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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Trial of PCIT-ED in School for Preschoolers in Poverty

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04399629

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Official title

Preschool Based Prevention Targeting Emotion Development in Young Children Facing Adversity

Brief summary

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A shorted form of the previously tested, Parent Child Interaction Therapy Emotion Development (PCIT-ED) will be conducted with a sample of preschoolers who exhibit symptoms of behavioral problems as rated by teacher. Children aged 3-7 will be randomized to a 12-week PCIT-ED delivered by trained therapists in the school setting or an on-line parent training called "Parenting Wisely (PW)". Children will have a 60% chance of being randomized to PCIT-ED and 40% to PW. The treatment will be provided to eligible children in the Jennings School District at the school site. In order to test the efficacy of PCIT-ED, to estimate accurate effect sizes, and to investigate mediators and moderators of treatment response, participants will complete comprehensive pre- and post-assessments at Washington University School of Medicine Early Emotional Development Program. Preschoolers over age 3 will be offered the option of enrolling in an add-on electroencephalography and magnetic resonance imagery study, to investigate neural changes associated with PCIT-ED or PW. Compared to those randomized to PW, we expect preschoolers who undergo PCIT-ED will show significantly increased rates of remission of behavioral problems, greater reductions in symptoms, and decreases in impairment. We hypothesize that they will show significantly greater increases in emotional competence measured by the ability to accurately identify emotions in themselves and others and the ability to effectively regulate intense emotions. Compared to those on the PW, parents who undergo PCIT-ED will show significantly greater increases in emotion skill learning and reductions in MDD symptoms and parenting stress.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04399629
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
62 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
48 Months to 83 Months
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Sep 25, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 18, 2021
Completion
Jan 18, 2021
Last update posted
Apr 5, 2021

2019 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Early Emotional Development Program St Louis Missouri 63108

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