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CompletedNCT00077831CILPUpdated Jul 21, 2015

Child and Infant Learning Project

An observational study in Craniosynostosis, sponsored by Seattle Children's Hospital. Completed at 4 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Months to 7 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-07-21.

Sponsored by Seattle Children's Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
535
Ages
2 Months to 7 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To learn more about the cognitive and motor development of infants and young children born with a craniofacial defect called craniosynostosis.

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In the first phase of this multi-site, 10-year longitudinal study, infants with one of four types of single-suture craniosynostosis were recruited: sagittal, metopic, right unilateral coronal, and left unilateral coronal. A case-matched "control" group of healthy, normal infants was also followed. This study, which is now in its second phase, is following this same cohort of children at the age of 7 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Craniosynostosis

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In context

Craniosynostoses

51 studies on the registry are indexed under Craniosynostoses; 14 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 535 is above the median of 43 across 26 observational studies indexed under Craniosynostoses.

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Lead sponsor

Seattle Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 215 studies on the registry; 44 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Months to 7 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Children with single-suture craniosynostosis between the ages of 2 months and 3 years were recruited and followed during phase 1. This same chort of children are now being followed at the age of 7 (phase 2). See eligibility criteria section for more information.

Eligibility criteria

Enrollment criteria at Phase 1:

  • Confirmed diagnosis of single-suture, nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (sagittal, metopic, unilateral coronal, or lambdoid)
  • Corrective (cranioplastic) surgery not yet performed
  • Child born at 34 weeks gestation or later
  • Absence of neurological conditions/significant health problems
  • 33 months or younger at time of enrollment (male or female).

Enrollment criteria at Phase 2:

All participants enrolled in phase 1 are invited to participate in phase 2.

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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
535 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • Behavioralneurobehavioral development

    observational study of infant and child development

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Neurodevelopment as assessed by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II

    Time frame: 1st assessment - post diagnosis, pre surgery. 2nd assessment - Target age 18 months. 3rd assessment - Target age 36 months.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Neurodevelopment as assessed by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Version IV

