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  • Lifeline — 24/7 crisis support: 13 11 14
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  • Emergency: 000

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Study for people with Depression and Anxiety

Recruiting Not a phased study

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Not a phased study
Sponsor Telethon Kids Institute
Registry number NCT07270029
Started 8 January 2026 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 15 December 2028

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Perth Children's Hospital Perth WA Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 5 Years to 15 Years
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 500

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Children aged 5-15.99 years of age

* Children admitted to the day of surgery unit undergoing elective surgery at Perth Children's Hospital or Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP as day case surgeries or with a maximum hospital stay of one night postoperatively

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children coming for surgery via wards other than the day of surgery unit

* Language barriers impeding data collection

* Department for Child Protection and Family Support is involved in the care of the child

* Inability for the child to interact with the sensory toy safely, such as children with severe global developmental delay (GDD).

Dates on the record

Started 8 January 2026
Estimated completion 15 December 2028
Registry last updated 24 March 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 24 March 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

Voxsanity reformats data from public registries into this layout. It does not edit, interpret or add to what the registry published.

Not medical advice.

Individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.

Letter for your doctor

A one-page summary of this trial to print or email to your GP. It carries the registry's own record of the trial and its eligibility criteria, and nothing Voxsanity has written about whether it suits you.