Coaching Children With Anxiety and Autism Through Telehealth (CAT)

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Anxiety; Autism

Treatments: Behavioral: CAT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05588570

00121415

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine a telehealth parenting intervention to reduce anxiety in 20 families of children between 4 and 8 years old with autism and anxiety. Caregivers and children complete 12 telehealth treatment sessions. Caregivers and children will complete pre tests, post tests, and 3 month followup assessments that include observations, heart rate monitoring, and caregiver ratings.

Full description

This study will examine the feasibility and initial efficacy of a telehealth adaptation of a parenting intervention to reduce anxiety (Coaching Approach behavior Leading by Modeling; CALM) amongst 20 families of children between 4 and 8 years old with autism and anxiety. Our time limited telehealth-delivered adaptation of CALM is called CAT (Coaching Children with Anxiety and Autism through Telehealth). The study will utilize an open trial design with pre, post, and 3-month follow-up assessments including observational measures, physiological measures, and caregiver ratings.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 48 to 107 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child participants must:
• Be between 4:0-8:11 years old
• Have clinically significant caregiver-report symptoms of anxiety on the Parent-Rated Anxiety Scale for ASD (PRAS-ASD)
• Have a primary anxiety concern on the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disorders: Parent Version (ADIS/ASA)
• Have an ASD diagnosis made by a qualified diagnostician
• Have a cognitive level of 48 months on the Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV; ages 2:6-7:7) or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V; ages 6:0-16:11)

Caregiver participants must:

• Have access to a computer, tablet, or phone with a camera and Wi-Fi access

Exclusion criteria

• Primary concern other than anxiety as measures on the ADIS/ASA

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 1 patient group

CAT

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive behavioral treatment for anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CAT