NICU Parent Education Program

NCT ID: NCT02528227

Last Updated: 2022-05-03

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The purpose of this study is to adminster one of two education programs to parents of preterm infants in the NICU to evaluate language and cognitive outcomes of their infants.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

The long term goal of this research is to determine the language environment necessary in the NICU for very preterm infants to optimize their long-term language and cognitive development. This study will pilot an early language intervention with parents of preterm infants in the NICU the purpose of which is to provide a structured curriculum for the family to guide their language interactions with their infant. The aim is to increase the adult word counts and conversational turns in the NICU and to improve Bayley III language and cognitive scores at 12 months and 24 months corrected age.

The hypotheses is that increasing early language exposure in the NICU will result in improved lanugage and cognitive scores. The investigators plan on testing the hypothesis by the following specific aims.

1. Determine the effectiveness of a structured language curriculum with parents of preterm infants in the NICU on increasing the amount of early language exposure.
2. Test the the hypothesis that increased early language exposure will result in higher Bayley III language and cognitive scores.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Language Development Premature Infant Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Language Curriculum

The Language Intervention group will receive some of the known methods for early language development. Six lessons will include: Knowing your Baby, Reading Aloud, Sing-A-Long, Mimicking First Sounds, Language Game and Narrating Your Day. Parents will receive feedback every 2 weeks from a Language Environment Analysis digital language processor (LENA).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Know Your Baby Language Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Early language activities that parents can do with their infants

Reading Aloud Language Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Sing A Long Language Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Mimicking First Sounds Language Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Language Games and Narrating Your Day Language Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Health and Safety Curriculum

Parents will receive six lessons on important infant safety topics including, feeding safety, care seat safety, bath safety, back to sleep/SIDS prevention, taking a temperature and signs of infection, infection control methods and vaccine information. Parents will receive LENA feedback at discharge from NICU.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Feeding Safety

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Car Seat Safety

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Bath Safety

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Back to Sleep/SIDS prevention

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Taking a Temperature and Signs of Infection

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Infection Control Measures and Vaccine Information

Intervention Type OTHER

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Know Your Baby Language Curriculum

Early language activities that parents can do with their infants

Intervention Type OTHER

Reading Aloud Language Curriculum

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Intervention Type OTHER

Sing A Long Language Curriculum

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Intervention Type OTHER

Mimicking First Sounds Language Curriculum

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Intervention Type OTHER

Language Games and Narrating Your Day Language Curriculum

Early language activity that parents can do with their infants

Intervention Type OTHER

Feeding Safety

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Car Seat Safety

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Bath Safety

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Back to Sleep/SIDS prevention

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Taking a Temperature and Signs of Infection

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Infection Control Measures and Vaccine Information

Part of Health and Safety Curriculum

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Receiving care at Women \& Infants' Hospital NICU,
* Providence RI gestational age 23 - 32 weeks,
* RI resident

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to understand or speak English,
* congenital or chromosomal disorder likely to affect cognitive or speech development,
* parental loss of custody
Minimum Eligible Age

23 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

32 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Elisabeth McGowan

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Elisabeth C McGowan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Women and Infants' Hospital Providence RI

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Women and Infants' Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

United States

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Caskey M, Stephens B, Tucker R, Vohr B. Importance of parent talk on the development of preterm infant vocalizations. Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):910-6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0609. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22007020 (View on PubMed)

Caskey M, Stephens B, Tucker R, Vohr B. Adult talk in the NICU with preterm infants and developmental outcomes. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):e578-84. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0104. Epub 2014 Feb 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24515512 (View on PubMed)

McGowan EC, Caskey M, Tucker R, Vohr BR. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Language Intervention for Parents of Preterm Infants and 2-Year Language Outcomes. J Pediatr. 2024 Jan;264:113740. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113740. Epub 2023 Sep 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37717908 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

12-0074

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.