Effect of the IBAIP in Preterm Infants Neurodevelopment

NCT ID: NCT04685356

Last Updated: 2025-08-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

240 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-08

Study Completion Date

2028-01-08

Brief Summary

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Mortality in very preterm infants has decreased significantly over the past twenty years. However, neuromotor, behavioral and cognitive development disorders are more common in these children born before 33 weeks of gestation as compared to term born infants.

These neurodevelopmental disorders include difficulties with self-regulation, tone, posture or poor quality movements as well as inadequate responses to sensory simulation.

Post-hospital discharge follow-up and interventionsof children born very preterm ares very heterogeneous in France. They are mainly carried out in a rehabilitation center, based on caregivers whereas IBAIP is carried out at home and family centered.

Early interventions during hospitalization or after discharge appear potentially of great interest in improving the neurodevelopemental outcome of the very preterm infants. Several early interventions have been developed and evaluated in other countries. These interventions are designed to be used early in life, mainly during the first 3 years of life, and are based on brain plasticity and intense synaptogenesis during this period of life.

The IBAIP (Infant Behavior Assessment and Intervention Program) was developed on the same theoretical foundations as the NIDCAP (Neonatal Individualized Development Care and Assessment Program). IBAIP consists of providing the child and his family with an intervention, at home, starting just before hospital discharge up to a 6 months corrected age. .The aim of IBAIP is to support developmental functions including infant's self-regulation and focus on improving the responsiveness of parents' infant interactions.

Detailed Description

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This program consists of providing intervention, by a IBAIP trained and certified healthcare professional, with the child and his family, starting a few days before hospitalization discharge (hospital or home care) and continuing at home until the corrected age of 6 months. It focuses on the child's behaviors and consists of assisting the family in its interactions with the child so that these are adapted and responsive to the child's development needs over time through repeated interventions.

A cluster randomization will be used meaning the centers are randomized, not the individual patients. The centers will be randomized before the inclusion of patients in order to allow the physiotherapists or psychomotor therapists to be trained and certified to the IBAIP before the start of the trial.

Visit 1: Upon discharge from hospital, follow-up as part of standard care (control group) with at least 1 medical consultation per month during the first 6 months or according to the IBAIP program (experimental group) with one intervention before discharge from hospital and at home after hospital discharge, with1 session once a month up to 6 months corrected age (i.e. 6 to 8 sessions) in addition to standard care.

Visit 2: At 6 months corrected age, parents' response to the PSI (Parenting Stress Index) questionnaire.

Visit 3: At two years corrected age :

* Assessment of the development quotient obtained on the BSID-IV scale during a consultation with a neuro-psychologist or pediatrician.
* Parents' response to the PSI (Parenting Stress Index) questionnaire
* Parents' response to the ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire

Conditions

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Premature Birth

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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IBAIP Group

Children benefiting from assessment and intervention providing by a healthcare professional (physiotherapist or psychomotor therapist) trained and certified for IBAIP. This care will take place upon discharge from the hospital at the rate of one session per month for 6 months. The sessions will take place in the presence of at least one of the parents and at home. These children will also benefit from standard follow-up (medical follow-up, paramedical or specialized medical support depending on the development and needs).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IBAIP : Infant Behaviour Assessment and Intervention Program

Intervention Type OTHER

The IBAIP intervention program consists of providing an intervention with the child and their family, at home, upon discharge from hospital and up to a corrected age of 6 months. Interventions therefore take place at the early stage of the child's brain development. The intervention is performed by a IBAIP-trained and certified physiotherapist or psychomotor therapist trained , at the rate of one session per month over a period of approximately 6 to 8 months (6 months of corrected age). The session takes place in the child's usual living environment, at home, in the presence of at least one of the parents. It focuses on the child's behaviors and consists of assisting the family in its interactions with the child so that these are adapted and responsive to the child's development needs over time through repeated interventions.

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

Intervention Type OTHER

Global development screening tool

Parenting Stress Index (PSI)

Intervention Type OTHER

Index used to detect difficulties sufficiently significant that they might require psychosocial intervention

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-IV)

Intervention Type OTHER

This test was designed to measure the development of infants / young children. This assessment examines all spheres of child development, identifies children with developmental delay and assesses children's developmental performance compared to their peers.

