FLIGHT Study for Childhood Chronic Illness

Description

The FLIGHT study is an open-label, single-arm, pilot and feasibility study of a personalized and multimodality intervention focusing upon modifiable lifestyle factors, environmental modifications, and transdisciplinary clinical care for children with chronic illness. A mixed methods outcomes evaluation will be performed. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the most feasible and promising strategies to inform a more streamlined and scalable intervention in the future. Up to 14 participants may be enrolled, but fewer are expected to achieve the primary goal of the study.

Conditions

Chronic Illnesses, Multiple

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Study overview

The FLIGHT study is an open-label, single-arm, pilot and feasibility study of a personalized and multimodality intervention focusing upon modifiable lifestyle factors, environmental modifications, and transdisciplinary clinical care for children with chronic illness. A mixed methods outcomes evaluation will be performed. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the most feasible and promising strategies to inform a more streamlined and scalable intervention in the future. Up to 14 participants may be enrolled, but fewer are expected to achieve the primary goal of the study.

A Pilot and Feasibility Study Focusing on Lifestyle, Environmental Modifications, and Transdisciplinary Clinical Care for Children With Chronic Illness: Protocol for the FLIGHT Study

FLIGHT Study for Childhood Chronic Illness

Condition
Chronic Illnesses, Multiple
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Windsor

Epidemic Answers, Windsor, Connecticut, United States, 06095

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • * 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

Ages Eligible for Study

2 Years to 15 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Documenting Hope Project,

Study Record Dates

2025-09