Does Timing Matter? Supporting Play, Exploration, and Early Developmental Intervention (TimeSPEEDI2)
Does Timing Matter? Efficacy of Parent Provided, Therapist Supported, Motor and Cognitive Intervention for Infants Born Very Preterm in the First Months of Life
Infants born very preterm (≤28 weeks of gestation) are at high risk of having developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, coordination impairments, attention deficit and learning disabilities. Impairment including reduced postural control, movement variability, visual motor skills, and motor learning are common during the first months of life and are associated with later developmental disabilities. However, infant born very preterm rarely receive evidence based therapeutic intervention in the first months of life when basic science and animal intervention studies suggest the greatest efficacy. Barriers to enrollment in services delay the onset of services and delivery models rarely support targeted preventative intervention or enhanced parent engagement during in the transition from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to home.
Targeted intervention supporting postural control and motor learning in the NICU have resulted in short term motor gains. Interventions that enhance parent's ability to read their infant's cues and provide engagement opportunities improve maternal mental health and infant social and cognitive outcomes in the short-term. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention that combines evidence based motor intervention and parent engagement to enhance the parent's ability to provide daily motor and cognitive opportunities resulting in improved motor and cognitive outcomes.
Supporting Play Exploration and Development Intervention (SPEEDI) uses guided participation to empower parents in reading infant's behavioral cues, identifying ideal times for interaction, and enriching the environment and learning opportunities. Parents participate in 5 session in 3 weeks while learning principles of engagement, readiness for interaction, and to provide early motor and cognitive learning opportunities. Parents provide 20 minutes of motor and cognitive play based enrichment daily for 12 weeks with bi-weekly physical therapist support. The parent is empowered to determine the infant's current abilities and advance the activities to the "Just Right Challenge" throughout the 12 weeks, likely continuing after the intervention.
The efficacy of SPEEDI will be assessed during delivery at 2 time point; the transition from the NICU to home (around the infant's due date) and at 3-4 months of adjusted age (after the infants due date). Ninety infants will be randomly assigned to a Usual Care group, SPEEDI_Early, or SPEEDI_Later group. Group differences will be assessed in developmental outcomes on the motor and cognitive scales of the Bayley Scales for Infant and Toddler Development as well as the Early Problem Solving Indicator and Gross Motor Function Measure at the end of each intervention period, 12 and 24 months of age.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
- University of Southern California
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Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
- Virginia Commonwealth University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
All infants born very preterm (˂29 weeks of gestation) and cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Children's Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) or University of Virginia Hospital (UVa) will be offered an enrollment if they meet the following inclusion criteria.
- Infants must be medically stable, off ventilator support by 42 weeks of gestation
- live within 60 miles of either hospital (which are 75 miles apart). Early Intervention services in Virginia.
- A parent or LRA will also be enrolled in the study. Inclusion criteria for the adult is that they speak English and will be a caregiver for the enrolled infant.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exclusion criteria include diagnosis of a genetic syndrome or unstable medical condition beyond 42 weeks of gestation.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: Usual Care
Infants randomly assigned to this arm will not receive any study intervention but will continue with any intervention in the community recommended by their health care team.
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Experimental: SPEEDI_Early
Infants randomly assigned to this arm will participate in the SPEEDI intervention starting in the hospital and lasting for 4 months. This intervention includes 10 visits with a physical therapist and parent working together to advance an intervention program and 12 weeks of parent daily intervention. In addition they will continue with any intervention in the community recommended by their health care team. |
Physical Therapy intervention
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Experimental: SPEEDI_Late
Infants randomly assigned to this arm will participate in the SPEEDI intervention starting at 4 months post baseline or approximately 3 months after discharge from the hospital. This intervention includes 10 visits with a physical therapist and parent working together to advance an intervention program and 12 weeks of parent daily intervention. In addition they will continue with any intervention in the community recommended by their health care team. |
Physical Therapy intervention
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Bayley Scaled of Infant and Toddler Development Cognitive and Gross Motor Scaled Scores
Time Frame: 6 months
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Scales scores for the cognitive and gross motor scales each have a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. Higher scores are better.
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM)
Time Frame: 6 months
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This is a measure of motor abilities that is sensitive to change for children with motor impairments.
The GMFM-item set version will be used along with the Gross Motor Ability Estimator software to calculate a score on the GMFM-66.
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6 months
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Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP)
Time Frame: 3 months
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This is measure of motor abilities and selective motor control in infants less than 4 months of adjusted age or past their due date.
The raw will be used to show change over time.
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3 months
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Assessment of Problem Solving in Play
Time Frame: 6 months
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This play based assessment of early problem solving skills quantifies the frequency of 5 behaviors
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD, University of Southern California
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- HM20013026
- FP00007043 (Other Identifier: Virginia Commonwealth University)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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