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NCT02291172 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA
Comprehensive Communication Intervention for Minimally Verbal Children With Autism
A NA study, sponsored by Vanderbilt University.
- Completed
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 74
- Enrollment target
NCT02291172: Completed NA study, sponsored by Vanderbilt University.
NCT02291172 is a NA study that has completed, run by Vanderbilt University. The registered enrollment target is 74 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.
The verdict
NCT02291172, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Vanderbilt University.
- COMPLETED
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 74 participants
- Enrollment target
Study Summary
Overview The goal of Comprehensive Communication Intervention for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism is to conduct an efficacy study of a promising intervention to increase spoken language in preschool children who are minimally verbal. The proposed study compares a comprehensive communication intervention (JASP- EMT Plus; JEP) to a business as usual (BAU) control group in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) across 4 time points. The study replicates and extends procedures used by Kasari, Kaiser et al (2014) to successfully promote social communication in older minimally verbal children. Intervention components include: (1) Joint Attention, Structured Play, Engagement and Regulation and Enhanced Milieu Teaching (JASP- EMT), (2) applied with systematic parent training, (3) use of speech generating device (SGD) and (4) supplementary direct teaching of foundational skills for language learning as indicated by child entry skills (CORE-DTT; Smith, 2009). Children who remain minimally verbal beyond age 5 are at high risk for persistent, severe communication deficits that impact social development, educational achievement and quality of life (Tager-Flusberg \& Kasari, 2013). Thus, there is an urgent need for effective strategies to promote communication development during the preschool years to ameliorate early communication deficits and prevent persistent minimally verbal status. This study aims to change social communication in minimally verbal preschool children with ASD by applying a naturalistic social communication intervention which teaches the social foundations of communication and functional use of verbal language in play and interaction. In addition, the intervention addresses three factors that may contribute to remaining minimally verbal: lack of an effective mode of speech production, lack of foundational skills for learning language (receptive language, imitation, joint attention), and lack of communication partners to support continued language learning
Primary Outcome
measured from a naturalistic language sample
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL Intervention JEP
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 74 participants |
| Start Date | 2014-09 |
| Est. Completion | 2018-03 |
| Phase | NA |
What the finished NCT02291172 record still lists
NCT02291172 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 74 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower).
The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Intervention JEP is the first listed.
NCT02291172 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT02291172 about?
NCT02291172 is a clinical study titled "Comprehensive Communication Intervention for Minimally Verbal Children With Autism". Overview The goal of Comprehensive Communication Intervention for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism is to conduct an efficacy study of a promising intervention to increase spoken language in preschool children who are minimally verbal. The proposed study compares a comprehensive communication in...
What is the current status of trial NCT02291172?
This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 74 participants. The study started on 2014-09. Estimated completion is 2018-03.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02291172?
The interventions under investigation include: Intervention JEP (BEHAVIORAL).
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02291172?
This trial is sponsored by Vanderbilt University, which has 430 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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How this trial's enrollment target compares
Where NCT02291172's enrollment target sits among peer trials
74 1082nd of 2000 higher than 912 of 2,000 other NA trials
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08
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