Could a blend of therapies boost adaptive skills in kids with autism?
NCT ID NCT06477666
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a therapy called Sentido's Model in 24 children aged 3 to 7 with autism or other neurodevelopmental challenges. The therapy combines behavior analysis, sensory integration, and stress science to help children improve adaptive behaviors like communication and daily living skills. Researchers measured changes using standard assessments and family surveys over 17 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sentido's Model (behavioral therapy combining Applied Behavior Analysis, Ayres Sensory Integration, and Psychoimmunoendocrinology)
- What this could lead to
- If this approach proves effective, it could offer a structured therapy option to help children with autism and related conditions gain daily living skills and improve family well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 24 children and no comparison group, so results may not apply broadly. The therapy is complex and requires specialized training, limiting widespread use.
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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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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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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3 to 7 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: 1. Informed consent signed by the parent or guardian. 2. Complete the executive admission requirements (see ANNEX). 3. Meet the diagnostic impression criteria for DSM-V neurodevelopmental disorders: * Intellectual disability (ID); global developmental delay (RDSM) or psychomotor delay (PMR); * Communication disorders: language disorders (TL), speech disorders, social communication disorder (SUD), childhood-onset disfluency; * Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) * Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Motor development disorders: developmental coordination disorder (DCD), stereotypic movement disorder, tic disorders, Tourette's disorder (TT), chronic tic disorder (CTT), transient tic disorder; * Specific learning disorders ( TAp ). 4. Answer the GAS, Vineland-3 and FOS scales, at therapeutic admission. 5. Willingness of significant caregivers to accompany the intervention process, for twelve sessions according to syllabus protocol. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Childhoods that exceed the age of 7 years in the study period. 2. Children diagnosed with neurological or genetic diseases, brain injury, visual, auditory or motor sensory deficits. 3. Children who are under the guardianship of the Argentine State.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Organización Terapéutica Sentido´s CAIP&CICI (Centro de Atención Integral Pediátrico y Centro de Intervención Conductual Intensiva)
Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, 9000, Argentina
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