Evaluation of a Sensory-tonic Stimulation on Development of Parent-infant Interactions and Social Cognition in Very Premature Children

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Conditions studied: Very Preterm Birth

In brief

Attachment is built primarily on the first interactions of the first 9 months of a baby's life. These first interactions and their effects of stress, pleasure and displeasure are retained to establish some of the baby's attachment behaviours and future relationships with others. Extreme prematurity strongly modify these first interactions between parents and child. Very preterm child is separated from his parents and is placed in a stressful, technical and potentially painful environment. Early interventions stimulate neuroplasticity and can positively affect the neurological development of very preterm infant. Tactile stimuli such as skin-to-skin contact and massages carried out by parents can be pleasant experiences that can support early interactions between parents and child.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04380051

Run by

CHU de Reims

People needed

120

Starts

2023-01-19

Expected to finish

2033-01-19

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-19

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• very preterm child (born before 32 weeks of amenorrhoea)
• parents agreeing to participate to the study

You may not qualify if…

• child born before 25 weeks of amenorrhoea
• child with a birth weight less than 600 grams
• child with congenital malformation
• child with hemodynamic instability

Where it is running

• Chu Reims — Reims, France (enrolling)

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