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Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns
Sponsor: RTI International
Summary
Early Check provides voluntary screening of newborns for a selected panel of conditions. The study has three main objectives: 1) develop and implement an approach to identify affected infants, 2) address the impact on infants and families who screen positive, and 3) evaluate the Early Check program. The Early Check screening will lead to earlier identification of newborns with rare health conditions in addition to providing important data on the implementation of this model program. Early diagnosis may result in health and development benefits for the newborns. Infants who have newborn screening in North Carolina will be eligible to participate, equating to over 120,000 eligible infants a year. Over 95% of participants are expected to screen negative. Newborns who screen positive and their parents are invited to additional research activities and services. Parents can enroll eligible newborns on the Early Check electronic Research Portal. Screening tests are conducted on residual blood from existing newborn screening dried blood spots. Confirmatory testing is provided free-of-charge for infants who screen positive, and carrier testing is provided to mothers of infants with fragile X. Affected newborns have a physical and developmental evaluation. Their parents have genetic counseling and are invited to participate in surveys and interviews. Ongoing evaluation of the program includes additional parent interviews.
Official title: Early Check: A Collaborative Innovation to Facilitate Pre-Symptomatic Clinical Trials in Newborns
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
1 Day - 31 Days
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30000
Start Date
2018-10-15
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-04-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Confirmatory Testing
If a newborn's screening test is positive, an experienced genetic counselor will contact the infant's mother by phone to explain the positive screening result and arrange for confirmatory testing and a follow-up appointment. If the confirmatory test is positive, then the child receives a diagnosis of the disease. Children identified with a disorder are referred for treatment, their parents receive information and counseling on what a positive diagnosis means for their child, and they are offered participation in follow-up and registry activities for the disorder.
Locations (1)
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States