Baby brain scans may predict future thinking problems
NCT ID NCT07413900
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how babies' brains develop after an injury around birth. Researchers will use fun games and brain wave tests (EEG) to see if they can predict which children might have trouble with thinking and memory later. About 100 babies, both healthy and those with brain injuries, will take part. Parents will also answer surveys about their child's behavior and family stress.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Infants ages 6-24 months located across the United States and internationally. Must be able to travel to Madison, WI.
- Ages
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3 to 24 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Child-parent dyads will be recruited to the study. * Children 3-24 months with and without a history of a perinatal brain injury (PBI) will be included in this study. * Children with PBIs will include: * Children diagnosed during the neonatal period with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, * Children born at a premature gestational age (born at less than 32 weeks gestational age). * Children diagnosed with cerebral palsy * Healthy control participants meeting inclusion criteria will include: * healthy infants with no prior neurological (brain disorder) history * For all parents: the only research inclusion criteria is to be the parent or legal guardian of a newborn with perinatal brain injury or healthy control participant. Exclusion Criteria: * Healthy infants to be included in the control group will not have: * a prior history of brain injury * a diagnosis of cerebral palsy * a history of a neurological disorder * prior admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) * Children with chromosomal abnormalities, genetic syndromes and major congenital malformations will be excluded from both the patient groups and the control group. * Parents will have no exclusionary criteria.
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Locations
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University of Wisconsin Madison University Hospital
RECRUITINGMadison, Wisconsin, 53715, United States
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