Clinical trials: Infant Development, open to volunteers
Infant Development, Infant Overnutrition
Measurement of Energy Metabolism in Infants
The purpose of this study is to measure energy expenditure during the first 3 months of life in infants.
- Trial name
- BabyEE Pilot (NCT02683473)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
MRI Assessment of Lung Airways in Cystic Fibrosis: Evaluate MRI's Ability to Detect Changes in Airway Structure .
This study is being done to determine whether MRI can produce high quality lung and airway images in healthy and CF patients and if MRI can be used to evaluate size and shape of the airways with computer assistance.
- Trial name
- UTE Airway MR (NCT07454681)
- Testing
- Advanced ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI - Ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging is a technique that can quickly capture the fast-decaying 1H lung signal., Multiple Breath Wash out (MBW)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Gut -Microbiota, Inflammatory Markers
Walnuts as an Infant Solid Food for Health
The objective is to investigate the effect of walnuts on gut microbiota, inflammatory markers, atopic dermatitis status, and indices of allergy outcomes in breastfed infants during early complementary feeding.
- Conditions
- Gut -Microbiota, Inflammatory Markers, Infant Development
- Trial name
- WISH (NCT07081698)
- Testing
- Infant walnut intake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Word Learning From Parentese in Autistic Children
The overall objective of this research is to determine whether parentese delivered in the video format (Aim 1) and in live interaction (Aim 2) facilitates novel word learning in autistic children and to investigate if there are…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT06649916
- Testing
- Parentese Speech, Adult Registered Speech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Excessive Crying, Prolonged Pain
Assessment of Prolonged Pain in Infants With Excessive Crying: Contribution of Infrared Thermal Imaging - The NEOTHERM Pilot Study
NEOTHERM is a multicenter, prospective, observational pilot study examining whether infrared thermal imaging (ITI) can contribute to the assessment of prolonged pain in infants with excessive crying.
- Trial name
- NEOTHERM (NCT07693179)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Denis
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Efficacy and Safety of Rapamycin Versus Vigabatrin in the Prevention of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Symptoms in Infants
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of vigabatrin versus rapamycin as a preventive treatment in infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).
- Trial name
- ViRap (NCT04987463)
- Testing
- Vigabatrin, Rapamycin
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Katarzyna Kotulska
Healthy, Healthy Nutrition
The BEGIN Study Bifidobacterium Infantis to Newborns: Effects of Modulating the Gut Microbial Composition on Growth, Immune Function and Inflammatory Conditions - a Randomized Placebo-controlled Double-blinded Intervention Trial
The goal of The BEGIN Study, a randomized controlled double-blinded intervention trial, is to learn if probiotics, with Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis Bifin02 (B.
- Trial name
- BEGIN (NCT06452199)
- Testing
- B. infantis
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Maternal Mental Health, Early Child Development
Mental Health Support Interventions for Mothers of Infants and Young Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a maternal mental health support program can improve maternal mental health and child development when delivered through routine child healthcare services in community health…
- Conditions
- Maternal Mental Health, Early Child Development, Depressive Symptoms, Postpartum
- Trial name
- NCT07627373
- Testing
- Thinking Healthy Extended Program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
Oro-myofunctional Characteristics and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Infants With Down Syndrome
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is characterised by repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep, inducing breathing disturbances that can result in oxygen desaturation and frequent arousals.
- Trial name
- OMF21 (NCT07195253)
- Testing
- Polysomnography (PSG) to explore OSA, Oro-myo-functional clinical evaluation, Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Craniostenosis
Multimodal Mechanical, Tissue, Architectural, and Histological Evaluation of the Bone and Sutures of the Parietal Bone in an Infant With Craniosynostosis.
The human skull is a complex structure that protects the underlying tissues, including the brain. Certain rare conditions and diseases, such as craniosynostosis-which affects 1 in 2,000 to 2,500 children-impair these functions…
- Trial name
- CRANIOMECA (NCT07650981)
- Testing
- Biological sample, bones sample and questionaires.
