of varying intensity improve the frequency of parent-child reading behaviors among low-income families.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Parenting, Literacy
- Trial name
- LP (NCT04576481)
- Testing
- Texting, Regret, Lottery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Child Obesity
Improving Parent-Child Interactions to Enhance Child Health
Childhood obesity is a formidable public health issue in the United States, disproportionately affecting children from lower socioeconomic status households.
- Trial name
- PCIT-Health (NCT03982511)
- Testing
- PCIT-Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Michigan University
Neoplasms, Cancer
An Evaluation of the Families Addressing Cancer Together (FACT) Intervention
This is a pilot feasibility and acceptability study to inform the development and testing of a novel communication intervention to support parents in their communication with children about cancer.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms, Cancer, Parenting, Communication
- Trial name
- FACT (NCT04342871)
- Testing
- FACT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Preterm Birth, Healthy
A Study Evaluating Sleep, Stress and Infant Nutrition Using a Chatbot
20 parents with healthy preterm infants (born at <37 weeks of gestation), age 0-6 months and discharged from the hospital at time of enrollment and 20 parents with healthy full-term infants (born at ≥37 weeks of gestation), age…
- Trial name
- NCT03630679
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danone Asia Pacific Holdings Pte, Ltd.
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
A Rollover Study to Further Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Palovarotene Capsules in Male and Female Participants Aged ≥14 Years With Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Who Have Completed the Relevant Parent Studies.
The main objective of this study is to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of palovarotene in adult and paediatric participants with FOP.
- Trial name
- PIVOINE (NCT05027802)
- Testing
- Palovarotene
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Argentina and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Child Behavior Disorders
VillageWhere: Innovative Mobile Technology for Youth With Conduct Disorder and Their Parents
The goal of this Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is to develop, evaluate, and commercialize a linked parent-youth mobile app system, VillageWhere, to support the key treatment targets of evidence-based…
- Trial name
- VillageWhere (NCT03065517)
- Testing
- VillageWhere App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Seattle, WA
Pediatric Obesity
H-PACE Program for the Improvement of Lifestyle Behaviors Among Children
This clinical trial tests the effectiveness of a Healthy Parents and Children Enhancement (H-PACE) program for improving lifestyle behaviors among children.
- Trial name
- NCT06548074
- Testing
- H-PACE Behavioral Intervention, Accelerometer, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Sickle Cell Anemia, Children, Only
Shared-Decision Making for Hydroxyurea
The goal of the study is to understand how best to help parents of young children with sickle cell disease and their clinicians have a shared discussion about hydroxyurea (one that takes into account medical evidence and parent…
- Trial name
- ENGAGE-HU (NCT03442114)
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea SDM Toolkit, Clinician Pocket Guide
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Child Abuse, Self-control
Coaching Alternative Parenting Strategies (CAPS) Study
This is a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) designed to test the effects of PCIT on self-regulation and behavior in child maltreating (CM) parents and their elementary-school children.
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Self-control, Parenting
- Trial name
- CAPS (NCT02684903)
- Testing
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Preventive Health Services
Screening for Hesitancy to Optimize Talk
The overall goal of this project is to determine whether integrating a novel parent-report measure of vaccine hesitancy into pediatric primary care is effective in improving acceptance of childhood vaccines among vaccine-hesitant…
- Trial name
- SHOT (NCT02708745)
- Testing
- Intervention Survey
- Volunteers
- 562 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital