NCT04291638

Evaluating an Online Adjunctive Support Following Intensive Services (OASIS) Strategy for Youth With Selective Mutism

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Florida International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study sought to evaluate an innovative post-acute continuation/transition planning treatment strategy that leveraged an in-person intensive treatment followed by online, videoconferencing-based "booster" sessions for youth with selective mutism (SM). Twenty children between the ages of 4 and 10 and their caregivers were scheduled to participate in an in-person intensive group behavioral treatment (IGBT) for SM and subsequently randomized to receive either (a) six, biweekly, hour-long, videoconferencing-delivered booster sessions or (b) no additional treatment for 12 weeks. Due to COVID-19-related physical distancing restrictions, the study team was unable to provide in-person services. Thus, the clinical trial was converted to an open-trial design focused on evaluating remote treatment options (i.e., remotely delivered caregiver training sessions and/or a remotely delivered IGBT) for these families. All families retained in the study have or will participate(d) in assessments at the following time points: Intake (i.e., 4-5 months prior to the remote IGBT); Baseline (i.e., 1 month prior to the IGBT), Post-IGBT (i.e., 2 weeks following the IGBT), and School Year Follow Up (i.e., 16 weeks following the IGBT).

Conditions

• Selective Mutism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Remote Caregiver Training	The remote caregiver training is a 5-hour videoconferencing-based training program that focuses on teaching cognitive behavioral therapy skills to the caregivers of children with selective mutism in a group format across 3 sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	Remote Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment (IGBT)	The remote IGBT is a 5-day videoconferencing-based treatment program that delivers cognitive behavioral therapy to children and their caregivers in a group format across 2-3 hours per day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-06
• Primary completion: 2020-12-07
• Completion: 2020-12-07
• First posted: 2020-03-02
• Last updated: 2020-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States