Healing Tiny Minds: Rural Recovery Through Virtual and Lived Experience Care
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Where
- Madison, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 225 people, planned
- Started
- 3 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- Mar 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Abecedarian Approach
- Record updated
- 27 March 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- Up to 5 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- IPNH-NDCP patients, including:; Term-born children diagnosed during the neonatal period with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or; premature children (born at less than 28 weeks gestational age)
- Parent or legal guardian will also be enrolled as a participant
- Parents must be English-speaking (able to provide consent and complete questionnaires)
Who cannot take part
- Infants with chromosomal abnormalities, genetic syndromes (for example, such as Down Syndrome or Trisomy18) and major congenital malformations will be excluded
- Infants with vision impairment will also be excluded from the study, as our study procedures do require intact vision to be able to complete
- Not suitable for study participation due to other reasons at the discretion of the investigator
- For parents or legal guardians, there are no exclusion criteria
Where in United States
- University of Wisconsin - MadisonMadison, United StatesContact: Melisa Carrasco McCaul, MD, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this behavioral-interventional study is to learn if the Abecedarian Approach implemented virtually for children ages 0-5 with a history of Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) and/or premature birth produces the same effects as when administered at in-person facilities.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Standard of Care ProvidedNo study treatment, for comparison
In the No Intervention condition, at-risk children will receive the current standard of care, and no intervention.
- Virtual Abecedarian Approach InterventionTreatment being tested
In the Virtual Abecedarian Approach Intervention, children will partake in the Abecedarian Approach Intervention through a virtual format.
Treatment: Abecedarian Approach
- Feasibility GroupTreatment being tested
Participants will be in fewer sessions in order to assess whether the intervention is accepted by the parents.
Treatment: Abecedarian Approach
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 27 March 2026