Preterm Kids' brains tracked to age 9 in new study
NCT ID NCT05990582
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study follows children born moderately or late preterm (32-36 weeks) to age 9, measuring their thinking, movement, language, behavior, and growth. Researchers compare these kids to full-term peers to understand long-term effects. The goal is to learn how early development predicts later outcomes, not to test a treatment.
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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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153 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- 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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9 to 9 years
- 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.
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all the following criteria: * The participant is born in or transferred to the NWZ Alkmaar between January 1st, 2014 and April 18th, 2016 (the time in which the participants of trial NL50800.094.14 were born). * The participant born at a gestational age from 32 to 35+6 weeks. * Both parents of the participant have given informed consent to participate in the 9 years trial In order to be eligible to participate in the control group of this study, a subject must meet all the following criteria: * The participant is 9 years old when participating in this study and is a friend or classmate of the included MLPTI or has visited a GGD site for the 9 years vaccination and is willing to participate or is a (grand)child of an employee of Noordwest Hospital and is living in the area of Alkmaar (\< 20 km). * Both parents of the participant have given informed consent for the participation of the study. A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: * The participant's parents are not able to fill out questionnaires or perform tests in Dutch. * The participant has a severe developmental or genetic disorder and is thereby not able to perform the tests. * The participant is not able to come to the outpatient clinic to do the tests. A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study as part of the control group: * The participant is born with a GA \< 37 weeks. * The participant has a severe developmental or genetic disorder and is thereby not able to perform the tests. * The participant had complications after birth (e.g. admission at a Neonatal ward) * The participant needs special education
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
Alkmaar, 1815JD, Netherlands
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