Skip to content
Bored Studies
RecruitingAccepts healthy volunteers

Brain Organization, Development, and Response to Intervention in Individual Neonates

Washington University School of Medicine · with University of Minnesota · NCT05843396

View Study & Apply (opens in a new tab)

Opens the official ClinicalTrials.gov record, with the study team’s contacts. Bored Studies doesn’t enroll anyone.

Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Any age listed · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
80
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
March 31, 2025
Record last updated
August 19, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The goal of this study is to learn about brain connectivity and if massaging babies shortly after birth has an impact. Half of the recruited babies will receive massage daily while the other half will not, and differences will be observed.

Being studied: Neonatal Massage

Conditions: Development, Infant

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

Show full criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • English speaking
  • Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Prisoners (vulnerable population)
  • Pregnant women \<18 years of age
  • Active psychosis, mania, suicidal ideation (safety)
  • Active substance dependence
  • Gestational Age \<35 weeks (neonates)
  • Neonatal encephalopathy (neonates)

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, MN 55455

    Site contact: Julia Moser · 612-625-5000 · precisionbaby@umn.edu

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, MO 63110

    Site contact: Victoria Brooks · 314-312-2684 · victoria.day@wustl.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Victoria Brooks, LCSW · (314) 312-2684 · pipproject@wustl.edu
All healthy volunteers studies in Minnesota →