Clinical Trials / Research Studies
Study for Healthy Children 8 to 12 Years Old
Why are we doing this research?
Cincinnati Children's is conducting a research study, sometimes known as a clinical trial or clinical study, to compare the test results of healthy children to children with ADHD when using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or a hand-held magnet held over the scalp.Who can participate?
Healthy children 8 to 12 years old who have not been diagnosed with ADHD may be eligible to participate.
Conditions
- Healthy Infants, Children and Adolescent Studies
What will happen in the study?
If your child qualifies and you decide you want your child to be in the study, you and your child will come to Cincinnati Children’s two times during approximately one month. These are the things that will happen to your child while in the study:
We will:
- Collect information from you and your child related to past medical history and medications, development, learning, and current symptoms.
- Complete diagnostic and psycho-educational testing with your child, as well as tests of patterns of thinking and emotion and tests of motor coordination.
- Complete a test to look at an area of your child’s brain that controls movement, using a research device called a transcranial magnetic stimulator (TMS). This involves using a hand-held magnet over the scalp. The strength of the magnetic pulses is similar to the strength of pulses used in brain MRI scanners.
You and your child will be given a consent form that thoroughly explains all of the details of the study. A member of the study staff will review the consent form with you and will be sure that all of your questions are answered.
What are the good things that can happen from this research?
Your child will not have a direct benefit from participating in this study. However, we hope to learn information from the study that may help us with more effective treatments for ADHD in the future.What are the bad things that can happen from this research?
Possible risks and discomforts will be discussed with those interested in learning more about the study.Will you/your child be paid to be in this research study?
Families will receive up to $125 for time and effort.
Hannah JacksonStudy Doctor
Donald Gilbert, MDNeurology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3026
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