Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of a Prenatal Educational Intervention to Prevent Positional Occipital Plagiocephaly

Lead Sponsor:

Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS

Collaborating Sponsors:

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma

Conditions:

Plagiocephaly, Positional

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Positional occipital plagiocephaly (POP) is a morphological abnormality of the cranium which, in the absence of early synostosis of the cranial sutures, is caused by external forces acting on the skul...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participation of parents in the prenatal course at 34-38 weeks of gestation;
  • Signing of the informed consent form;

Exclusion

  • parents (mother or both) aged \< 18 years;
  • foreign parents with difficulty in understanding the Italian language and therefore giving informed consent to the study.
  • In addition, children who present the following conditions at birth has been excluded from the study:
  • prematurity with gestational age \< 36 weeks;
  • neonatal distress;
  • congenital occipital plagiocephaly - with cranial asymmetry measurable using a craniometer and ODDI (cranial asymmetry index) \> 112.6%;
  • clavicle fractures;
  • congenital clubfoot, metatarsus varus;
  • congenital spinal and pelvic abnormalities.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 30 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07182604

Start Date

January 1 2023

End Date

April 30 2024

Last Update

September 19 2025

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Viola Fortini

Florence, FI, Italy, 50139