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Improving Dental Care and Oral Health in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT03003221 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 119

Last updated 2021-04-14

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Summary

A randomized controlled trial (at sites) comparing the efficacy of the established AIR-P Dental Toolkit (control condition) to a combined regimen involving the Dental Toolkit and parent-mediated behavioral intervention (intervention condition) to improve home dental care, oral health outcomes, and dental office visit experiences.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

AIR-P Dental Toolkit

The AIR-P Dental Toolkit is designed to provide caregivers with guidance and information related to dental care and support strategies for children with autism spectrum disorder.

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Training

The parent-training intervention integrates strategies shown to be efficacious for: 1) improving adherence to dental care, 2) enhancing dental experiences for children with neurotypical development and high levels of dental fear, and 3) evidence-based behavioral techniques established for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • California State University, Fullerton

    collaborator OTHER

  • Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robin Steinberg-Epstein, MD · University of California, Irvine

  • Rachel M Fenning, PhD · University of California-Irvine; California State University-Fullerton

  • Eric Butter, PhD · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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