NCT04432077

Anxiety Intervention for Preschool Children With ASD

Piloting an Integrated Anxiety Intervention for Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 48 Months – 83 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a treatment program for anxiety in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder.

Detailed description

Anxiety is highly prevalent in individuals with ASD with lifelong impact. In this population, anxiety often emerges when children are very young, yet there are no evidence-based treatments for this age group. Cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) successfully reduces anxiety levels in young, typically developing children and older children with ASD. This study pilots the DINO Strategies for Anxiety and fear of Uncertainty Reduction (DINOSAUR) program, which is an integrated treatment program that utilizes CBT modified for young children with ASD. The treatment includes heavy doses of parent training to reduce accommodation of the child's anxiety symptoms and interventions targeting fear of uncertainty, a common fear in children with ASD. The feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of this treatment program will be studied.

Conditions

• Anxiety Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	DINO Strategies for Anxiety and fear of Uncertainty Reduction (DINOSAUR)	DINO Strategies for Anxiety and fear of Uncertainty Reduction (DINOSAUR) - a parent-mediated cognitive-behavioral treatment modified for young children with ASD

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-12
• Primary completion: 2022-07-31
• Completion: 2022-10-01
• First posted: 2020-06-16
• Last updated: 2022-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States