Active clinical trials for "Down Syndrome"

Children had Down syndrome often have impaired balance and postural control and result as less active than their peers that can lead to reduced quality of life and movement skills. Effects of physical activity may be important in preventing falling risk and health consequences in those children

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity and pharmacodynamic effects of ACI-24.060 in subjects with prodromal Alzheimer's disease and in non-demented adults with Down syndrome.

To find the effects of core stability exercises with and without treadmill training on balance in children with down syndrome

People with Down syndrome (DS) display widespread immune dysregulation, including several immune skin conditions. This study hypothesizes that pharmacological inhibition of the increased interferon (IFN) signaling seen in DS is safe and could improve associated skin conditions. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy treatment with Tofacitinib, an FDA-approved drug known to block IFN signaling, in adolescents and adults with DS and an autoimmune and/or autoinflammatory skin condition. Investigators will also measure the impact of interferon inhibition on a variety of molecular markers, as well as the cognitive abilities and quality of life of participants.

This study is a prospective, single-arm study conducted under a common implant and follow-up protocol. The objective will be to follow fifty-seven (57) adolescents and young adults (10-21 years of age), with Down syndrome, moderate to severe sleep apnea, and post-adenotonsillectomy, for 12 months after undergoing implant of the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) System. The study is being conducted in order to evaluate objective change in cognition and expressive language after implant and therapy with the Inspire UAS System.

Infants with Down syndrome (DS) develop slower than their typically developing peers. Physical therapist (PT) supervised home programs have the potential to optimize gross motor development in a financially feasible way. An inexpensive orthotic garment (Hip Helpers®) is commonly employed by PTs as a home program supplement, but its effectiveness has not yet been investigated. The garment is worn as pliable shorts over a child's lower extremities to keep upper legs together, promoting a narrow base of support. This encourages activation of upright postural muscles to improve gross motor skill development. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the impact of a home program using the Hip Helpers® orthotic garment on gross motor skill acquisition in infants with DS. We hypothesize that the addition of a structured home program using Hip Helpers®, supervised by a PT and implemented by parents, will increase the rate at which infants with DS acquire gross motor skills. Thirty-four participants, consisting of children who are at least three-months-old and are not yet able maintain sitting independently, will be randomly assigned to a control (n=17) or intervention group (n=17). PTs at pediatric therapy agencies will initiate the home program and administer the Gross Motor Function Measure-88 (GMFM-88) at regular intervals to monitor gross motor skill acquisition until the child is able to take three independent steps. Groups will be compared on the length of time elapsed between the acquisition of identified gross motor skills using independent t-tests. GMFM-88 scores will be compared between the two groups at different ages to identify trends using independent t-tests. The contribution of this project will be significant by informing physical therapists about the effectiveness of an inexpensive orthotic garment used in a supervised home program on gross motor outcomes in infants with DS.

This study will be conducted to detect the effect of brain gym exercises on postural stability in children with down syndrome .

This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of uproleselan in combination with fludarabine and cytarabine in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or mixed phenotype acute leukemia that has come back (relapsed) or does not respond to treatment (refractory) and that expresses E-selectin ligand on the cell membrane. Uproleselan binds to E-selectin expressed on endothelial cells of the bone marrow and prevents their interaction with selectin-E ligand-expressing cancer cells. This may prevent leukemia cells from being sequestered in the bone marrow niche and escaping the effect of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs, such as fludarabine and cytarabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving uproleselan in combination with fludarabine and cytarabine may enhance their activity.

Down's syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by trisomy 21. Down's syndrome is most common genetic mental disability that affects children physically, mentally and functionally. It occurs due to an extra copy of chromosome 21. It involves a slightly flattened facial profile, low muscle tone upward-slanted eyes, and ligamentous laxity. Central hypotonia, mental retardation and short stature are very common features of children with down's syndrome. Children with down's syndrome are characterized by awkward movements, gait, increased flexibility of joints, timing of mastering of basic skills and , under-development of fine motor skills. Active video gaming used different games that involve interactive session that can enhance cortical recognition, motor learning and functional profile of children with DS. The objective of this study is to determine the effects of active video gaming on pre-hand writing skills of children with down's syndrome. This will be a RCT(Randomized Controlled Trial).The sample size was 18 and the study design was a case-control trial. The inclusion criteria are children with down syndrome age 6 to 12 years both male and female patients are randomly selected and children with poor pre-hand writing skills. And the exclusion criteria for this study is children with any other neurological condition like (epilepsy, instability of atlantoaxial joints, cardiac anomalies,) vision, and hearing loss. Two groups were randomly assigned and equally divided patients into each group. Group A received pre-handwriting skills, like tracing alphabets and numbers, scribbling, coloring, painting, and group B received active video gaming and prehandwriting skills. For measuring each group developmental coordination disorder questionnaire tool is used. The session will be taken 30 mins thrice a week for (8consecutive weeks). Data collected from different centers, Raising sun institute of special education. Autism resource center Lahore. SPSS for Windows software, version 25 will be used to analyze the data using statistical Significance p=0.05. The Shapiro-Wilk test will be used to check the normality of data. Keywords: Active video gaming, Down syndrome, Computer game, Fine motor skills, Pre-hand writing skills, Virtual reality gaming.

The purpose of the study is to identify the effect of fully-immersive virtual reality technology on cognitive functions of children with Down syndrome