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Sparking Potential, Revealing Infant Neurocognitive Traits

University of Wisconsin, Madison · NCT07390136

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 4 mo–2 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 30, 2024
Record last updated
February 9, 2026

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

What the study is about

This research focuses on the long-term cognitive development of children, including healthy infants and those who had a perinatal brain injury. As part of this research study, children complete virtual game and assessments. Parents will be asked to fill out questionnaires about their child's behavior and stress in the home. All study visits will take place online via Zoom.

Conditions: Perinatal Brain Injury; Healthy Participants

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Child-parent dyads will be recruited to the study.
  • Children 3-24 months with and without a history of a perinatal brain injury (PBI) will be included in this study.
  • Children with PBIs will include:
  • Children diagnosed during the neonatal period with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy,
  • Children born at a premature gestational age (born at less than 32 weeks gestational age).
  • Children diagnosed with cerebral palsy
  • Healthy control participants meeting inclusion criteria will include:
  • healthy infants with no prior neurological (brain disorder) history
  • For all parents: the only research inclusion criteria is to be the parent or legal guardian of a newborn with perinatal brain injury or healthy control participant.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Healthy infants to be included in the control group will not have:
  • a prior history of brain injury
  • a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
  • a history of a neurological disorder
  • prior admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Children with chromosomal abnormalities, genetic syndromes and major congenital malformations will be excluded from both the patient groups and the control group.
  • Parents will have no exclusionary criteria.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

    Madison, WI 53726

    Site contact: Melisa Carrasco McCaul, MD, PhD · 608-577-2415

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Melisa Carrasco McCaul, MD, PhD · 608-577-2415 · carrascomccaul@neurology.wisc.edu
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