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A Randomized Control Trial of a Responsive Parenting Intervention to Support Healthy Brain Development and Self-regulation in Toddlers Born Preterm
Led by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Updated on 2025-03-28
300
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
255 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Lead Sponsor
H
Herman H. Fleishman Foundation
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to determine whether participation in the Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) parenting intervention results in increased caregiver responsiveness behaviors and to test if participation in PALS results in increases in toddler skills and/or toddler neurological development.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Randomized Control Trial of a Responsive Parenting Intervention to Support Healthy Brain Development and Self-regulation in Toddlers Born Preterm
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Maternal age over 18-years when child was born
You will not qualify if you...
- Known or suspected congenital anomalies including chromosomal or complex congenital heart disease
- Congenital infections such as TORCH, untreated maternal HIV, or maternal syphilis
- Bilateral grade 3/4 intraventricular hemorrhage, intraparenchymal hemorrhage, or hydrocephalus
- Cerebral palsy with Gross Motor Function Classification of III or higher
- Blindness
- Deafness
- Current maternal drug use or drug use during pregnancy
- Families living more than 1 hour drive from the Texas Medical Center
- Child with contraindication for MRI; if mother is pregnant or has MRI contraindication, another relative may assist with MRI
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Dana DeMaster, PhD
CONTACT
K
Kelly Vaughn
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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