Developmental Coordination DisorderDCDNCT03141333
A Teleintervention in Developmental Coordination Disorder
A study testing Teleintervention in people with Developmental Coordination Disorder, run by Université de Sherbrooke at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 5 to 12 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Teleintervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 31 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- 6 Feb 2017to 30 Jul 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 5 to 12 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- A DCD medical diagnostic (or DCD medical hypothesis)
- Must be at or under the 16e percentile for the global score at the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) or be at or under the 5e for one of the 3 subscale of the MABC-2.
Who cannot join
- Do not have other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, with the exception of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Do not receive rehabilitation services for DCD in the public health care system
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Randomized Feasibility Trial Evaluating a Teleintervention for Families of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention.
Read the detailed description
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in planning and execution of motor coordination activities like dressing, sports and writing. Increasing parents' capacity to manage their children's needs is part of the recommended DCD best practices, as soon as children are suspected to have DCD or early following diagnosis. Parents' capacity could be increased through simple, community-based interventions using a consultative approach. Using the Internet could be an interesting avenue to develop public community-based services and build parents' capacity to manage their child with DCD. The feasibility of recruiting and using the Internet to build parents' capacity is however unknown, since no such study have been conducted.
This randomized feasibility trail will experiment a teleintervention, characterized by a virtual interaction between a health professional and a user by Internet, for children with DCD. The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention. As part of the evaluation of acceptability, the impact of the teleintervention on parental competencies will be explored. At the end of the 3-months randomized feasibility trial, the influence of the number of participants on the utilization of the teleintervention will be explored by providing access to the teleintervention to all participants (control and intervention).
- Conditions
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Being tested
- Teleintervention
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Skills Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
TeleinterventionBehavioural
Participants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Teleintervention | Experimental | Participants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form. Receives: Behavioral: Teleintervention |
| No intervention | No intervention | Participants of this group will have access to the following section of the web plate-form: information, which is consistent with the standard of care for many families of children with DCD, who only have access to online information but do not have access to any type of intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Utilization of the teleintervention
Time spent on the web plate-form (calculated in minutes, time spent on the plate-form during the 3 months teleintervention)
Measured: 3 months (from day 1 to study completion)
Secondary outcomes (3)
Recruitment and retention
Number of participants recruited and retention rate
Measured: Number of participants at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' sense of competencies
Parenting Sense of Competence Scale
Measured: Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' satisfaction with the intervention
Qualitative interviews
Measured: At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 May 2017
- Study start6 Feb 2017
- Primary completion12 May 2017
- Study completion30 Jul 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Developmental Coordination DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 31 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Chantal Camden, Principal investigator, CR CHUS
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03141333
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- usherbrooke
- Acronym
- DCD
- Status last verified
- Jan 2017
- First submitted
- 27 Apr 2017
- Last updated
- 8 May 2018
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 May 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Randomized Feasibility Trial Evaluating a Teleintervention for Families of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03141333
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- DCD / usherbrooke
- Conditions
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 31 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Université de SherbrookeUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 6 Feb 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 12 May 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jul 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 May 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention.
Detailed description
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in planning and execution of motor coordination activities like dressing, sports and writing. Increasing parents' capacity to manage their children's needs is part of the recommended DCD best practices, as soon as children are suspected to have DCD or early following diagnosis. Parents' capacity could be increased through simple, community-based interventions using a consultative approach. Using the Internet could be an interesting avenue to develop public community-based services and build parents' capacity to manage their child with DCD. The feasibility of recruiting and using the Internet to build parents' capacity is however unknown, since no such study have been conducted.
This randomized feasibility trail will experiment a teleintervention, characterized by a virtual interaction between a health professional and a user by Internet, for children with DCD. The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention. As part of the evaluation of acceptability, the impact of the teleintervention on parental competencies will be explored. At the end of the 3-months randomized feasibility trial, the influence of the number of participants on the utilization of the teleintervention will be explored by providing access to the teleintervention to all participants (control and intervention).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Teleintervention | Experimental | Behavioral: TeleinterventionParticipants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form. |
| No intervention | No intervention | –Participants of this group will have access to the following section of the web plate-form: information, which is consistent with the standard of care for many families of children with DCD, who only have access to online information but do not have access to any type of intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 5 to 12 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- A DCD medical diagnostic (or DCD medical hypothesis)
- Must be at or under the 16e percentile for the global score at the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) or be at or under the 5e for one of the 3 subscale of the MABC-2.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Do not have other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, with the exception of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Do not receive rehabilitation services for DCD in the public health care system
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| TeleinterventionParticipants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form. | Behavioural | Teleintervention |
Primary outcome
Utilization of the teleintervention
Time frame: 3 months (from day 1 to study completion)
Time spent on the web plate-form (calculated in minutes, time spent on the plate-form during the 3 months teleintervention)
3 secondary outcomes
Recruitment and retention
Time frame: Number of participants at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' sense of competencies
Time frame: Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' satisfaction with the intervention
Time frame: At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 May 2018.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Chantal Camden principal investigator
CR CHUS
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Teleintervention in people with Developmental Coordination Disorder, run by Université de Sherbrooke at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 May 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Utilization of the teleintervention (time frame: 3 months (from day 1 to study completion)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 May 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.