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Can video coaching help parents connect with autistic toddlers?

NCT ID NCT04607616

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a therapy where parents of children with autism (ages 1.5 to 3) get video feedback to help them better understand and respond to their child's signals. The goal is to improve joint attention, a key skill for social communication. Twenty-seven families will be randomly assigned to start the therapy at different times, and researchers will measure changes during play sessions.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Interactive guidance therapy with video feedback
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a simple, home-based therapy to improve communication between parents and young children with autism.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early study with only 27 children. It tests a behavioral approach, not a drug, so results may be subtle and hard to generalize.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

27 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2021

Expected to finish

May 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 months to 3 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 months to 3 years child at screening * Child with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (DSM 5) or pervasive Developmental Disorder (ICD 10) * Child with ADI R and ADOS-2 fulfilling the criteria for TSA / PDD at diagnosis * Developmental age \> 12 months in motility with the Brunet-Lézine test * Child with availability of parent most present in daily life, only this parent participating directly in play sessions * Signed Informed consent form by both parents * Patient affiliated to the health insurance system Exclusion Criteria: * Level of language in French of parents insufficient to benefit from the care and fill in the questionnaires * Psychiatric parental pathology interfering with interactions with the child, qualitatively assessed by the referring psychiatrist * Severe sensory illness of the child (blindness, deafness, degenerative disease)

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Hôpital Pitié Salpétriere

    Paris, 75013, France

  • Hôpital Saint Eloi

    Montpellier, 34000, France

  • Hôpital Ville Evrard

    Montreuil, 93100, France

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