Improving Brain Development in Medically Healthy Premature Infants

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Conditions studied: Premature Birth

In brief

Premature infants born between 28 and 33 weeks' gestation often have significant brain damage. Brain damage can be caused by the much greater stimulation the infant receives in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as compared to the mother's womb. This study will test the effectiveness of specialized and individualized NICU developmental care in preventing brain damage.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00065364

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

90

Starts

2000-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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