New app aims to ease parenting challenges for kids with FASD
NCT ID NCT05028517
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a smartphone app called FMF Connect for parents and caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The app provides helpful information and peer support to manage children's behavior. 129 parents participated, and researchers measured changes in child behavior, parenting confidence, and knowledge about FASD over 12 weeks.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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129 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Biological parent or other primary caregiver (e.g., foster or adoptive parent, relative, legal guardian) of a child with FASD or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) * The parent/caregiver must be at least 18 years old * The child must between the ages of 3 and 12 years old * The child has a diagnosis of FASD or has confirmed PAE * The child has lived with the parent/caregiver for at least 4 months and is expected to remain in the home for at least 1 year * The parent/caregiver lives in the United States * The parent/caregiver has a smartphone or ipad with iOS operating system Exclusion Criteria: * The parent/caregiver is not fluent in English (the FMF Connect app and pre-post measures are currently only available in English) * There is another parent/caregiver of the same child or living in the home that is already enrolled in the study (couples are excluded to prevent dependence in the data) * The family has previously received or is currently receiving the therapist-led Families Moving Forward (FMF) Program - The caregiver participated in a prior trial of the FMF Connect app as part of earlier development phases
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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