Can video coaching help parents connect with autistic toddlers?
NCT ID NCT04607616
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
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- 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
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 months to 3 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * 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
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, 75015, France
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Hôpital Pitié Salpétriere
Paris, 75013, France
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Hôpital Saint Eloi
Montpellier, 34000, France
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Hôpital Ville Evrard
Montreuil, 93100, France
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