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CompletedNCT02741934Updated Oct 16, 2017

Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of School-aged Children Who Were Born Preterm

An observational study in Very Low Birth Weight Infants, sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 8 Years to 9 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-16.

Sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
111
Ages
8 Years to 9 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study evaluates the cognitive and behavioral outcomes including image findings of school-aged children who were born preterm compared with who were born term gestational age.

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There are lots of studies published that school-aged children who were born preterm has some behavioral problems in school and they also have poor academical achievement.

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Conditions studied

  • Very Low Birth Weight Infants

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In context

Birth Weight

445 studies on the registry are indexed under Birth Weight; 36 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 111 is below the median of 212 across 136 observational studies indexed under Birth Weight.

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Lead sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,860 studies on the registry; 275 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (17%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
8 Years to 9 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Among the infants who were born and admitted to Seoul National University Hospital from 2008 to 2009, the birth weight of the infants less than 1,500g or gestational age less than 32 weeks patients were enrolled.

The infants who were born from 2008 to 2009 with term gestational age will also be enrolled.

Inclusion criteria

  • children former preterm infants \< 32 weeks of gestation or 1,500gm of birth weight
  • children former normal term infants

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • major congenital anomaly
  • neuromuscular disease
  • chromosomal anomaly
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
111 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Preterm cohort

    Among the infants who were born and admitted to Seoul National University Hospital from 2008 to 2009, the birth weight of the infants less than 1,500g or gestational age less than 32 weeks patients were enrolled.

  • Term control cohort

    The infants who were born from 2008 to 2009 with term gestational age will be enrolled.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cognitive function test

    Time frame: 8 Years old

Secondary outcomes

  1. Brain MRI

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  2. Korean Child Behavior Checklist

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  3. Korean ADHD Rating Scale-IV

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  4. Wechsler Scale of Intelligence-IV

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  5. Advanced Test of Attention

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  6. Children's color trails test

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  7. STROOP

    Time frame: 8 Years old

  8. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

    Time frame: 8 Years old

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Study locations

1 site
  • Seoul National University Hospital
    Seoul, 03080, Korea, Republic of
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 16, 2017, 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
NCT02741934
Lead sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Collaborators
KangWon National University Hospital
Responsible party
Ee-Kyung Kim (Clinical associate professor, Seoul National University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 18, 2016
Start date
Oct 2015
Primary completion
Dec 2016
Completion
Dec 2016
Last update
Oct 16, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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