NCT07375537Active, not recruiting
FLIGHT - Autism: Education and Health Coaching Program Focused on Modifiable Lifestyle Factors for Parents
FLIGHT - Autism: An Open-Label, Prospective Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Education and Health Coaching Program Focused on Modifiable Lifestyle Factors for Parents of Children With Newly Diagnosed Autism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an education and coaching program for parents of children with newly diagnosed autism that is focused on modifiable lifestyle factors and environmental modifications. A single-arm, open-label, prospective study will be conducted evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of the 12-month education and health coaching intervention for parents as an adjuvant to comprehensive clinical care for 12 newly diagnosed children with autism.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 12 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 29 Feb 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Documenting Hope Project
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07375537
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 12
- From 4 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 29 Feb 2028
- 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
- Child who requires significant specialty medical care, including routine or frequent in-patient medical treatment, are currently taking mood stabilizing drugs, and/or who have cancer or a pre-cancerous condition
Other illness
- Child who has been diagnosed with complex conditions in addition to autism, such as an inborn error of metabolism identified through genetic testing, or a known chromosomal disorder
Other
- Parents who are unwilling or unable to make lifestyle changes, such as significant dietary changes
- Parents who are unwilling or unable to participate in study activities, such as group and individual coaching
- Parents who hold beliefs that are incompatible with an education and lifestyle intervention
- Parents who are unable or unwilling to provide consent
Who the study is looking for
- Child from 3-7 years of age
- Child has autism diagnosis featuring evaluation with the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition \[ADOS-2\], Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS-2), or Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R) within the last 18 months
- Child has an Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) score at screening of between 50 and 120 (generally considered moderate/severe autism)
- Child and parents live in the United States
- Parent has ability to speak and read English
- Parents are willing to fulfill study expectations
- Child has not yet engaged in comprehensive diet, lifestyle, and environmental interventions for autism
Age in the registry: 3 years to 7 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documenting Hope Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Windsor | United States | Unknown status |
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