NCT05868811Completed
Music and Child Health and Development
A Feasibility Study of Music and Play to Enhance Health and Developmental Outcomes in Infants From Low-income Families
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old children from low-income families. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does participation in a music enrichment program improve the quality of parent-child interactions? 2. Does participation in a music enrichment program reduce motivation for food 3. Does participation in a music enrichment program improve the quality of the language environment? Participants will: 1. Be randomly assigned to participate in either 2, 8-week semesters of weekly music enrichment classes or play group sessions. 2. At the beginning, after the first 8 weeks and after the second 8 weeks, a researcher will come to the participants house and parent-child pairs will: 1. be video recorded during 10 minutes of playtime and meal time. 2. fill out questionnaires 3. wear a small wearable language recorder for 16 hours 3. At the beginning, after the first 8 weeks and after the second 8 weeks, the parent and child will come to the baby lab and will: 1. Play a computer game to test motivation for food 2. have height and weight measurements collected Researchers will compare the music and play groups to see if there is a difference in the quality of parent child interaction, food motivation or language environment.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Apr 2023
- Start date
- 16 Jan 2023
- Primary completion date
- 13 Feb 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05868811
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 18
- From 16 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, 13 Feb 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Mother used any other illicit drugs
Other illness
- Child with significant health issues, and/or genetic conditions (e.g., cerebral palsy, down's syndrome)
- Mother with major health concerns during pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, etc)
Age
- Mother \<18 years old at the time of delivery
Other
- During pregnancy:
- Mother smoked \>10 cigarettes/day
- Mother used \>1 marijuana joint/day
- Mother drank \> 3 standard drinks on a single occasion or \>1 standard drink on a daily basis
- Preterm birth \<37 weeks gestation
- Parent/child who do not speak English
Who the study is looking for
- Family income meets criteria for the National Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program
- Family is able and willing to commit to a 6-month program
Age in the registry: 9 months to 24 months · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChildrensMHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
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