Follow-up GEEF-study: Behavioral development, school performance, neurocognitive functioning and brain development of very premature (<32 weeks) and/or very low birth weight (<1500 grams) children at school-age, with or without glutamine suppletion after birth

Follow-up GEEF-study: Behavioral development, school performance, neurocognitive functioning and brain development of very premature (<32 weeks) and/or very low birth weight (<1500 grams) children at school-age, with or without glutamine suppletion after birth - Development of very premature and/or VLBW children at school-age

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33479

Enrollment

170

Registered

2009-09-23

Start date

2009-11-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

"immature brain development caused by preterm birth" "Prematurity"

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participation with the original GEEF-study (which had the inclusioncriteria:

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Deafness or Blindness, which will make the assessment of neuropsychological tasks impossible

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Differences as measured by neurocognitive assessment, behavioural and emotional questionnaires, and school performance. Furthermore, differences in brain structure as determined by sMRI (volumetric parameters of white and grey matter) fMRI (BOLD-signal changes) and DTI (FA-value indicating white matter integrity).	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results