Clinical trial NCT06853717: Implementation of Therapy Together With Early Childhood Intervention
Official title: Implementation of Therapy Together With Early Childhood Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Keywords: Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
Early Childhood Intervention
Therapy Together
Lead sponsor: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Texas Woman's University
First posted: 2025-03-03
Enrollment: 5
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 3
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: pre- and post- assessment
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this project is to conduct a pilot hybrid type two implementation and efficacy study on Therapy Together with Early Childhood Intervention using an explanatory mixed methods approach to evaluate the efficacy and implementation of Therapy Together. Therapy Together is a parent led intensive pediatric constraint induced movement therapy (P-CIMT) program for young children (3 months-2 years 11 months) with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). The research team developed the Therapy Together program due to the lack of clinical uptake in use of CIMT with children with UCP, even though there is consistent and robust evidence that demonstrates a positive treatment effect with the intervention. Therapy Together is based on the evidence and active ingredients of P-CIMT with a primary focus on utility and translation of research to clinical practice.

Detailed description: The long-term research goal is to implement Therapy Together, a caregiver-led pediatric constraint induced movement therapy program we developed for infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, within regular health care models globally. The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and implementation of the Therapy Together program within the State of Texas Early Childhood Intervention program by conducting a mixed method, hybrid type two implementation and efficacy study guided by the RE-AIM Framework focusing on reach, effectiveness, adoption, and implementation. The central hypothesis is that Therapy Together can be successfully implemented within the early intervention model resulting in clinically significant improvements in hand function, occupational performance, and development. The rationale for this hypothesis is that Therapy Together is an adapted version of an evidence-based intervention specifically developed for implementation within standard of care practice.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants were children three months to two years and eleven months old who presented with asymmetric hand use with risk of developing cerebral palsy (CP) or have already been diagnosed with CP that present with unilateral upper limb impairment. Inclusion criteria were children who visually attended to objects, showed interest in them, and tried to reach for or grasp objects with their impaired upper extremity were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria were children with uncontrolled epilepsy, significant visual impairment, severe behavior problems or unable to complete assessment protocol were not included in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mini-Assisting Hand Assessment (Mini-AHA)
timeFrame: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention
measure: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
timeFrame: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention
measure: Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition (DAYC-2)
timeFrame: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention
measure: Measure of Hand and Arm Performance
timeFrame: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Denton
country: United States
facility: Texas Woman's Univeristy
state: Texas
Study officials:
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