NCT06472115Recruiting
Parent-Mediated Intervention Targeting Insistence on Sameness for Autistic Children
A Pilot Telehealth Parent-Mediated Intervention Targeting Insistence on Sameness for Autistic Children
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will examine the potential effectiveness of a virtually delivered parent-mediated intervention for insistence on sameness behaviors in autism and investigate 1) whether caregivers can learn to deliver the adapted Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood emotions (SPACE) intervention for IS via telehealth and 2) whether children will show greater improvement in IS behaviors.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 5 Jan 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Stanford University
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06472115
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From 5 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Oct 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- unstable behavioral and pharmacological treatments (e.g., anxiety medication) to treat anxiety or IS behaviors prior to two months to the start of the study and no anticipated changes in treatments during the course of the trial
- concurrent psychosocial treatment for anxiety or Insistence on Sameness
Other illness
- children with significant hearing, language or motor impairment
- children who have a history of prominent school refusal, self-harm, or suicidal ideation
Other
- caregivers who have participated in formal SPACE training
Who the study is looking for
- 6:0 to 10:11 years at the time of consent
- diagnosed with ASD (based on history, review of available medical records including diagnostic testing completed by psychologist)
- IQ \> or = 75 (based on history, review of available medical records)
- report three or more family accommodations for insistence on sameness based on screening measures
- English-speaking parent and youth able to consistently participate in study procedures
Age in the registry: 6 years to 11 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Recruiting |
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