FLIGHT Study for Childhood Chronic Illness

Launched by DOCUMENTING HOPE PROJECT · Apr 17, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

The FLIGHT study is a clinical trial designed to explore new ways to help children with chronic illnesses improve their health through personalized lifestyle changes and environmental adjustments. This study will focus on children with various conditions, including immune disorders like asthma and allergies, metabolic issues like obesity, and mood or developmental challenges such as ADHD. The goal is to find the most effective strategies that can be used in future treatments.

To participate, children must be between 2 and 15 years old, live in the United States, and have a diagnosed chronic illness. Their caregivers should be able to read and write in English and be willing to make certain lifestyle changes, such as preparing healthy meals and reducing non-essential technology use. Participants can expect to engage with a team of healthcare professionals and participate in assessments and interviews throughout the study. This trial is currently recruiting, and while up to 14 participants may join, fewer are expected to meet all the criteria.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • At least one guardian must have the ability to read and write English
• • Participant and participant's caregiver must reside in the United States and live within the designated recruitment areas
• • Verified completion of the CHIRP survey and consent to participate in the FLIGHT Study screening process
• * Candidate's diagnosis(es) falls into one or more of the following categories:
• • Immune/Autoimmune Conditions (for example: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, eczema, atopic illness, allergies, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, other gastrointestinal disorders, lupus, other autoimmune conditions)
• • Conditions of Metabolic Dysregulation (for example: obesity/type 2 diabetes)
• • Mood/Behavioral/Developmental Conditions (for example: autism spectrum disorders, ADHD/ADD, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety)
• • Candidate is able to provide sufficient documentation of diagnoses, including validated/standardized diagnostic criteria in current use by specialists for each respective diagnosis, which have been performed by a professional with requisite experience or training
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Candidate is a family member or close associate of any employees or board members of Epidemic Answers, members of the FLIGHT Study Team, or any advisors or clinicians associated with the FLIGHT Study
• • Candidate is not able to provide documentation for proof of diagnoses
• • Diagnosis with a condition that is severe enough to preclude participation in the intensive, multi-modal lifestyle intervention
• • Caregiver(s) with health (e.g., serious chronic disease, disability, addiction) or other life circumstances (e.g., lack of transportation, shared custody of child) that preclude full participation in the intensive intervention
• • External sources of environmental toxicants to the home or school environment that cannot be modified (e.g., high tension power line directly adjacent to home, coal-fired power plant within a ¼ mile of family's home)
• • Inability to control/modify child's diet at daycare or with childcare provider
• • Caregiver(s) anticipate a change of geographic location within two years
• • Parent or caregiver has explicit belief that child's condition cannot be improved
• • Caregiver(s) unwilling to make lifestyle changes, restrict candidate's non-essential technology use. prepare the majority of the family meals at home, replace personal and household products if indicated
• • Caregiver(s) unwilling to have the candidate assessed by a team of doctors and/or healthcare practitioners including, but not limited to: physician, chiropractor, acupuncturist, optometrist, nutritionist, or other professionals recommend by the program
• • Caregiver(s) unwilling to have the candidate participate in minimally invasive laboratory or non-laboratory assessments
• • Caregiver(s) unwilling to have the candidate participate in required periodic video interviews, and other audio-visual documentation
• • Candidate is pregnant
• • Candidate has been convicted of a felony, is currently on probation, or in a juvenile detention center