LIFE Child (LIFE Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases)
ConditionChild Development
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age0-20
SponsorUniversity of Leipzig
About this trial
The Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) Child Study is a prospective longitudinal population-based study with a life course approach to health and disease.
The LIFE Child Study focuses on two main research objectives:
* What are premises of normal growth, development and health in children? * Which factors contribute to the development of non-communicable diseases such as childhood obesity and its co-morbidities, atopy and mental health problems?
Detailed assessments will be conducted alongside long-term storage of biological samples in 1,000 pregnant women and more than 5,000 children and their families.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
children with their families and pregnant women of the area of Leipzig
Disqualifiers
severe diseases
Trial population
The LIFE Child study is a prospective longitudinal population-based cohort study. All children with their families and pregnant women of the area of Leipzig are eligible to participate in the LIFE Child study. This sample is supposed to represent the population of the city.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
7,000 Participants
are grouped into 3 trial groupsGroup A: LIFE Child Health
Group B: LIFE Child Obesity
Group C: LIFE Child Health: Pregnancy/Birth
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Civilization diseases and their risk factors
Assess lifestyle, metabolic and genetic risk factors of civilization diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus, obesity, allergy, cardiovascular diseases) from fetal life to adulthood.
Time frame
20 yearsSponsors and contacts
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University of Leipzig
Lead sponsor
European Social Fund
Collaborator
European Regional Development Fund
Collaborator
Free State of Saxony
Collaborator
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research Leipzig
Collaborator
Leipzig Research Center for Early Child Development
Collaborator
Robert Koch Institute Berlin
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov