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A Pilot Trial of a Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Bases (DIR)/Floortime for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders

NCT00954083 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2009-08-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Thirty two children age 2-6 years are recruited into the study and the randomization will be stratified for chronological age and symptom severity into 2 main groups, intervention and control. The intervention group will receive an additional target treatment of DIR/Floortime parent training intervention, while the control group will continue on their routine care for 3 months.

Hypothesis: Children in the intervention group show much improvement in climbing the developmental "ladder" and declining in the autistic behaviors.

Conditions

  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

DIR/Floortime

Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Bases (DIR) focus more on relationship, social skills, and meaningful, spontaneous use of language and communication and integrated understand of human development

BEHAVIORAL

Routine care

Routine care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mahidol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kingkaew Pajareya, MD · Rehabilitation Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2009-04-30

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