Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Preschool Children With Autism: TEACCH

NCT04440852 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KY2016(53)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is design to evaluate the efficacy of the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) on the rehabilitation for preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in China.A case-randomized controlled study was conducted.Sixty children diagnosed with ASD between 36 and 90 months of age were randomly assigned to the a TEACCH intervention group or a control group.The control group was subjected to regular rehabilitation training, the TEACCH group carried out TEACCH training besides regular rehabilitation training for 6 months. Chinese Version of Psycho-educational Profile-3rd edition (CPEP-3) was used to evaluate the effectiveness of TEACCH rehabilitation training.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Keywords

TEACCH

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Chinese Version of Psycho-educational Profile-3rd edition (CPEP-3)

  a validated assessment tool that comprehensively measures the development of Chinese children with ASD

  pretest

• Chinese Version of Psycho-educational Profile-3rd edition (CPEP-3)

  a validated assessment tool that comprehensively measures the development of Chinese children with ASD

  posttest: 6 months to pretest

• Chinese Version of Psycho-educational Profile-3rd edition (CPEP-3)

  a validated assessment tool that comprehensively measures the development of Chinese children with ASD

  6 months follow-up : 1 year to pretest

Study Arms (2)

TEACCH intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

TEACCH intervention for ASD

Behavioral: TEACCH

conventional rehabilitation group

NO INTERVENTION

Other conventional interventions

Interventions

TEACCH BEHAVIORAL

The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children

TEACCH intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 36 Months - 90 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed by two children's psychiatrists above the level of the attending physician, in accordance with the diagnostic criteria of DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, fifth revised) children's autism spectrum disorder issued by the United States in 2013. Diagnostic screening scales include Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) (for under 4 years old), Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) (for over 4 years old), all children' scores above the scale suggest ASD performance;
• able to cooperate with clinical evaluation and related examinations, and the guardian signs the informed consent to agree to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• combined with other mental illnesses such as ADHD, with major physical and nervous system diseases;
• serious self-harm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wuhan Mental Health Centre: lead
• Wuhan University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Wuhan Mental Health Centre

Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Hongling Zeng, Master

  Wuhan Mental Health Centre

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2020
• First Posted: June 22, 2020
• Study Start: January 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2019
• Study Completion: March 30, 2020
• Last Updated: June 22, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-06

Locations

CN (1)