Clinical trial NCT01163188: Social Adjustment and Quality of Life After Very Preterm Birth
Official title: Social Adjustment and Quality of Life After Very Preterm Birth: Risk and Resiliency From Infancy to Adulthood
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Low Birth Weight
Premature Birth
Keywords: very low birthweight/ very preterm children
Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS)
Quality of life and social adjustment in adulthood
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Warwick
name: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
name: Bundesverband Bunter Kreis e.V.
name: Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
First posted: 2010-07-15
Enrollment: 520
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 24
Maximum age (years): 28
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Very low birthweight (\< 1500g birthweight) and/ or very preterm children (\< 32 weeks of gestation) and a control group of term born children from the Bavarian Longitudinal Study

Brief summary: The major aim is the follow-up of the highest risk group (\< 32 weeks gestation/ \< 1500 birthweight) and their controls of the Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS) at the age of 24-27 years. The focus will be the identification of risk, protective and resiliency factors for cognitive and behavioural development and quality of life.

MRIs of the central nervous system will be conducted to examine aberrant activation patterns during the "attention network task" in stratified subgroups. Data driven MRI methods will be evaluated in relation to clinical, behavioural and developmental parameters.

Detailed description: The major aim is the follow-up of the highest risk group (\< 32 weeks gestation/ \< 1500 birthweight) and their controls of the Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS) at the age of 24-27 years. All probands have been assessed previously, neonatally and at additional six time points, the last time at the age of 12-13 years. The focus will be the identification of risk, protective and resiliency factors for cognitive and behavioural development and quality of life. On the basis of previously assessed data statistical modelling of child development until age 8.5 years will be conducted across the total range of gestation from 26-42 weeks to identify social factors amenable to intervention which could be associated with a positive development especially in moderate prematurity. In addition, cross-validation of the findings is planned by means of comparisons with three international studies (Millenium Cohort, GB; POPS, NL; EPICure, GB). MRIs of the central nervous system will be conducted to examine aberrant activation patterns during the "attention network task" in stratified subgroups. Data driven MRI methods will be evaluated in relation to clinical, behavioural and developmental parameters. In line with the objectives of funding there will be a further follow-up of the BLS to answer important questions regarding health and development of very small preterms.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* very low birth weight VLBW (\< 1500g birthweight)and/ or
* very preterm birth VPT (\< 32 weeks of gestation)
* Members of the Bavarian Longitudinal Study

Exclusion Criteria:

* missing compliance

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: 3 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: 3 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Augsburg
country: Germany
facility: Institut für Sozialmedizin in der Pädiatrie Augsburg
state: Bavaria
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Bonn, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde, Abt. Neonatologie
name: Peter Bartmann, Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Warwick
name: Dieter Wolke, Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Wolke D, Schmid G, Schreier A, Meyer R. Crying and feeding problems in infancy and cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk: a prospective population study. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Jun;30(3):226-38. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181a85973.
citation: Schmid G, Schreier A, Meyer R, Wolke D. A prospective study on the persistence of infant crying, sleeping and feeding problems and preschool behaviour. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Feb;99(2):286-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01572.x. Epub 2009 Nov 2.
citation: Verrips E, Vogels T, Saigal S, Wolke D, Meyer R, Hoult L, Verloove-Vanhorick SP. Health-related quality of life for extremely low birth weight adolescents in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Pediatrics. 2008 Sep;122(3):556-61. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1043.
citation: Jaekel J, Baumann N, Wolke D. Effects of gestational age at birth on cognitive performance: a function of cognitive workload demands. PLoS One. 2013 May 24;8(5):e65219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065219. Print 2013.
citation: Wolke D, Chernova J, Eryigit-Madzwamuse S, Samara M, Zwierzynska K, Petrou S. Self and parent perspectives on health-related quality of life of adolescents born very preterm. J Pediatr. 2013 Oct;163(4):1020-6.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.030. Epub 2013 May 30.
citation: Johnson S, Wolke D. Behavioural outcomes and psychopathology during adolescence. Early Hum Dev. 2013 Apr;89(4):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.01.014. Epub 2013 Feb 27.
citation: Jaekel J, Wolke D, Bartmann P. Poor attention rather than hyperactivity/impulsivity predicts academic achievement in very preterm and full-term adolescents. Psychol Med. 2013 Jan;43(1):183-96. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712001031. Epub 2012 May 21.
citation: Hall J, Wolke D. A comparison of prematurity and small for gestational age as risk factors for age 6-13 year emotional problems. Early Hum Dev. 2012 Oct;88(10):797-804. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 Jun 12.
citation: Jaekel J, Wolke D, Chernova J. Mother and child behaviour in very preterm and term dyads at 6 and 8 years. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2012 Aug;54(8):716-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04323.x. Epub 2012 May 24.
citation: Heinonen K, Raikkonen K, Pesonen AK, Andersson S, Kajantie E, Eriksson JG, Wolke D, Lano A. Longitudinal study of smoking cessation before pregnancy and children's cognitive abilities at 56 months of age. Early Hum Dev. 2011 May;87(5):353-9. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.02.002. Epub 2011 Mar 11.
citation: Heinonen K, Raikkonen K, Pesonen AK, Andersson S, Kajantie E, Eriksson JG, Wolke D, Lano A. Behavioural symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preterm and term children born small and appropriate for gestational age: a longitudinal study. BMC Pediatr. 2010 Dec 15;10:91. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-91.
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citation: Bauml JG, Daamen M, Meng C, Neitzel J, Scheef L, Jaekel J, Busch B, Baumann N, Bartmann P, Wolke D, Boecker H, Wohlschlager AM, Sorg C. Correspondence Between Aberrant Intrinsic Network Connectivity and Gray-Matter Volume in the Ventral Brain of Preterm Born Adults. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Nov;25(11):4135-45. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu133. Epub 2014 Jun 16.
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