NCT06963151

Association of a HABIT-ILE Course and a Home Programme on the Bimanual Performance of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Association of a HABIT-ILE Course and a Home Programme on the Bimanual Performance of Children Aged 3 to 5 Years With Cerebral Palsy: a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of Non-inferiority

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fondation Ildys · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This non-inferiority, mixed-methods, multicentre randomised controlled trial will compare the effects of functional changes and families' resources at 3 months of the PARTNER programme (35h HABIT-ILE + 15h home programme) with the reference HABIT-ILE programme (50h) on the bimanual performance (Assisting Hand Assessment \[AHA\]) of 66 children with unilateral CP aged 3 to 5 years.

Detailed description

The PARTNERSHIP study will compare, for the first time, a mixed PARTNER camp modality, including a HABIT-ILE camp modality and a home programme modality, with parental coaching, to a reference HABIT-ILE modality. The children in the PARTNER group will therefore spend 3.5 hours a day for 10 days in HABIT-ILE therapy, plus 1.5 hours a day for 10 days in home activities carried out by the family. The children in the HABIT-ILE group will have 5 hours of HABIT-ILE therapy per day, the reference modality. A non-inferiority, mixed-methods, multicentre randomised controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of the PARTNER programme with the reference HABIT-ILE programme on the bimanual performance (Assisting Hand Assessment \[AHA\]) of children with unilateral CP aged 3 to 5 years. The secondary aims are to compare the 3-month effectiveness of the programmes on occupational performance, functional skills and upper limb activity levels, as well as families' resources, the parent-child relationship, the quantity and quality of resources available in the home to stimulate the child's motor development, and parental perceptions of their child's disability and their child's abilities (qualitative study). The tertiary aim is to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of care consumption in each group up to 6 months after the end of the programmes. Target recruitment is 66 children (33 in each group) from 3 centres in France. Outcomes will be evaluated before the interventions, immediately after, at 3 months and up to 6 months for the cost-effectiveness analysis. Families in the PARTNER group will receive specific coaching and extensive support to perform the home programme. The coaching will focus on enhancing their resources.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Behavioral: Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities	* Structured bimanual tasks training, with gradual increase in motor difficulty, requiring increased postural adjustments and the use of the lower extremities. * Home programme with parental coaching
OTHER	Behavioral: Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities	\- Structured bimanual tasks training, with gradual increase in motor difficulty, requiring increased postural adjustments and the use of the lower extremities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2027-01-01
• Primary completion: 2029-09-01
• Completion: 2029-09-01
• First posted: 2025-05-08
• Last updated: 2026-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France