Can early physiotherapy boost development in NICU babies?
NCT ID NCT07201792
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether starting physiotherapy early in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) helps at-risk infants improve their motor, cognitive, and language development. About 100 babies with conditions like prematurity or birth complications will receive either standard care or a family-based early physiotherapy program. Researchers will track their progress up to 12 months after birth.
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 (chest physiotherapy, developmental physiotherapy, family education, and positioning techniques)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that starting physiotherapy early in the NICU helps at-risk infants develop better motor, cognitive, and language skills.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with 100 infants, so results may not apply to all NICU babies. The benefits seen may be short-term or not significant.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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28 to 42 weeks
- 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: * Newborns 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. * Newborns receiving oxygen or mechanical ventilation (MV) support. * Infants with a 5-minute Apgar score \<3, \<37 weeks' gestation, \<1500 g preterm, or prematurity due to multiple births. Exclusion Criteria: * Newborns 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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University
Kahramanmaraş, Onikişubet, 46100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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