Paediatric Autism Communication Trial – Generalised (PACT-G)

Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust & University of Manchester0 sites249 target enrollmentMarch 10, 2016

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Not specified
Sponsor: Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust & University of Manchester
Enrollment: 249
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Registry

who.int

Start Date

March 10, 2016

End Date

July 30, 2019

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust & University of Manchester

•Current inclusion criteria as of 18/10/2017:
•1\. Child over 2 years 0 months and under 11 years 0 months
•2\. Child has confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
•3\. Child meets criteria for core autism on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS\-2\) and the Social Communication Questionnaire
•4\. Children who are aged 5 years and over are between P3 and P8 for the English curriculum
•5\. Parent has spoken English which is adequate to participate in this communication based intervention and speaks English to their child at least some of the time
•Previous inclusion criteria:
•1\. Child between 2 and 11 years (in primary school) with a diagnosis of autism
•2\. Family will have spoken English at home which is adequate to allow them potentially to participate in this communication based intervention
•Pre\-school cohort:

•Current exclusion criteria as of 18/10/2017:
•1\. Having a sibling with ASD already in the trial
•2\. Participation in PACT pilot phase
•3\. Child has \<\= 12 months nonverbal age equivalent
•4\. Long\-term severe hearing or visual impairment in child or parent
•5\. Epilepsy that is uncontrolled by medication
•6\. Severe learning disability in the parent or current clinically severe psychiatric illness in parent
•7\. Current safeguarding concerns or other family situation that would affect child / family participation in the trial
•8\. No agreement to participate from child’s education setting
•Previous exclusion criteria: