Status:
COMPLETED
Parent-delivered Massage for Children With Autism - Ages 6 to 11
Lead Sponsor:
Western Oregon University
Collaborating Sponsors:
HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Conditions:
Autism
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-11 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Through funding from the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University (WOU) will be conducting research on the effect of a parent-delivered massage p...
Detailed Description
Children will be randomly divided into treatment groups and wait-list control groups. The control groups begin treatment five months after the treatment groups begin. All children will be tested on t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Have a medical and/or educational diagnosis of autism
- Be between the age of 6 and 11
- Parents willing to attend the parent training session and transport the child to treatment sessions with trained staff 20 times in the first five months
- Parents willing to give the fifteen-minute massage daily
- Parents willing not to start any new interventions unless medically necessary
Exclusion
- Taking psychoactive medication or pharmaceutical chelation therapy
- Additional chronic disability (for example, cerebral palsy or uncontrolled seizures)
- Receiving more than fifteen hours per week of intensive behavioral treatment for autism (e.g. Applied Behavior Analysis therapy)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
35 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02222662
Start Date
June 1 2014
End Date
February 1 2016
Last Update
April 29 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Various locations in Portland, Salem, Albany/Corvallis and Eugene
Portland, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Oregon, United States