Early Prevention of Conduct Problems

NYU Langone Health

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Conduct Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Family-Based Preventive Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00051714

DSIR 84-CTP

R01MH055188 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the immediate and long-term effects of a prevention program in children at risk for developing conduct problems and antisocial behavior.

Full description

Participants are randomly assigned to a year-long family-based intervention or to a no contact control group. The intervention focuses on improving parenting practices, parent-child interactions, and child social competence.

Children are assessed at the beginning of the study and again after one year. The development of conduct problems, social competence, and school functioning is assessed from second through fifth grade. Assessments are made through observations, parent and teacher ratings, and diagnostic interviews.

Enrollment: 1,050 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 33 to 63 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sibling of youth adjudicated in Family Court

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,050 participants in 1 patient group

Early Primary Prevention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family-Based Preventive Intervention