NCT06335524

Infant-Maternal Partnership and Cognitive Training Study for Preterm Infants

Infant-Maternal Partnership and Cognitive Training Study for Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 188 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Week – 17 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will test the hypothesis that in preterm infants a caregiver-implemented early developmental intervention (EDI) using finger puppets to develop joint attention and encourage interactive communication with routine EDI care including Bookworm training compared with routine EDI care including Bookworm training alone will increase the Ages and Stages Questionnaire® score at 12 months corrected age.

Conditions

• Child Development
• Infant Development
• Infant, Premature, Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Finger puppet	The intervention group will receive finger-puppets and additional training pertaining to infant parent interaction and developmentally appropriate infant communication training.
BEHAVIORAL	Bookworm reading intervention training and routine EDI care.	Routine EDI care including Bookworm training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2028-12-01
• First posted: 2024-03-28
• Last updated: 2025-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States