# Cranial Cup Use for the Prevention of Positional Head Shape Deformity in the NICU

> **NCT01218087** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Boston Children's Hospital** · enrollment: 88 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Plagiocephaly
- Scaphocephaly
- Brachycephaly

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Cranial cup device and Moldable positioner
- **DEVICE:** Moldable positioner device

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01218087
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Children's Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-04
- **Primary completion:** 2012-07
- **Final completion:** 2012-07
- **Target enrollment:** 88 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study discontinued by DSMB due to loss of equipoise.
- **Last updated:** 2017-02-03

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01218087

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01218087, "Cranial Cup Use for the Prevention of Positional Head Shape Deformity in the NICU". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01218087. Licensed CC0.

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