Clinical trials: Early Intervention
NEC, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Study of Normal Intestinal Development and Disease in Premature and Term Neonates
Current research on early intestinal development is primarily performed in mouse models. While useful in many other ways, mouse models are not ideal for studying human intestine development as the timing of this process differs…
- Conditions
- NEC, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Intestinal Disease, Human Development
- Trial name
- NiiCE (NCT06681129)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Gross Motor Development Delay
Video-based Assessment of Preschool Children's Gross Motor Development
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently one of the global focal points for industrial development, with its applications in healthcare steadily increasing, such as in disease prediction, image diagnosis, and drug development.
- Trial name
- NCT07054437
- Testing
- Gross Motor Development Screening Tool
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Schizophrenia
The Establishment of the Early Intervention Program for Patients With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness, which has a prodromal phase of 1-2 years prior to the onset of the illness. During the prodromal phase, patients might show maladaptation and/or poor social functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT00172770
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Risk Reduction Behavior
FirstStep2Health Intervention
This project will determine the preliminary efficacy of an innovative intergenerational intervention among Head Start preschoolers, aged 3-5 years, and their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Risk Reduction Behavior, Early Intervention, Intergenerational Relations
- Trial name
- NCT04164277
- Testing
- Caregiver Component., Caregiver-Preschooler Learning., Center-based Preschooler Component.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
PEACE for ImPACT Study
Investigators will test the impact of the PEACE implementation toolkit and determine the level of implementation support needed to improve early intervention providers use of caregiver coaching with families of young children…
- Trial name
- NCT06374381
- Testing
- PEACE Online Resources, PEACE Weekly Group Facilitation, PEACE Weekly Individual Facilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Hallux Valgus, Bunion
Early Weight-Bearing After the Lapiplasty Procedure
The objectives of this study are to evaluate the following outcomes of the Lapiplasty® Procedure for patients in need of hallux valgus surgery: The study will determine the radiographic recurrence of hallux valgus and the timing…
- Trial name
- ALIGN3D (NCT03740282)
- Testing
- Lapiplasty
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people
- Sponsor
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Early Intervention, Supervision, Quality and Outcome in ASD
The objective of this study is to examine the significance of knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and early intensive behavioral intervention, as well as trust in EIBI, adequate assessment of EIBI quality, and EIBI…
- Trial name
- NCT03196713
- Testing
- Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Osteopathy, PreTerm Neonate
The Effect of Cranial Osteopathy Intervention in Preterm Babies
There are planing to have 2 groups of premature born cases. Each group will include 15 cases. Participants are need to be 28-37 weeks born and no older than post term 6 weeks. All cases are going to be evaluated.
- Conditions
- Osteopathy, PreTerm Neonate, Sensory Profiles, Colic
- Trial name
- NCT06967870
- Testing
- Osteopathic intervention, Home based exercise education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Pectus Excavatum, Cryo Analgesia
Phrenic Infiltration as Cryoanalgesia Adjuvant for Early Postoperative Pain Following the Nuss Procedure
The goal of this observational ambispective study is to compare the effectiveness of two pain management strategies in pediatric patients undergoing the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.
- Conditions
- Pectus Excavatum, Cryo Analgesia, Phrenic Nerve-related Diaphragmatic Impairment
- Trial name
- PHABULA (NCT07290582)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital
Pre-lacteal Feeding, Colostrum Feeding
Effects of Breastfeeding Education Interventions During Pregnancy on Breastfeeding Practices in Rural South Ethiopia
Background: Breast milk is primary source of nutrition for newborns, containing both macro and micro nutrients. However, breastfeeding practices vary from setting-to-setting, and affect newborn's growth and development.
- Conditions
- Pre-lacteal Feeding, Colostrum Feeding, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- NCT06236412
- Testing
- Health education
- Volunteers
- 510 people
- Sponsor
- Wachemo University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sibling-Mediated Intervention on Literacy and Reciprocity for Children With Autism
Given the increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), estimated to be 1 in 68 in the United States alone, ASD has become one of the fastest-growing pediatric concerns.
- Trial name
- NCT05098392
- Testing
- Sibling-mediated intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, China
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Parent-Child Relations, Development, Infant
Hands and Hearts Together
Growing evidence demonstrates that secure attachment in childhood predicts children's healthy social, biological, and behavioral functioning, whereas insecure attachment predicts behavior problems and physiological dysregulation…
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Development, Infant, Parenting, Development, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05834907
- Testing
- Circle of Security Parenting, Little Talks
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Preterm Birth, Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Assessment of Body Composition in Premature Children Submitted to an Early Stimulation Program
This is a cross-sectional study of a randomized clinical trial to investigate nutritional aspects of pre-scholar aged children born preterm submitted to an early stimulation program versus conventional care program.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Early Intervention, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05399667
- Testing
- Early stimulation, Conventional care
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Autism
Family-Centered Implementation of Parent Training for Autistic Toddlers in Early Intervention
Early Intervention (EI) systems are ill-equipped to serve the many children 12 to 36 months with early signs or a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT07471594
- Testing
- Parent Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Violence, Gender-Based, Violence, Domestic
Responsible Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Intervention Evaluation
The goal of this stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial is to assess whether a Ugandan community-based intervention for young fathers (ages 18-25 years) of children ages 0-3 years impacts fathers' knowledge, attitudes…
- Conditions
- Violence, Gender-Based, Violence, Domestic, Violence, Sexual, Violence, Physical
- Trial name
- NCT06100679
- Testing
- Responsible Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative
- Where
- 4 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,728 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Infant, Premature, Diseases, Brain White Matter Disease Periventricular
Initial Efficacy Study of Supporting Play, Exploration, & Early Development Intervention
The primary aims of this randomized controlled trial are to evaluate efficacy potential of SPEEDI at enhancing reaching and play based problem solving compared to infants receiving usual care.
- Trial name
- SPEEDI (NCT02153736)
- Testing
- SPEEDI Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Enhancing Early Language and Cognitive Development in Toddlers Through a Culturally Adapted Home-based Parent Intervention
Home-Based Language and Cognitive Intervention for Arab Toddlers in Israel
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, home-based program designed to improve language and cognitive development in Arab toddlers in Israel.
- Trial name
- CAHBI-T (NCT07233525)
- Testing
- Culturally Adapted Parent-Implemented Intervention, Child Health Education Sessions
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Myopia
Early Intervention for High Risk Premyopic Children
The purpose of this research project is to add evidence of pharmacological (0.025% atropine) and optical (Defocus Integrated Multiple Segments Triple Enhanced Design spectacle lenses ) approaches for myopia prevention among…
- Trial name
- NCT07863713
- Testing
- 0.025% atropine eye drops, DIMS TED
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital
Preterm Infant, Full-term Infant
A Novel Parent Education Program for Early Intervention
One in ten infants born in the USA is born preterm before 37 weeks of gestation and 50% of those will have motor and cognitive delays requiring intervention at school age.
- Trial name
- NCT04266717
- Testing
- Baby Play Intervention, Milestone Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
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Project Prepared: Risks, Roles and Relationships
Project Prepared is a theoretically based, comprehensive, intensive group intervention that is designed to prepare early adolescents for middle adolescence and its challenges.
- Trial name
- Prepared (NCT01880450)
- Testing
- Project Prepared, TEEN
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 397 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine