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This study examines the effects of an early diagnosis and early intervention program in infants at risk of cerebral palsy. It enrolls infants at risk due to factors such as preterm birth, brain injury, or neurological risk factors. It is a study without an assigned phase and is currently recruiting participants.
The summary above is a plain-language rendering of the official record. The original English title is shown for reference.
Criteria are reproduced from the ClinicalTrials.gov record in the original English. Only the trial team can determine eligibility.
Inclusion Criteria: Group A: 'Newborn-detectable risk-pathway' * Preterm birth with gestational age below 32 or birth weight below 1500 g and clinical concern * Moderate to severe brain injury (Papile grade 3 to 4 intraventricular haemorrhage, cystic periventricular leukomalacia, neonatal stroke, term hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (≥35 weeks gestation at birth) or other significant neurological condition) * History (e.g. neonatal seizures, Extra Corporal Membrane Oxygenation, meningitis, kernicterus, severe hypoglycemia) or neurological risk factors (brain malformation, increased tone) * Parental concern and one of the factors above Group B: 'Infant detectable risk-pathway' * Inability to sit independently by age 9 months * Hand function asymmetry or crawl asymmetry * Inability to take weight through the plantar surface of the feet * History (as above) or neurological risk factors * Parental concern and one of the factors above Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) Infants with progressive or neurodegenerative disorders or genetic disorders not associated with CP, 2) Infants with other disability diagnoses e.g. Down Syndrome.