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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
Congenital Heart Disease, Pregnancy Related
Pregnancy in GUCH Patients
This study aims to investigate the impact of congenital heart diseases on maternal and foetal-neonatal health, the effect of pregnancy on maternal cardiac health, and the outcome of newborns/children born from Grown-Up Congenital…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Pregnancy Related, Infant Development, IUGR
- Trial name
- PURE-HEART (NCT06574386)
- Testing
- Neurodevelopmental assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Autism, Prematurity
Eye Tracking and Autism in Former Preterm Infants
This is a single center, intervention study of integrating the eye-tracking (ET) biomarker battery into the existing autism evaluation process at the Riley Early Years Program (EYP).
- Trial name
- NCT07764822
- Testing
- Eye-tracking device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Infant Sleep Problems, Circadian Rhythm
Chrononutrition in Preterm Infants: a Randomised Controlled Trial of Time-matched Breast Milk Feeding and Its Effects on Sleep and Circadian Development
This study investigates whether the timing of feeding expressed breast milk influences infant sleep and circadian (day-night) development in preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Infant Sleep Problems, Circadian Rhythm, Neurodevelopment
- Trial name
- NCT07533578
- Testing
- Chronobiologically Timed Feeding of Expressed Breast Milk, Usual Feeding Practice (Untimed Expressed Breast Milk)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luzerner Kantonsspital
Primary Immunodeficiency (PID), Congenital Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Data Collection Study of Patients With Non-Malignant Disorders Undergoing UCBT, BMT or PBSCT With RIC
This is a data collection study that will examine the general diagnostic and treatment data associated with the reduced-intensity chemotherapy-based regimen paired with simple alemtuzumab dosing strata designed to prevented graft…
- Conditions
- Primary Immunodeficiency (PID), Congenital Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMD), Hereditary Anemias
- Trial name
- PRO-RIC (NCT04528355)
- Testing
- data collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Paul Szabolcs
Atopic Dermatitis (AD), Autoantibody
Birth Cohort: Development of IgE Autoantibodies in Newborns With (High Risk of) Atopic Dermatitis
Previous research has shown that some patients with atopic eczema have specific self-reactive antibodies, known as IgE autoantibodies, that react to their own skin cells, referred to as "self-reactive antibodies" or…
- Conditions
- Atopic Dermatitis (AD), Autoantibody, Auto-Immunity, Microbiome, Human
- Trial name
- DIANA (NCT07316465)
- Testing
- Development of atopic dermatitis with/without IgE autoantibodies
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Massage Effect
Vimala Massage Infantile Colic, Sleep and Development Levels
Objective: The effect of Vimala massage applied by parents on infantile colic, sleep and developmental levels of infants will be investigated.
- Trial name
- VIMCOLSLEEP (NCT06993701)
- Testing
- Vimala Massage Training for Fathers, Control Intervention, Vimala Massage Training for Mothers
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kilis 7 Aralik University
Preterm Birth, Postpartum Depression
COntact RElationship in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The present research project aims to explore the value that contact relationships between caregivers and the preterm infant may have in terms of promoting developmental and maturational processes,by attending to the…
- Trial name
- CORE in NICU (NCT06462638)
- Testing
- Neurobehavioral states and physiological parameters evaluation, Maternal vocal pitch evaluation to assess depressive/anxious state
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Invasive PreNatal Diagnosis in a Context of Family History of Single-gene Disorders, Including, Sickle Cell Disease
Development of Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis for Single Gene Disorders
Cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) is present in the maternal blood from the early first trimester of gestation and makes up 5%-20% of the total circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal plasma.
- Conditions
- Invasive PreNatal Diagnosis in a Context of Family History of Single-gene Disorders, Including, Sickle Cell Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fragile X Syndrome
- Trial name
- DANNIgene (NCT06147414)
- Testing
- Blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
The Role of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Airway Mucins and the Microbiome in the Early Prediction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the most common respiratory complication of extremely preterm birth, significantly impacts healthcare with high morbidity and mortality rates.
- Trial name
- INFANCY (NCT06342752)
- Testing
- Breath test, Throat swabs, Placental samples
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp