Status:

COMPLETED

Family Centred Early Intervention of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Conditions:

Congenital Heart Disease in Children

Eligibility:

All Genders

2-12 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In this study the investigators aim to test the feasibility for therapists and acceptability to parents of an early motor intervention for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) after open heart ...

Detailed Description

In this feasibility pilot randomised study children will be randomly assigned to a control and an intervention group. Children of the control group will receive standard of care for infants with sever...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Infants born with severe cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease (e.g. tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, transposition of the great arteries, atrial/ventricular septal defects, double outlet right ventricle, ...) who undergo open-heart surgery once before the first 3-6 months of their life
  • Parents able to comprehend the patient information linguistically and cognitively
  • Informed consent of parents as documented by signature

Exclusion

  • Infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome as they need to undergo several open-heart surgeries within the first period of their life.
  • Infants with trisomy 21 and other syndromes like 22q11 microdeletion syndrome, CHARGE syndrome that are often associated with CHD. These infants often show additional cognitive impairments that might confound the effect of our intervention.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 31 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 20 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04666857

Start Date

May 31 2021

End Date

February 20 2023

Last Update

September 21 2023

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University Children's Hospital

Zurich, Switzerland, 8032