Control group

Children benefiting from standard care upon discharge from hospital with 1 medical consultation per month and, medical sepcialist and / or paramedical(physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychomotricity, etc.). consultations if indicated by the physician providing follow-up

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Support

Intervention Type OTHER

One medical consultation per month and, if indicated by the physician providing follow-up, medical specialist and / or paramedical (physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychomotricity, etc.) consultations including interventions in the case of developmental delays

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

Intervention Type OTHER

Global development screening tool

Parenting Stress Index (PSI)

Intervention Type OTHER

Index used to detect difficulties sufficiently significant that they might require psychosocial intervention

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-IV)

Intervention Type OTHER

This test was designed to measure the development of infants / young children. This assessment examines all spheres of child development, identifies children with developmental delay and assesses children's developmental performance compared to their peers.

Interventions

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IBAIP : Infant Behaviour Assessment and Intervention Program

The IBAIP intervention program consists of providing an intervention with the child and their family, at home, upon discharge from hospital and up to a corrected age of 6 months. Interventions therefore take place at the early stage of the child's brain development. The intervention is performed by a IBAIP-trained and certified physiotherapist or psychomotor therapist trained , at the rate of one session per month over a period of approximately 6 to 8 months (6 months of corrected age). The session takes place in the child's usual living environment, at home, in the presence of at least one of the parents. It focuses on the child's behaviors and consists of assisting the family in its interactions with the child so that these are adapted and responsive to the child's development needs over time through repeated interventions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard Support

One medical consultation per month and, if indicated by the physician providing follow-up, medical specialist and / or paramedical (physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychomotricity, etc.) consultations including interventions in the case of developmental delays

Intervention Type OTHER

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

Global development screening tool

Intervention Type OTHER

Parenting Stress Index (PSI)

Index used to detect difficulties sufficiently significant that they might require psychosocial intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-IV)

This test was designed to measure the development of infants / young children. This assessment examines all spheres of child development, identifies children with developmental delay and assesses children's developmental performance compared to their peers.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Preterm infants born (including multiple pregnancies) at a gestational age between 25 weeks +0 days and 32 weeks + 6days.
* Written informed consent of at least one of the parents / legal guardian or 2 parents / legal guardians depending on the family context
* Normal neurological examination between 36 and 41 weeks of corrected age

Exclusion Criteria

* Intraventricular hemorrhage (III or IV), periventricular leukomalacia
* Brain MRI abnormalities performed after 36 weeks of corrected age
* Life-threatening pathology
* Severe congenital abnomality
* Severe maternal pathology (physical and / or mental)
* Parents whose native languageis not French
* Participation in another interventional study on the management of post-hospital neurodevelopment disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

32 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Brest

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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CHU Angers

Angers, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Besançon

Besançon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Brest

Brest, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Caen

Caen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Grenoble

Grenoble, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Nantes

Nantes, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Rennes

Rennes, , France

Site Status SUSPENDED

CHRU Strasbourg

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Tours

Tours, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Jean-Michel ROUE, PhD

Role: CONTACT

2.98.22.36.67 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Bertrand LEBOUCHER

Role: primary

2.41.35.44.07 ext. +33

Emma BECUWE-GOSSELIN

Role: primary

3.81.21.40.83 ext. +33

Jean-Michel ROUE

Role: primary

Role: backup

Valérie DATIN-DORRIERE, PhD

Role: primary

2.31.27.25.64 ext. +33

Thierry DEBILLON

Role: primary

Cyril FLAMANT

Role: primary

6.84.72.86.08 ext. +33

Pierre KUHN

Role: primary

3.88.12.77.76 ext. +33

Delphine MITANCHEZ

Role: primary

2.47.47.92.48 ext. +33

References

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Smith M, Kuhn P, Thiriez G, Debillon T, Datin-Dorriere V, Leboucher B, Mitanchez D, Courtois-Communier E, Sizun J, Roue JM. Infant behavioural assessment and intervention program to support neurodevelopmental outcome of very preterm infants at two years corrected age: a cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 4;15(9):e088167. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088167.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40908020 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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29BRC17.0219

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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