Clinical trials: Neurological Development
Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Alpha Auditory Entrainment for Cognitive Enhancement and Sensory Hypersensitivity in Youth With Developmental Disorders
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. Scientists have investigated FXS extensively in both humans and animals.
- Conditions
- Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
- Trial name
- ENTRAIN (NCT06227780)
- Testing
- Alpha Auditory Entrainment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Infant Development, Perinatal Stroke
Behavioral Assessment Method Index
The overall goal of this study is to develop and improve assessment methods for children with and without perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAS)/hemiparetic cerebral palsy (HCP).
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Perinatal Stroke, Hemiparesis, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- BAM (NCT07291479)
- Testing
- Non interventional study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Disability, Intellectual, Disability Psychological
The Role of Family and Individual Factors in Going Through Adolescence - Perspective of a Healthy Child.
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the specificity of the growing up process in young people with disabled siblings.
- Conditions
- Disability, Intellectual, Disability Psychological, Disability, Developmental, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06156124
- Testing
- Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gdansk
Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities
Effects of Intensity of Early Communication Intervention
The purpose of the study is to determine if a more intensive application of communication intervention, i.e. 5 hours per week, will result in more frequent intentional communication acts, greater lexical density, and a better…
- Trial name
- NCT00723151
- Testing
- Milieu Communication Teaching
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Infant Development, Sensory Disorder
The Prechtl's General Movement Assessment, Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination and Sensory Profile-2
In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), infants encounter many sensory stimuli (excessive noise, bright lights, painful medical applications, etc.) that are not present in the uterus.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Sensory Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, Motor Delay
- Trial name
- highrisk (NCT05217199)
- Testing
- Measurements
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Deafness
Neurophysiological Measures of Auditory Perception and Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implanted Patients
This study aims at investigating new automatic fitting techniques for cochlear implant patients based on objective measures. For this reason, the evolution of these neurophysiological measures, expressing the encoding of pure…
- Trial name
- NEUROSYLLABIC (NCT02323256)
- Testing
- Auditory steady-state response ASSR, Speech-ABR, Acoustic Change Complex ACC
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Infant Development, Pain, Procedural
Parental Touch Trial (Petal)
This is a two centre two-arm randomised controlled interventional trial. We aim to determine whether parental touch prior to a painful clinical procedure provides effective analgesia in neonates.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Pain, Procedural, Parents
- Trial name
- Petal (NCT04901611)
- Testing
- Parental touch
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paediatric Neuroimaging Research Group
Dyslexia, Developmental
Poly-unsaturated Fatty Acids and Developmental Dyslexia
Poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) represent a component of lipids that covers a relevant role in human diet and biological functions such as provision of energy, functionality of cell membranes and tissue metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT04287530
- Testing
- Poly-unsaturated fatty acids supplementation, Neuropsychological intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Preterm Birth, Developmental Delay
The Alkmaar MLPTI Cohort Study: Outcomes at 9 Years
Objective of the study: To examine cognition, motor function, executive functions, speech and language development, behaviour, psychosocial functioning,academic achievement, physical morbidities and growth of MLPTI at the age of…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Developmental Delay, Growth Delay
- Trial name
- NCT05990582
- Testing
- CBCL, SDQ, CCC-2-NL
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Mood Disorders
Multidimensional Measurement of Psychopharmacological Treatment Response
The study examines actigraphic, observational, psychometric and associated repeated measurements obtained prior to and during psychopharmacological treatment.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorders, Mood Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT01184235
- Testing
- Pharmacological Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Child Psychopharmacology Institute
Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18
Prenatal Non-invasive Aneuploidy Test Utilizing SNPs Trial
This prospective blinded study will assess the diagnostic capability of an informatics enhanced SNP based technology (Parental Support) to identify pregnant women who are carrying a fetus with an aneuploidy from fee floating DNA…
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, Aneuploidy
- Trial name
- PreNATUS (NCT01545674)
- Testing
- Blood Draw
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 937 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
Dystonia, Pediatric
Quantifying Motor Network Dynamics to Predict and Enhance Outcomes in Pediatric Dystonia
The goal of this study is to understand the development and progression of childhood dystonia, a movement disorder, in children.
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Pediatric, Deep Brain Stimulation, Motor Development
- Trial name
- NCT07325175
- Testing
- DBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Hearing Loss
Hearing and Brain Development Cohort in Children and Adolescents
This bidirectional observational cohort study aims to establish a Hearing and Brain Development (HBD) cohort in children and adolescents with hearing loss across different hearing management pathways, including hearing aid…
- Trial name
- HBD-Cohort (NCT07625462)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Williams Syndrome, Duplication
Defining the Brain Phenotype of Children With Williams Syndrome
Background: Little is known about how the brain changes during childhood and adolescence, how genes affect this process, or how the brains of people with 7q11.23 genetic variation change during this period.
- Trial name
- NCT01132885
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Preterm Birth, Developmental Dyslexia
Reading-FREE Markers for Early Detection of Developmental Dyslexia
This study aims to identify early signs of developmental dyslexia (DD) and other reading difficulties in children born preterm, using behavioral, cognitive, and brain imaging data collected before reading problems typically…
- Trial name
- FREE-DD (NCT07072104)
- Testing
- Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 2, MRI - Grade 2, Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 3
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mitochondrial Pathology
Transgenerational Metabolic-Immune Biomarkers of Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The study involves up to 5 visits for a fasting blood draw, behavioral assessments, and/or questionnaires. Other samples may be collected when appropriate. This study is currently recruiting.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mitochondrial Pathology, Epilepsy, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT04322734
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
French Minds Cohort: a French Longitudinal and Multimodal Cohort of Patients With Major Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls
The goal of this study is to learn whether people living with severe psychiatric disorders can be grouped into more homogeneous subgroups, across usual diagnostic categories, based on two key dimensions: social withdrawal and…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP), Bipolar Disorder (BD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD
- Trial name
- FRENCH-MINDS (NCT07881016)
- Testing
- 3T Brain MRI, Biological Sampling, Clinical, Cognitive and Digital Assessments
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation FondaMental