Effectiveness of a Parent-mediated Intervention With PACT on Children With ASD
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Preschool Autism Communication Therapy (PACT), Treatment As Usual (TAU).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder. Basic parameters: 18 months — 36 months · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
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Official title
Effectiveness of PACT Intervention, Delivered by Parents, Guided by Videoconference, on the Autism of Their Children With ASD
Overview
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorders. There are different types of interventions. Among these interventions Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) and Preschool Autism Communication Therapy (PACT) have proved efficacy at short and long term. PACT is the therapy with the highest evidences when Parents delivered the intervention themselves.
Detailed description
In PACT, parents are guided, generally in face to face, by a professional to improve the synchrony and communication with their children with ASD. Then, it is recommended to the parents to practice the therapy daily at home. In France, this type of early intervention is poorly developed and is only accessible in specialized centers located in large urban centers. Guiding parents by videoconferencing could make this intervention accessible to families in undeserved areas. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a PACT intervention delivered by parents and guided by videoconferencing, on the autism in their children with ASD, aged 18 to 36 months at the inclusion.
This is a mixed (quantitative and qualitative), multicenter, controlled, randomized, open-label study, comparing a group of children receiving usual care and one of whose parents is trained and accompanied by videoconferencing to developmental techniques as described in the PACT, to a group of children benefiting only from the usual care provided by the community. The primary endpoint was the severity of autism measured with the ADOS-2 (2012 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) severity score (CSS) at 12 months. A total of 212 children will be included in the study (106 / group).
Interventions
- Other Preschool Autism Communication Therapy (PACT)
Professionals guide parents in the PACT therapy by videoconference. Sessions between parent and professionals are every 15 days for 6 months. Each session lasts one hour. At the end of the 12 sessions, additional booster sessions (one session per month over 6 months) will allow parents to maintain their skills. Parents will use therapy with their children in daily home practice. The aims of PACT therapy is to improve synchrony in the communication between the child and the parents. Improvement o - Other Treatment As Usual (TAU)
Children will receive therapies available in the community as speech language therapist or occupational therapist.
Primary outcome measures
- Autism severity [Time frame: 12 months]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Social Interactions of the child [Time frame: 6 and 12 months]
- Parent-child synchrony and initiative in communication [Time frame: 6 and 12 months]
- Number of words produced by the child [Time frame: 12 months]
- Number of words produced by the child [Time frame: 12 months]
- Adaptative behavior [Time frame: 12 months]
- Autism Family Experience [Time frame: 12 months]
- Characteristics of the parents [Time frame: 12 months]
- Characteristics of the parents [Time frame: 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Child with autism Spectrum disorder
- Symptoms in autism with a severity superior to 4 as measure by ADOS-2
- Positive ADI (Autism Diagnostic Interview)
- Diagnostic done by a multidisciplinary team
- Nonverbal IQ above 12 months Having health assurance
Exclusion criteria
For the child
- Child with a twin brother or sister with ASD or having a brother or sister already included in this study
- Epilepsy requiring medication
- Severe hearing or visual impairment
- Identification of a genetic anomaly causes participation in the intervention or validity of the data (determined by the principal investigator on a case-by-case basis)
For the parents
- Severe hearing or visual impairment
- Severe psychiatric disorder
- Unstable somatic disorders preventing intervention
- Lack of Internet access
- Parent not available for regular follow-up
- Opposition of one parent to the child's participation in a study
- Already receiving PACT therapy or any other intensive intervention (e.g. Denver)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Hopital Vinatier — Bron
Publications
- Jurek L, Occelli P, Denis A, Amestoy A, Maffre T, Dauchez T, Oreve MJ, Baghdadli A, Schroder C, Jay A, Zelmar A, Revah-Levy A, Gallifet N, Aldred C, Garg S, Green J, Touzet S, Geoffray MM; IFPAD study group. Efficacy of parent-mediated communication-focused treatment in toddlers with autism (PACT) delivered via videoconferencing: a randomised controlled trial study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Apr 7;1 PMID 33827837
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04244721 · 2018-A02516-49