    Time frame: Target age 7 years

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Study locations

4 sites
  • Children's Health Care of Atlanta
    Atlanta, Georgia 30342, United States
  • Northwestern University, Cleft Lip and Palate Institute
    Westchester, Illinois 60154, United States
  • St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University
    St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
    Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Speltz ML, Kapp-Simon KA, Cunningham M, Marsh J, Dawson G. Single-suture craniosynostosis: a review of neurobehavioral research and theory. J Pediatr Psychol. 2004 Dec;29(8):651-68. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh068. PubMed 15491988 ↗
  • McCarthy JG, Warren SM, Bernstein J, Burnett W, Cunningham ML, Edmond JC, Figueroa AA, Kapp-Simon KA, Labow BI, Peterson-Falzone SJ, Proctor MR, Rubin MS, Sze RW, Yemen TA; Craniosynostosis Working Group. Parameters of care for craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2012 Jan;49 Suppl:1S-24S. doi: 10.1597/11-138. Epub 2011 Aug 17. PubMed 21848431 ↗
  • Starr JR, Kapp-Simon KA, Cloonan YK, Collett BR, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML. Presurgical and postsurgical assessment of the neurodevelopment of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: comparison with controls. J Neurosurg. 2007 Aug;107(2 Suppl):103-10. doi: 10.3171/PED-07/08/103. PubMed 18459881 ↗
  • Lin HJ, Ruiz-Correa S, Shapiro LG, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML, Sze RW. Predicting neuropsychological development from skull imaging. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;2006:3450-5. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260321. PubMed 17945777 ↗
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Starr JR, Lin HJ, Kapp-Simon KA, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML. Severity of skull malformation is unrelated to presurgery neurobehavioral status of infants with sagittal synostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2007 Sep;44(5):548-54. doi: 10.1597/06-190.1. PubMed 17760493 ↗
  • Toth K, Collett B, Kapp-Simon KA, Cloonan YK, Gaither R, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML, Dawson G, Starr J, Speltz ML. Memory and response inhibition in young children with single-suture craniosynostosis. Child Neuropsychol. 2008 Jul;14(4):339-52. doi: 10.1080/09297040701594888. Epub 2007 Sep 26. PubMed 17899471 ↗
  • Kapp-Simon KA, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML, Patel PK, Tomita T. Neurodevelopment of children with single suture craniosynostosis: a review. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Mar;23(3):269-81. doi: 10.1007/s00381-006-0251-z. Epub 2006 Dec 21. PubMed 17186250 ↗
  • Kapp-Simon KA, Leroux B, Cunningham M, Speltz ML. Multisite study of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: preliminary report of presurgery development. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2005 Jul;42(4):377-84. doi: 10.1597/04-044.1. PubMed 16001919 ↗
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Sze RW, Starr JR, Lin HT, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML, Hing AV. New scaphocephaly severity indices of sagittal craniosynostosis: a comparative study with cranial index quantifications. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2006 Mar;43(2):211-21. doi: 10.1597/04-208.1. PubMed 16526927 ↗
  • Cunningham ML, Horst JA, Rieder MJ, Hing AV, Stanaway IB, Park SS, Samudrala R, Speltz ML. IGF1R variants associated with isolated single suture craniosynostosis. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Jan;155A(1):91-7. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33781. PubMed 21204214 ↗
  • Kapp-Simon KA, Collett BR, Barr-Schinzel MA, Cradock MM, Buono LA, Pietila KE, Speltz ML. Behavioral adjustment of toddler and preschool-aged children with single-suture craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Sep;130(3):635-647. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31825dc18b. PubMed 22929249 ↗
  • Mefford HC, Shafer N, Antonacci F, Tsai JM, Park SS, Hing AV, Rieder MJ, Smyth MD, Speltz ML, Eichler EE, Cunningham ML. Copy number variation analysis in single-suture craniosynostosis: multiple rare variants including RUNX2 duplication in two cousins with metopic craniosynostosis. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Sep;152A(9):2203-10. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33557. PubMed 20683987 ↗
  • Naumann HL, Haberkern CM, Pietila KE, Birgfeld CB, Starr JR, Kapp-Simon KA, Hopper RA, Speltz ML. Duration of exposure to cranial vault surgery: associations with neurodevelopment among children with single-suture craniosynostosis. Paediatr Anaesth. 2012 Nov;22(11):1053-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03843.x. PubMed 22502768 ↗
  • Rosenberg JM, Kapp-Simon KA, Starr JR, Cradock MM, Speltz ML. Mothers' and fathers' reports of stress in families of infants with and without single-suture craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2011 Sep;48(5):509-18. doi: 10.1597/09-210. Epub 2010 Aug 19. PubMed 20815729 ↗
  • Ruiz-Correa S, Starr JR, Lin HJ, Kapp-Simon KA, Sze RW, Ellenbogen RG, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML. New severity indices for quantifying single-suture metopic craniosynostosis. Neurosurgery. 2008 Aug;63(2):318-24; discussion 324-5. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000316417.06500.DA. PubMed 18797362 ↗
  • Seto ML, Hing AV, Chang J, Hu M, Kapp-Simon KA, Patel PK, Burton BK, Kane AA, Smyth MD, Hopper R, Ellenbogen RG, Stevenson K, Speltz ML, Cunningham ML. Isolated sagittal and coronal craniosynostosis associated with TWIST box mutations. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Apr 1;143A(7):678-86. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31630. PubMed 17343269 ↗
  • Speltz ML, Kapp-Simon K, Collett B, Keich Y, Gaither R, Cradock MM, Buono L, Cunningham ML. Neurodevelopment of infants with single-suture craniosynostosis: presurgery comparisons with case-matched controls. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 May;119(6):1874-1881. doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259184.88265.3f. PubMed 17440368 ↗
  • Starr JR, Collett BR, Gaither R, Kapp-Simon KA, Cradock MM, Cunningham ML, Speltz ML. Multicenter study of neurodevelopment in 3-year-old children with and without single-suture craniosynostosis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Jun 1;166(6):536-42. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1800. PubMed 22312170 ↗
  • Starr JR, Lin HJ, Ruiz-Correa S, Cunningham ML, Ellenbogen RG, Collett BR, Kapp-Simon KA, Speltz ML. Little evidence of association between severity of trigonocephaly and cognitive development in infants with single-suture metopic synostosis. Neurosurgery. 2010 Aug;67(2):408-15; discussion 415-6. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000371992.72539.8B. PubMed 20644427 ↗
  • Collett BR, Gray KE, Kapp-Simon KA, Birgfeld C, Cunningham M, Rudo-Stern J, Ung D, Buono L, Speltz ML. Laypersons' ratings of appearance in children with and without single-suture craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Jul;24(4):1331-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182997885. PubMed 23851801 ↗
  • Gray KE, Cradock MM, Kapp-Simon KA, Collett BR, Pullmann LD, Speltz ML. Longitudinal analysis of parenting stress in mothers and fathers of infants with and without single-suture craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2015 Jan;52(1):3-11. doi: 10.1597/13-239. PubMed 24841516 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Sep 2001, a primary completion of Apr 2014 and a completion of Jun 2015. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 12, 2004
First posted
Feb 16, 2004
Start
Sep 2001
Primary completionActual
Apr 2014
CompletionActual
Jun 2015
Last update
Jul 21, 2015
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 21, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00077831
Responsible party
Matt Speltz (Principal Investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 16, 2004
Start date
Sep 2001
Primary completion
Apr 2014
Completion
Jun 2015
Last update
Jul 21, 2015

Study contacts

Matthew L. Speltz
principal investigator · Seattle Children's Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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