Official Title Perinatal Arterial Stroke: The I-ACQUIRE Study

Purpose

Children who suffered a stroke before or shortly after being born that was caused by blockage of blood flow in an artery, it often results in the child showing some weakness on one side of their body.

With this study, we want to find out if a type of therapy may help children who have weakness on one side of their body due to perinatal arterial ischemic stroke, learn how to better use their weaker arm.

All children will be in the study for about 13 - 15 months. Some children may be in the study for a longer period, depending on which treatment they receive during Phase 1 of the study. The I-ACQUIRE therapy involves fun learning and play, self-help activities, and manipulating interesting toys and objects.

Could this study be right for you?

• Your child must be between the ages of 8 and 36 months old when beginning this study
• Your child must have suffered a perinatal arterial ischemic stroke
• Upper limb weakness
• Parents must be able to participate at least 1x/week for therapy and 40-60 minutes/day at home

Official Title Hepatitis C Virus Immunity in Women and Children

Purpose

This is a study to find out how pregnancy affects a mother’s immune system. (The “immune system” is the part of the body that fights germs.) This study is also to find out why some babies who are exposed to infections during pregnancy get infected and others do not.

To do this project we need to study some women and babies who are infected with the hepatitis C virus and others who are not. This will allow us to compare their immune systems.

Could this study be right for you?

You may be eligible to participate if you are:

PREGNANCY COHORT eligibility criteria:

1. Pregnant (enrollment preferably during 1st or 2nd trimester, but may occur as late as the delivery hospitalization)
2. HCV-RNA positive (#150) or HCV-RNA negative (#50)
3. Willing and able to attend all study visits

Exclusion criteria for mothers:

1. Inability to provide informed consent
2. Incarceration

Inclusion criteria for infants:

1. Child born to study mother

Exclusion criteria for infants:

1. In custody of county children’s services (Enrolled infants who are temporarily in custody of children’s services will not have further study blood draws, but lab results from blood tests ordered by their pediatrician may be followed to monitor the outcome of their HCV exposure. Infants who are later placed back in the custody of their mother or relative may be re-enrolled.)

NON-PREGNANCY COHORT eligibility criteria:

1. Willing and able to attend all study visits

Exclusion criteria:

1. Currently pregnant
2. Inability to provide informed consent
3. Incarceration

Official Title An Examination of the Diet Quality of Low-Income Children 6-24 months old

Purpose

The purpose of the research is to determine the dietary patterns and calculate the dietary quality of children 6 to 24 months of age and enrolled in childcare centers, WIC, and other places that serve parents of young children; and to identify the most important cultural, social, and economic factors influencing the dietary and feeding patterns of these children. The total amount of time you will be asked to volunteer for this study is 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Could this study be right for you?

• Parent or caregiver of a child 6 to 24 months old
• Receiving WIC, SNAP, or similar benefits
• Live in Franklin County, Ohio

Age Range

18 and up

Official Title An Examination of the Diet Quality of Children Low Income Children from 3-5 Years of Age

Purpose

To determine dietary patterns and calculate dietary quality of young children enrolled in child care centers, WIC, and other places that serve parents and young children; and to identify the most significant cultural, social, and economic factors influencing the dietary and eating patterns of these children.

The total amount of time you will be asked to volunteer for this study is 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Could this study be right for you?

• Parents and/or caregivers must be at least 18 years of age
• Each household must qualify as low income status
• Each parent/caregiver must be fluent in English
• Each child must not have a medical condition requiring diet modifications
• Each child must be 3-5 years old

Age Range

3 and up

Official Title An Examination of the Diet Quality of Low-Income Children from Birth to 6 Months Old.

Purpose

The purpose of the research is to determine the dietary patterns and calculate the dietary quality of infants and enrolled in childcare centers, WIC, and other places that serve parents of young children; and to identify the most significant cultural, social, and economic factors influencing the dietary and feeding patterns of these children.

The total amount of time you will be asked to volunteer for this study is 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Could this study be right for you?

