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New registry aims to solve mystery of sudden child deaths

NCT ID NCT03109197

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study collects medical records, circumstances, and DNA from children who died suddenly and unexpectedly between ages 11 months and 18 years. Researchers will analyze this information to find risk factors and causes, with the goal of preventing future deaths. Families of affected children can participate by sharing information and samples.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 1,600 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2014

Expected to finish

Nov 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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.

Who is studied

1300 participants (400 SUDC subjects and 800 parents, and approximately 100 siblings or symptomatic second degree relatives) over a period of 5 years, including both retrospectively and prospectively ascertained cases.

Ages

11 months to 100 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: Retrospective SUDC Cases * 11months to 18 years of age. * Subjects whose cause of death was sudden and unexplained-"Postinfancy SIDS," "Sudden Death of Childhood," "Undetermined," "Late SIDS," a vague description of symptoms of "undetermined etiology," or a diagnosis acknowledged to be speculative by the prosecting pathologist * If the retrospective case has banked DNA specimens. Prospective SUDC Cases * SUDC cases, parents and eligible family members from 11months-100 years of age. * SUDC Subjects whose death was sudden and unexplained after the initial autopsy, and in whom a scene investigation and full autopsy was performed. Family Members Subjects * If the SUDC case has DNA viable specimens, family members will be asked if they would also like to participate in the DNA portion. One or both biological parents if willing and able will be considered as a family subject. * Biological siblings and second degree relatives from age of 0-100 years of age that have had a history or currently have a heart condition and/or neurology condition. Exclusion Criteria: SUDC Subjects * Subjects that are younger than 11months or older than 18 years of age will be excluded as a SUDC case. * Prospective SUDC cases of apparent suicide, homicide, and accident where the external cause was the obvious and only reason for the death will be excluded from this study. Family Member Subjects Any siblings or second degree family relatives that did not have a history or current heart or neurology condition will not be able to enroll in the study.

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • New York University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10016, United States