Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Trial
— PEAKOfficial title:
Early Intervention for Young Children At-Risk for ADHD: Evaluating Efficacy and Delivery Format for Behavioral Parent Education
Parent education is an effective and relatively cost efficient approach for reducing child behavior problems. Research, however, suggests that the effectiveness of parent education is mitigated by parent attendance and parent implementation of intervention strategies. That is, low attendance at parent education sessions is associated with limited intervention effects. Therefore, it is critical to identify strategies to enhance parent engagement. A previous pilot randomized controlled trial of a parent education program (Behavioral Parent Education; BPE, specifically Promoting Engagement for ADHD pre-Kindergartners [PEAK]), found that both face-to-face (F2F) and online BPE resulted in high levels of parent engagement and child behavior improvements. However, results need to be replicated in a full scale efficacy trial with a larger, diverse sample to provide more reliable estimates of relative effect sizes for parent and child outcomes and to evaluate the extent to which parent and child behavior changes are maintained after BPE has ended. In the current randomized controlled trial, the investigators intend to apply What Works Clearinghouse group design standards to examine the efficacy of two forms of delivery of BPE (F2F and online) relative to a wait-list control condition in a sample of 180, 3- to 5-year old children with clinically significant symptoms of ADHD. The objective is to: (a) extend findings from the pilot investigation to a large, diverse sample; (b) examine maintenance of effects; (c) identify moderators and mediators of treatment outcome, especially the degree to which these may differ for F2F vs. online treatment delivery; and (d) assess cost and cost-effectiveness of the two PEAK delivery formats.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 180 |
Est. completion date | August 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | August 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 3 Years to 5 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - 3- to 5.11-year old children with clinically significant symptoms of ADHD. - Children had to have met DSM-5 criteria for one of the three presentations of ADHD based on clinical interview and parent and teacher behavior ratings, including parent and teacher report of elevated levels of impairment at home and school (i.e., score greater than 90th percentile on one or more Conners Early Childhood Rating Scale subscales relevant to ADHD). Exclusion Criteria: - A diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), pervasive developmental disorder, intellectual disability, neurological damage, or significant motor or physical impairments. - Children needed to be enrolled in a pre-school or day care setting at least 2 days a week unless otherwise unable to enroll (e.g. behavioral problems, lack of services for unrelated disability) in order to establish the presence of symptoms across two settings. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Lehigh University | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Lehigh University | Institute of Education Sciences |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Parent): Intervention Strategies | To assess changes in intervention strategy use the test of parent knowledge (R= 0-15) and parent fidelity (R= 0-9) form will be used (higher scores = better outcomes). | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Parent): Behavior | To assess changes in parent behavior the Parenting Young Children (R= 22-154; higher scores = better outcomes), the DPICS and RPC (higher scores on negative codes = worse outcomes and higher scores on positive codes = better outcomes) | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Parent): Acceptability | To assess treatment acceptability the Intervention rating profile-15 (R= 15-90; higher scores = better outcomes) will be used. | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Parent): Stress | To assess chases in parenting stress, The Parenting Stress Inventory-4 (R=36-180; higher scores = worse outcomes) will be used. | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Parent): Optimism | To examine parental optimism post-treatment group comparisons, the Parental Attribution Measure (R= 0-12; higher scores = worse outcomes); The Family Empowerment Scale-Competence (R= 8-40; higher scores = better outcomes), and the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-Pessimism (R=0-11; higher scores = worse outcomes) will be used. | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Academics | To assess changes in child early academic skills the Individual Growth and Development Indicators of Early Learning (R=2.16-36.61; higher scores indicate better outcomes) will be used. | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Behavior | To examine changes in child behavior the Conners-EC Rating Scale (R=0-100, higher scores indicate worse outcomes except for the developmental milestones) | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Behavior Observations | To examine changes in child behavior the Dyadic Parent-Child Interactive Coding System-Revised (DPICS) and Relationship Process Code-2 (RPC) (higher scores on negative codes = worse outcomes and higher scores on positive codes = better outcomes) | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Self Regulation | To examine changes in child self-regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders-Task (R=0-16; higher scores indicate better outcomes) | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Bedtime Behaviors | To examine changes in child bedtime behaviors behaviors the Children's Sleep-Wake Scale-GTBS (R=5-30; higher scores indicate better outcomes). | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Social Behaviors | To assess changes in child social behaviors the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (R=30-90; higher scores indicate worse outcomes) will be used | 10 weeks | |