• Parents or caregivers must be at least 18 years of age
• Each parent/caregiver must be fluent in English
• Each household must qualify as low income status based on the number of people in the household
• Children must be within 0-6 months of age
• Children must not have any medical condition requiring a modified diet

Official Title SMALL Talk: Study of Milestones to Advance Language Learning

Purpose

The goal of this study is to identify early risk for developmental language disorder (DLD) among young, low-income children, and to determine how caregiver and child chronic stress and interaction quality interact to disrupt language growth among these children. The long-term objective is to identify pathways through which early family situations and the conditions of poverty disrupt early language paths among low-income children and contribute to heightened rates of DLD.

Could this study be right for you?

Inclusion criteria are:

• have a child that is 9 months or younger
• child resides in a low-income household, using some sort of government assistance or using the 200% threshold from the Department of Health and Human Services based on annual household income and number of persons in home

Exclusion criteria:

• Children who are multiple births, preterm (<35 weeks), and have profound or severe disabilities will be excluded, with the latter including congenital blindness, deafness, Down syndrome, and other frank neurological deficits.

Official Title Relationship Dynamics in Families of Children with ADHD and Their Opposite-Sex Siblings

Purpose

This study is being done to better understand relationship dynamics between children with ADHD, their siblings, and their parents. Our goal is to better understand how differences in family dynamics affect children with ADHD. Participants will be asked to fill out several self-report questionnaires and engage in a family conflict task. During several tasks, participants will have various physiological measures (e.g., heart rate, breathing rate, etc.) taken using electrodes placed on their body. Results of this study will be used to develop other studies and to inform future treatment and prevention programs.

Could this study be right for you?

We are recruiting children between 8 and 10 years old with an opposite sex sibling. In order to participate, families must meet the following criteria:

• Mothers must be willing to participate
• They must have a child between ages 8 and 10
• That child must have a sibling of the opposite sex that is within 2 years of their age

Age Range

6 and up

Official Title Immune Response in Adolescents

Purpose

Our goal in this study is to learn more about the immune system in adolescence and early adulthood. We are looking to enroll healthy children ages 12-18 years old.

Enrollment in the study will require 1 visit to Nationwide Children’s Hospital involving a blood draw and 2 nasal swabs.
The visit will take approximately 1- 1 ½ hour(s). We ask that the family brings a copy of the child’s immunization record to the visit.

Could this study be right for you?

Children will need to meet the following criteria to be in the study:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents/Legal guardian able and willing to sign informed consent and the child is willing to sign assent form for participation. All forms are in English.
• Healthy children, age 12-18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any chronic or congenital conditions that may potentially affect immune responses
• Cough, congestion, fever, rhinorrhea, rash and any other symptoms indicative of infection within the 2 weeks prior to enrollment sampling
• HIV, AIDS or other immunodeficiencies or any other condition that may affect their immune system
• Use of systemic steroids within 2 weeks prior to enrollment
• Immunization(s) within the last 30 days

Age Range

12 and up

Official Title Development of Parent-Child Interactions

Purpose

This study will examine how a child’s hearing loss may affect the dynamics of parent-child interactions. The study will observe how normal-hearing and hearing-impaired child learn novel words during videotaped parent-child interactions.

Individual study visits may last 30-45 minutes, and there may be multiple study visits per year.

Could this study be right for you?

• Families with children 9 months to 6 years of age
• Children who do and do not have hearing loss may be eligible to participate in this study

Official Title Daily and Weekly Rehabilitation Delivery for Young Children with Cerebral Palsy ("DRIVE")

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to find out how to best distribute physical therapy sessions for your children with significant motor delays.

Participants will receive 40 hours of physical therapy. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the three treatment groups: intensive, moderate or weekly.

Could this study be right for you?

• Children ages 6 months to 24 months of age
• Has a diagnosis of cerebral palsy or an acquired brain injury prior to age of 24 months.
• Has persistent delays in motor skills
• Ability to participate in outpatient physical therapy and attend visits consistently

The intensive group will receive physical therapy 2 hours per day, 5 days per week for 4 weeks followed by a 16 week break from outpatient physical therapy. The intermediate group will receive physical therapy 2 hours per day, 3 days per week for 6.6 weeks followed by a 13 week break from outpatient physical therapy. The weekly group will receive physical therapy for 2 hours per day, 1 day per week for 20 weeks.