Clinical trials: Infant Development
Infant Motor Development
Determining Optimal Dosage of Prone Positioning in Early Infancy
The proposed study is a longitudinal, randomized control trial designed to determine the dosage of daily 'tummy time' needed in early infancy to influence ideal motor development and healthy body composition.
- Trial name
- Tummytime (NCT03134859)
- Testing
- Tummy Time
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Infant Development
Effect of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Toddler Cognition
The hypothesis to be examined is that dietary LCP-supplementation in the second and third years of life will improve cognitive and visual maturation in early childhood.
- Trial name
- NCT00982462
- Testing
- Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Preterm Infant Health, Preterm Infant Development
Preterm Infants: Light Effects on Health and Development
Preterm babies cared for in the intensive care nursery are exposed to amounts of light that are very different from the exposures to an unborn baby or the newborn term baby.
- Trial name
- NCT02146287
- Testing
- Cycled Light
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Maternal Anxiety, Maternal Depression
Evaluating CBT Delivered by Community Health Workers on Maternal Mental Health and Infant Cognitive Development in Insecure Environments
This study evaluates a cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for mothers with symptoms of anxiety and depression living in insecure environments using a randomized controlled methodology.
- Conditions
- Maternal Anxiety, Maternal Depression, Infant Cognitive Development
- Trial name
- NCT02911441
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- Heartland Alliance
Motor Development of Premature Infants
Helping Our Premature Infants ON to Better Motor Skills (HOP-ON)
Infants born very premature have biological risk factors for later developmental coordination disorder. Parental stereotyping of infants as fragile and other environmental factors, such as spending long periods laying on their…
- Trial name
- HOP-ON (NCT01281358)
- Testing
- HOP-ON, SMILES
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Infant Development
A Community Based Implementation of a Toolkit and Parenting Program for Improving Brain Development in Newborns
The investigators propose to develop and test the efficacy of a low cost evidence based toolkit aimed at improving brain development among newborns a rural setting of Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT02290756
- Testing
- Parenting Program, Low cost evidence based toolkit
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Growth, Tolerance
Growth of Healthy Term Infants Fed Formula Containing DHA-B
The primary objective is to determine if the weight gain of healthy term infants fed a commercially available term infant formula supplemented with DHASCO® is similar to that of infants fed the same formula supplemented with a…
- Conditions
- Growth, Tolerance, Infant Development
- Trial name
- NCT02144402
- Testing
- infant formula with DHASCO, infant formula with DHASCO-B
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dsm-firmenich Switzerland AG
Infant, Premature, Diseases, Perinatal Morbidity
Prognosis of Extremely Premature Birth
Pregnant women at risk of giving birth before 28 weeks' gestational age will be enrolled. Fetal circulation will be studied and blood for inflammatory parameters will be collected.
- Conditions
- Infant, Premature, Diseases, Perinatal Morbidity, Development, Problem;Growth
- Trial name
- BabyPEP (NCT01150396)
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Infant Development
Effect of a Mix of Dairy Lipids and Plant Oils in Infant Formula on Omega-3 Fatty Acid in Red Blood Cells
The objective of this study is to determine whether the use of a mix of dairy lipids and plant oils in infant formula can increase the sum of omega-3 fatty acids levels in membrane phospholipids of red blood cells (RBC) in 4…
- Trial name
- REBECA (NCT01611649)
- Testing
- Formula containing dairy lipids and plant oils, Formula containing plant oils, Formula containing dairy lipids and plant oils, DHA+ARA
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lactalis
Growth, Development
Preterm Infant Growth
The purpose of this study is to assess growth of preterm infants fed a test formula compared to a standard formula up to the first 4 months of corrected gestational age.
- Conditions
- Growth, Development, Infant
- Trial name
- NCT01162798
- Testing
- infant formula, control infant formula
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Infant Development
Baby Dvd Effects on Cortisol
The investigators will do an experiment where 9-12 month old infants are randomized to 30 minutes of block play or 30 minutes of watching a baby DVD.
- Trial name
- NCT01459848
- Testing
- block play, baby dvd
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Oxidative Stress, Inflammation
Effect of Mother DHA Supplementation on Term Newborn.
In the present study, we evaluate the effect of the mother suplementación with DHA during the gestation and lactation on diverse aspects of the development of newborn.
- Conditions
- Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Infant Development
- Trial name
- NCT01947426
- Testing
- DHA Supplementation, Control (milk without DHA)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Infant, Premature, Diseases, Infant Nutrition Disorders
Early Nutrition and Neurological Development of Very Preterm Infants
The main goal of this study is to determine the association between: the quantity of mother's milk and duration of breastfeeding the intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids and iron during hospitalization and the development of…
- Conditions
- Infant, Premature, Diseases, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Development; Delayed, Mental
- Trial name
- EPINUTRI (NCT01486173)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lapillonne, Alexandre, M.D.
Infant, Premature Development
The Impact of Implementing NIDCAP on the Developmental Sensitivity of Nurses Caring for Preterm Infants
The purpose of this study is to determine whether implementing the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program increases NICU nurses' sensitivity in meeting the developmental care needs of preterm infants.
- Trial name
- NCT00179985
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Infant Development
Measurements of Facial Dimensions in Infants and Toddlers 0-4 Years of Age
Anthropometric data of infants' face will be obtained using special 3D scanners and software.
- Trial name
- NCT01274299
- Testing
- Digital camera picture
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ziv Hospital