NCT02083822

Cerebral Abnormalities Detected by MRI, Realized at the Age of Term and the Emergence of Executive Functions

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Tours · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Weeks – 32 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The survival of premature babies increased during the last decades. However, the neurocognitive long term development of these children is worrying, as demonstrated by EPIPAGE 1 study. These children present high risk of deficits such as cognitive deficits, adaptive malfunction, behavior disorders and difficulties in school learning. Understanding the specific neuropsychological disorders at the origin of these deficits is an important objective. Studies realized at school age showed that many premature children have executive functions (EF) disorders. However the specific nature of these disorders and the neuropathology associated are unknown. The aim of this study is to realise MRI at term age in preterm babies born less than 32 GA and to correlate MRI findings with executives functions and neurodevelopmental outcome

Detailed description

An MRI would be realized between 39 and 41 GA At the age of 5 years, executive functions and neurodevelopmental testing would be realized. 600 newborns were recruited.

Conditions

• Premature Baby 25 to 32 Weeks

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	term MRI, executive EF functions testing	An MRI will be realized at term born between 25 and 32 weeks GA

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2014-03-11
• Last updated: 2014-09-19

Locations

15 sites across 1 country: France