Primary | Post-Treatment Effects (Child): Social Behaviors | To assess maintenance in child social behaviors the Adaptive Social Behavior Inventory (R=30-90; higher scores indicate worse outcomes) will be used | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Child): Behavior Observations | To examine maintenance in child behavior the Dyadic Parent-Child Interactive Coding System-Revised (DPICS) and Relationship Process Code-2 (RPC) (higher scores on negative codes = worse outcomes and higher scores on positive codes = better outcomes) | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Child): Self Regulation | To examine maintenance in child self-regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders-Task (R=0-16; higher scores indicate better outcomes) | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Child): Bedtime Behaviors | To examine maintenance in child bedtime behaviors behaviors the Children's Sleep-Wake Scale-GTBS (R=5-30; higher scores indicate better outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Parent): Acceptability | To assess maintenance of treatment acceptability the Intervention rating profile-15 (R= 15-90; higher scores = better outcomes) will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Parent): Behavior | To assess maintenance in parent behavior the Parenting Young Children (R= 22-154; higher scores = better outcomes), the DPICS and RPC (higher scores on negative codes = worse outcomes and higher scores on positive codes = better outcomes) | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Parent): Intervention Strategies | To assess maintenance in intervention strategy use the test of parent knowledge (R= 0-15) and parent fidelity (R= 0-9) form will be used (higher scores = better outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Parent): Stress | To assess maintenance in parenting stress, The Parenting Stress Inventory-4 (R=36-180; higher scores = worse outcomes) will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Maintenance (Parent): Optimism | To examine maintenance in parental optimism, the Parental Attribution Measure (R= 0-12; higher scores = worse outcomes), The Family Empowerment Scale-Competence (R= 8-40; higher scores = better outcomes), and the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-Pessimism (R=0-11; higher scores = worse outcomes) will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): Session Completion | To examine parent session completion, a frequency count will be used (higher scores= better outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): Demographics | To assess parent income, education, and marital status the Parent Demographic Information form will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): ADHD Symptoms | Parent ADHD symptoms will be assessed using the Adult Investigator Symptom Rating Scale (R=18-90; higher scores= worse outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): Parent Strategies | The test of parent knowledge (R= 0-15) and fidelity checklist (R= 0-9) (higher scores = better outcomes) will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): Stress | To assess parent stress, the Parenting Stress Inventory (PSI) will be used (R=36-180; higher scores = worse outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Parent): Media | Parent media use preference the Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale (MTUAS) (R=45-506; higher scores = better outcomes) will be used. | 2 years | |
Primary | Mediators and Moderators (Child) | To assess child self regulation the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders-Task (HTSK) will be used (R=0-16; higher scores indicate better outcomes). | 2 years | |
Primary | Cost-Effectiveness (money): Face-to-face | Investigators will determine costs of the F2F program using the ingredients method by documenting cost of: (a) session leader, based on required minimal qualifications and salary for position ($); (b) space to run sessions ($ to rent out space) (d) food provided during session ($ for cost of food); (c) childcare provided during session ($ for childcare per hour); and (d) transportation, calculated by number of families needing transportation divided by total number of families (multiplied by average miles round trip x average Uber fare). Investigators will review effectiveness metrics by stratifying participants based on their characteristics (parent education level, socioeconomic index, ADHD medication status) prior to the intervention. Investigators will compare cost against effectiveness using Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). | 5 years | |
Primary | Cost-Effectiveness (time): Face-to-face | Investigators will determine costs of the F2F program using the ingredients method by documenting time of: Individual contact hours by provider with minimal qualifications to support families between sessions (calculated as minutes of contact across efficacy trial divided by number of families). Investigators will review effectiveness metrics by stratifying participants based on their characteristics (parent education level, socioeconomic index, ADHD medication status) prior to the intervention. Investigators will compare cost against effectiveness using Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). | 5 years | |
Primary | Cost-Effectiveness (time): Online | For the online program, we will determine costs (in time) of (a) individual contact hours by provider with minimal qualifications to support families between sessions, calculated as minutes of contact across efficacy trial divided by number of families; (b) technology support for families, as provided by technology expert with minimal qualifications and calculated as minutes spent supporting families with user challenges divided by total number of families in efficacy trial; and (c) technology support on creator end, as provided by technology expert with minimal qualifications and calculated as minutes spent. Investigators will review effectiveness metrics by stratifying participants based on their characteristics (parent education level, socioeconomic index, ADHD medication status) prior to the intervention. Investigators will compare cost against effectiveness using Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). | 5 years | |
Primary | Cost-Effectiveness (money): Online | For the online program, we will determine costs of purchase of phone and data plan for approximately 10% of families without internet access. Investigators will review effectiveness metrics by stratifying participants based on their characteristics (parent education level, socioeconomic index, ADHD medication status) prior to the intervention. Investigators will compare cost against effectiveness using Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). | 5 years |
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