Toddler brain scans reveal how thinking skills grow
NCT ID NCT04916652
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how brain flexibility develops in healthy Chinese toddlers aged 32 to 42 months. Researchers will use MRI scans to measure brain activity linked to thinking skills like planning and self-control. The goal is to understand normal brain growth in young children.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Healthy normal developing Chinese toddlers; minimum number of subjects with successful MRI scans at enrolment and age 42 months: N=60 (≈ 30 fed on S-26 GOLD/ ULTIMA growing-up milk (GUM) and ≈30 fed on cows' milk) with key inclusion as daily consumption of the S-26 GUM or cow's milk for the last 60 days (2 mo).
- Ages
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32 to 34 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Written informed consent has been obtained from the parent/legally acceptable representative. 2. Full-term birth (≥ 37 weeks and ≥ 2.5kg) 3. Typically developing Children aged between 32-34 months (2 years 8 months to 2 years10 month of age) at enrolment 4. Neurotypical development as assessed by interview 5. No major risk factors for learning, neurologic, or psychiatric disorder as assessed by interview \[defined as a diagnosed learning neurologic or psychiatric disorder in a first degree relative (e.g. parents, siblings)\]. 6. Dietary requirement detailed below: S-26 GOLD or ULTIMA GUM--fed group: I. Daily consumption of S-26 GOLD or ULTIMA GUM for the last 60 days (2 months) II. Desire of the parent to continue feeding GUM during the course of the study Cow's milk-fed group: I. Daily consumption of cow's milk or for the last 60 days (2 months) II. Desire of the parent to continue feeding cow's milk during the course of the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Delayed birth ( \> 41 weeks gestation) as reported in medical record 2. Birth Weight \< 2500 g or small for gestational age (birth weight below the 10th percentile) or large for gestational age (birth weight above the 90th percentile) as reported in medical record 3. History of neurological (e.g., head injury, epilepsy), psychiatric or developmental disorder in the toddler as assessed by interview 4. History of diagnosed neurological (e.g., head injury, epilepsy), psychiatric or developmental disorder in parents or siblings, as assessed by interview 5. In utero exposure to alcohol abuse or illicit substances as defined as diagnosis of current substance use disorder in the biological mother and guidelines set by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Royal College of Physicians 6. Multiple birth as reported in medical record 7. Complicated pregnancy (e.g., preeclampsia, gestational diabetes) as assessed by medical interview/ medical record 8. Abnormal screening laboratory values and studies considered to be clinically significant in the opinion of the Investigator (e.g., metabolic disease screening, neonatal bilirubin)
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Locations
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Shanghai Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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