Clinical trials: Infant Development
Premature Infants
Post-Discharge Growth and Development of Infants Who Received Targeted Fortification in the NICU
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are at risk for slow growth, metabolic abnormalities, and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT04190875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Premature Birth
Effectiveness of Music Therapy on the Development of Preterm Neonates
Pragmatic, randomized controlled clinical trial with blinding of the evaluator, performed in order to estimate the effectiveness, six (6) months after hospital discharge, of music therapy on the intra-hospital evolution and…
- Trial name
- EMT-DRNP (NCT02948491)
- Testing
- Music therapy
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Manuela Beltrán
Cystic Fibrosis, Fibrosis
The Alfred Step Test Exercise Protocol (A-STEP), for Adults With Cystic Fibrosis.
Exercise testing has become clinically important in the management and ongoing evaluation of patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) with higher rates of exercise tolerance and participation previously linked to lower mortality risk…
- Conditions
- Cystic Fibrosis, Fibrosis, Lung Diseases, Respiratory Diseases
- Trial name
- A-STEP (NCT02717650)
- Testing
- A-STEP, A-STEP (New Protocol), Comparator: CPET cycle ergometer (Gold Standard)
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- The Alfred
Infant Development
Developing Advanced MRI Methods for Detecting the Impact of Nutrients on Infant Brain Development
The purpose is to study the effect of infant nutrition on brain development, as measured using Magnetic Resonance (MR) techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT02058225
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Prophylaxis Against Malaria to Enhance Child Development (PROTECT Study)
Each year, ~85.3 million pregnant women are at risk of becoming infected with Plasmodium falciparum(1). Among women in sub-Saharan Africa, most of whom have some degree of clinical immunity to malaria, malaria infection in…
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT02557425)
- Testing
- No intervention in PROTECT
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 272 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Preterm Infant, Feeding Behavior
A Cue-based Developmental Approach Toward the Preterm Infants During Feeding Transition Period
The coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing during the transition from gavage to oral feeding is a challenge for preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, Feeding Behavior, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT03755999
- Testing
- The premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Premature Infant, Developmental Delay
A Parent Administered Sensorimotor Intervention and Developmental Outcome of Preterm Infants
Advances in medical technologies over the last three decades have increased survival rates in infants born preterm . Preterm infants are at high risk of developing developmental delays.
- Trial name
- NCT03836326
- Testing
- Sensorimotor intervention, Control, Story telling attention refocusing intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Sandra Fucile
Developmental Delay
18 Month Follow Up of Preterm Infants Enrolled in the Cord Clamping Study
The purpose of this study is to examine differences in the long-term effects of immediate versus delayed cord clamping at birth on developmental outcomes of our study infants at 18-22 months corrected age.
- Trial name
- 18mo (NCT01426698)
- Testing
- delayed cord clamping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rhode Island
Neurophysiologic Maturation
Neurophysiologic Maturation Index for Late Preterm Infants
Late preterm infants contribute to significant neonatal intensive care unit health care resource utilization because of their sheer numbers. Determinants of the length of hospitalization (LOH) in this population are understudied.
- Trial name
- NEMO Project (NCT02156817)
- Testing
- Amplitude integrated electroencephalogram, Cardiorespiratory signal acquisition
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Stress
Efficacy of Healing Touch in Stressed Neonates
The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether or not Healing Touch therapy (HT) helps to treat the stress of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Trial name
- NCT00034008
- Testing
- Healing Touch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency
Egg Intervention During Pregnancy in Indonesia
The study consists of two arms: 1) intervention group using eggs as supplementary food given from 2nd trimester of pregnancy to birth, and 2) observational group of pregnant mothers.
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Birth Weight, Birth Length
- Trial name
- PRECODE (NCT04694235)
- Testing
- Egg intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Infant Overweight, Infant Obesity
Project Sueño: Sleep & Understanding Early Nutrition in Obesity
The purpose of the study is to understand how mothers think and feel about feeding their babies and putting them to sleep, understand more about programs that can support mothers taking care of babies, and how professionals can…
- Conditions
- Infant Overweight, Infant Obesity, Infant Overnutrition, Infant Development
- Trial name
- NCT06117631
- Testing
- Centering Parenting, Bright by Text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Iodine Deficiency Goiter, Infant Development
Community Salt Testing and Relation of Iodine Intake to Visual Information Processing of Ethiopian Infants
This study evaluated efficacy of iodized salt for mothers and their six-month-old infants' thyroid hormones and visual information processing.
- Trial name
- NCT03889431
- Testing
- Iodine capsule, Iodized Salt
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Eating Behavior
The Development of Reward Response to Food in Infancy
In this study the researchers want to learn more about reward-driven eating behavior in children ages 2 to 18 months. The researchers hope to use this knowledge to help inform obesity prevention programs.
- Trial name
- NCT04114123
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
An Efficacy and Safety Trial of Intravenous Zoledronic Acid in Infants Less Than One Year of Age, With Severe Osteogenesis Imperfecta
The investigators have currently finished conducting an international multi-center trial that compares the efficacy and safety of pamidronate and zoledronate in the treatment of moderate to severe forms of Osteogenesis Imperfecta…
- Trial name
- INFOI (NCT00982124)
- Testing
- Zoledronic Acid
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Self Efficacy, Infant Development
Connecting Families to Improve Parental Self-efficacy and Parent Psychosocial and Infant Health Outcomes in the NICU
Preterm infants, 1 in 12 Canadian births, are at a significant increased risk of poor health outcomes, resulting in high healthcare burden.
- Conditions
- Self Efficacy, Infant Development, eHealth, Mental Health Wellness 1
- Trial name
- NCT05853666
- Testing
- CNH+
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Postnatal Growth Disorder
Target Fortification of Breast Milk: How Often Breast Milk Needs to be Measured?
It has been observed that target fortification on different schedules leads to meal to meal variation. It changes the ratio of protein to energy and the percentage of carbohydrate to non-protein energy which may, affect growth.
- Trial name
- TFO2 (NCT02865941)
- Testing
- Fortification with modular protein, Fortification with modular carbohydrate, Fortification with modular fat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster Children's Hospital
Depression
Interventions for Depressed Low Income Mothers and Their Infants
This study will compare three interventions for depressed, low income mothers and determine which is most effective in treating maternal depression and in fostering development in infants.
- Trial name
- NCT00105573
- Testing
- Maternal interpersonal psychotherapy (IP), Infant-parent psychotherapy, Informational meetings plus treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Interleukin-6 in the Development of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in Newborn
This trial is intended to assess the serum levels of interleukin-6 as a predictive factor for the occurrence of meconium aspiration syndrome in infants born with MSAF.
- Trial name
- NCT07394322
- Testing
- serum interleukin 6
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benha University
Healthy, Infant
Infant s Examination and Manipulation of Objects
This study will explore how babies become able to use their experience with objects to plan to manipulate them appropriately. For example, an adult knows that picking up a grocery bag full of canned food requires different…
- Trial name
- NCT00053469
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)