The Impact of a Parent-mediated Intervention on Social Behaviour and Social Brain Development in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This randomised-controlled trial will assess the effect of an early intervention on the social-communicative abilities and brain activity of infants with elevated likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The children´s social-communicative abilities and the related brain activity will be evaluated at three time points: before the start of the intervention (pre-intervention), immediately after its conclusion (post-intervention) and 6 months after its conclusion (follow-up).
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 9 months
Maximum Age: 1
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Elevated likelihood of ASD: the child must be a preterm (less than 30 weeks of gestation) or a sibling/half-sibling of a child with diagnosed ASD.
• Parents are Dutch, English on French speakers.
Locations
Other Locations
Belgium
Ghent University
RECRUITING
Ghent
Contact Information
Primary
Dr. Sara Van der Paelt, PhD
sara.vanderpaelt@ugent.be
+32 486 93 14 48
Backup
Prof. dr. Herbert Roeyers, PhD
herbert.roeyers@ugent.be
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-03-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: ImPACT group
Group of children at elevated likelihood of ASD who will receive the ImPACT intervention
No_intervention: No intervention group
Group of children at elevated likelihood of ASD who won't receive any intervention
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University Ghent