Simple baby exercises may boost brain development in preemies
NCT ID NCT07201805
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether early physiotherapy, taught to parents, can improve movement and development in babies at risk for problems like cerebral palsy. Fifty infants from the NICU will be randomly assigned to get either the special program or standard care. Researchers will measure motor skills and brain development at 3 and 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Early physiotherapy program (family education, therapeutic holding, positioning, sucking facilitation)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that early physiotherapy helps at-risk infants develop better motor, cognitive, and language skills, potentially reducing long-term disabilities.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to all infants. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so effects may be modest and hard to measure precisely.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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2 to 5 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Infants diagnosed with periventricular hemorrhage (PVH), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), cystic PVL, HIE, kernicterus, perinatal asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), RDS, or BPD, and those receiving oxygen or mechanical ventilation (MV) support * Infants with a 5-minute Apgar score \<3, \<37 weeks' gestation, \<1500 grams of preterm birth, or prematurity due to multiple births. * Infants with the corrected age of 2 to 4 months Exclusion Criteria: * Infants with congenital malformations (spina bifida, congenital muscular torticollis, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, etc.), babies diagnosed with metabolic and genetic diseases (down syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, duchenne muscular dystrophy, etc.)
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Locations
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Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University
RECRUITINGKahramanmaraş, Onikişubet, 46100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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