TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting (TARGetKids!)

November 9, 2021 updated by: Catherine Birken, The Hospital for Sick Children

TARGet Kids! (The Applied Research Group for Kids) is a research study enrolling healthy children aged 0-5 years. The aim of the TARGet Kids! registry is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and developmental problems.

TARGet Kids! represents an innovative collaboration between child health researchers and children's primary care doctors (pediatricians and family physicians) to promote research that really matters and create solutions to some of the today's biggest health concerns. The results of this collaborative research study are not only improving the quality of children's healthcare but also the health of children across the country. Coordinated by Sick Kids and St. Michael's Hospital with data management services by the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), TARGet Kids! is the only primary care research network for children in Canada.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

14000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
        • Recruiting
        • St. Michael's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jonathon L Maguire, MD, MSc
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Catherine S Birken, MD, MSc
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Patricia C Parkin, MD
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
        • Recruiting
        • Hospital for Sick Children
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Patricia C Parkin, MD
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jonathon L Maguire, MD, MSc
    • Quebec
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
        • Recruiting
        • Melville Pediatric Center
        • Contact:
          • Patricia Li, MD
        • Contact:
          • Elise Mok, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 5 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children are recruited from 12 pediatric and family medicine primary care practices in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Birth to less than 6 years of age
  • Parental consent
  • Attending a TARGet Kids! research network practice

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic illness with the exception of asthma

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Healthy children

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Time Frame: 10 years (yearly measurements)
Change in BMI over a 10 year follow-up period
10 years (yearly measurements)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Nutrition
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Nutritional risk
Yearly measurements
Development
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Child development
Yearly measurements
Mental Health
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Mental Health
Yearly measurements
Lifestyle Factors
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Assessment of Lifestyle Factors that contribute to health
Yearly measurements
Child Behavior
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Child behavior
Yearly measurements
Social Determinants
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Social determinants of health
Yearly measurements
Education
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Nutritional factors affects on education
Yearly measurements
Parenting
Time Frame: Yearly measurements
Parenting styles
Yearly measurements

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2030

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 28, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 31, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

June 5, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 17, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 9, 2021

Last Verified

November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2063

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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