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NCT number NCT05907109
Other study ID # 4864543
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 16, 2021
Est. completion date December 31, 2025

Study information

Verified date June 2023
Source Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
Contact Fernanda Lucchese-Lobato, PHD
Phone +1(646)8304997
Email luccheselobato@gmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a low-cost hybrid remotely monitored parent-mediated and clinic-based multidisciplinary early intervention (EI) for low-income infants with CHD in Brazil. The intervention protocols will be administered according to age modules, families will be monitored weekly. High risk infants also receive supplemental clinic-based interventions according to developmental needs. Controls will receive standard of care and access to early child development and nutrition practices information from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. All infants will be evaluated at within a 42-month follow-up research outpatient clinic, called NeuroCardio Baby at Santo Antonio Pediatric Hospital, of the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital Complex, and affiliated with The Cardiology Institute-University Foundation of Cardiology (IC-FUC), Porto Alegre, Brazil.


Description:

The objective of this randomized clinical trial is to develop low-cost hybrid remotely monitored parent-mediated multidisciplinary early intervention (EI) protocols for infants with CHD in Brazil. The protocols will be conducted via parents at home according to age modules (0- 3m, 3-6m, 6-9m, and 9-12m), and families will be monitored by clinical researchers weekly. High risk infants will receive supplemental EI services at the clinic according to developmental needs. Infants will receive outcome evaluations within a 42-month follow-up clinic. The aim of this study is to prevent or reduce neurodevelopmental sequelae and developmental delays associated with CHD. Participants in the intervention group receive multidisciplinary EIs in Nutrition (including breastfeeding support), Speech and Language Therapy for tube feeding transition, feeding readiness, and language and motor development and early stimulation for global development in cognitive, language and motor skills according to age milestones. Premature infants will receive age-corrected protocols and evaluations. Caregivers will receive psychological and protocol administration support. The control group receives basic child development, nutrition, and breastfeeding information provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in addition to standard of care cardiac pediatric follow-up visits. Neurodevelopment is assessed with the Brazilian Version of Bayley Developmental Scale for Infants and Toddlers (3rd edition) in both groups, at 6, 12, 24, and 36-42 months. Nutritional outcomes, such as ml of breastmilk drown by mothers, and infant weight and length are measured. The study will compare the developmental outcome scores and parental quality of life scores of the intervention and control groups during the intervention (6 and 12months) and at 1 and 2 years follow up. We believe that infants with CHD who receive monitoring and early multidisciplinary interventions in the first year of life have better neurodevelopmental outcomes than infants who do not receive early multidisciplinary care. In Brazil, access to EI services is extremely limited to urban centers and higher income families. Infants from low-income backgrounds and rural settings are likely to be left without services during early childhood. Our remote, low-cost intervention aims at increasing access to EI for Brazilian infants with CHD.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 300
Est. completion date December 31, 2025
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A to 2 Months
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Pregnant women with a fetal diagnosis of CHD - Child up to two months diagnosed with CHD - Signature of the electronic free and informed consent form by those parents or legal guardians. Exclusion Criteria: - Psychiatric or neurocognitive condition that prevents obtaining reliable clinical data (defined by the clinical judgment of the investigators) - Inability to read by parents or legal guardians.

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Remotely monitored parent-mediated hybrid home and clinic based multidisciplinary Early Intervention protocols.
Parents receive manualized protocols, instructional videos, and toy and material kits to administer EIs at home. New modules are provided according to infant age or stage of intervention during the length of brief interventions or 12-months. The families will be monitored by clinical researchers weekly. -High risk infants will receive supplemental EI services at the clinic according to developmental needs. Infants will receive outcome evaluations within a 42-month follow-up clinic.

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil Instituto de Cardiologia Porto Alegre Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Rio Grande Do Sul

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior., Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (1)

Marino BS, Lipkin PH, Newburger JW, Peacock G, Gerdes M, Gaynor JW, Mussatto KA, Uzark K, Goldberg CS, Johnson WH Jr, Li J, Smith SE, Bellinger DC, Mahle WT; American Heart Association Congenital Heart Defects Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Compose the Neuropsychomotor profile of babies with CHD in multidisciplinary outpatient follow-up and compare to the group without follow-up. Compose the Neuropsychomotor profile of babies with CHD in multidisciplinary outpatient follow-up and compare to the group without follow-up using Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development- Third Edition). From six months of age
Secondary Neurodevelopment Scores in infant with CHD (Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development- Third Edition) Amercian Heart Association recommends surveillance, screening, evaluation in the nerudovelopment in pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) population. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development- Third Edition is a recognized scale the assessment the Infant Neudevelopment in cognitive, language and motor domains. From six months of age
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