TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting

Obesity Clinical Trial

— TARGetKids!  

Official title:

TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01869530
• Other study ID #: 2063
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2030

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: The Hospital for Sick Children
• Contact: Catherine Birken, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC
• Phone: 416-813-7654
• Email: catherine.birken[@]sickkids.ca
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids) is a research study enrolling healthy children aged 0-5 years. The aim of the TARGet Kids! registry is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and developmental problems.

TARGet Kids! represents an innovative collaboration between child health researchers and children's primary care doctors (pediatricians and family physicians) to promote research that really matters and create solutions to some of the today's biggest health concerns. The results of this collaborative research study are not only improving the quality of children's healthcare but also the health of children across the country. Coordinated by Sick Kids and St. Michael's Hospital with data management services by the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), TARGet Kids! is the only primary care research network for children in Canada.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 14000
• Est. completion date: June 2030
• Est. primary completion date: June 2030
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Birth to less than 6 years of age

• Parental consent

• Attending a TARGet Kids! research network practice

Exclusion Criteria:

• Chronic illness with the exception of asthma

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Development
• Nutrition Disorders
• Nutritional Disorders
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Melville Pediatric Center	Montreal	Quebec
Canada	Hospital for Sick Children	Toronto	Ontario
Canada	St. Michael's Hospital	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hospital for Sick Children

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body Mass Index (BMI)	Change in BMI over a 10 year follow-up period	10 years (yearly measurements)
Secondary	Nutrition	Nutritional risk	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Development	Child development	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Mental Health	Mental Health	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Lifestyle Factors	Assessment of Lifestyle Factors that contribute to health	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Child Behavior	Child behavior	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Social Determinants	Social determinants of health	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Education	Nutritional factors affects on education	Yearly measurements
Secondary	Parenting	Parenting styles	Yearly measurements

External Links

•   TARGet Kids! website