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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderNCT05222321

Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention for Young Children With or At Risk for ADHD

A study testing Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention and Spontaneous, Free Play in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, run by University of Oklahoma at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effects of 15 minutes of sensory-play based (SenPlay) intervention on improving focused attention in developmentally appropriate tasks in young children with or at risk for ADHD. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 36 to 71 monthsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
What is being tested?
Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention and Spontaneous, Free Play
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
9 Mar 2022to 19 May 2022
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 36 to 71 months
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Age 3-years, to 5-years, 11-months
  • Diagnosis or provisional diagnosis of ADHD or overactivity by the primary care physician, psychologist or neurologist
  • No diagnosis of neurological disorders other than ADHD
  • Normal or corrected vision
  • Cognitive skills to follow verbal instruction
  • Gross and fine motor skills to engage in sensorimotor activities and school readiness tasks

Who cannot join

  • Participants will be excluded if they currently take medication for ADHD or exhibit severe physical impairments that result in inability to engage in the SenPlay intervention, fine motor and visual motor activities.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Sensational Kids, Inc

    Yukon, Oklahoma, 73099

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About this study

Official title: Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention for Young Children With or At Risk for Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD)

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effects of 15 minutes of sensory-play based (SenPlay) intervention on improving focused attention in developmentally appropriate tasks in young children with or at risk for ADHD.

Read the detailed description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, written consent will be obtained by the investigators. Twenty participants will be recruited for this randomized, experimental study with a two-group longitudinal, pre-posttest, linear association study design to measure attention levels and off-task behaviors. All participants will attend a total of four sessions. The investigator, a registered, licensed occupational therapist, will lead all intervention sessions utilizing a set protocol. Participants will complete an intake session to determine baseline fine motor skills for developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) before being randomly assigned to either the control group or the SenPlay intervention group. The control group will engage in spontaneous, free play with the supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym (see image 1) for 15 minutes, prior to the assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of DAT. The intervention group will engage in 15-minutes of SenPlay intervention, followed by assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of DAT. The 10 minutes of DAT will be coded at the beginning of each 15 second interval (Wood et al., 2016) for a total of 40 observation periods. The percentage of on and off-task behaviors will be calculated. Two coders, blinded to the group assignment will code session. Prior to the study, both coders will achieve a reliability of at least 95% accuracy in training sessions.

Being tested
Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention, Spontaneous, Free Play
Keywords
Attention, Focused attention, Sensory, Play-based intervention, Occupational therapy, Pediatrics
Medical subject headings
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) InterventionOther

    SenPlay is a sensory-play based intervention that includes deep tactile pressure, vestibular and proprioceptive input as a therapeutic medium to facilitate optimal arousal through sensory-play based activities such as pushing, pulling, climbing, jumping, crashing, and swinging. These activities are designed to facilitate changes in the child's arousal through providing sensory input to ensure the child is reaching a threshold of moderate to vigorous physical activity. Completed at three time points, once weekly for three weeks.

  • Spontaneous, Free PlayOther

    Participant engages in spontaneous, free play with the investigator supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym for 15 minutes. Completed at three time points, once weekly for three weeks.

Study groups in NCT05222321
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SenPlay Intervention GroupExperimentalSenPlay is a sensory-play based intervention that includes deep tactile pressure, vestibular and proprioceptive input as a therapeutic medium to facilitate optimal arousal through activities such as pushing, pulling, climbing, jumping, and crashing. These activities are designed to facilitate changes in the child's arousal by providing sensory input and are used at random during the 15 minute window and are facilitated and monitored to ensure the child is reaching a threshold of moderate to vigorous physical activity. All participants will wear the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure the intensity of physical activity during the SenPlay intervention. Intervention sessions will occur at three time points, one per week for three weeks. Following the SenPlay intervention, participants will engage in 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) lead by the same investigator. DAT will be videotaped and coded for off task behaviors using Momentary Time Sampling (MTS).
Receives: Other: Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention
Free play Control GroupPlacebo comparatorThe control group will engage in spontaneous, free play with the investigator supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym for 15 minutes, prior to the assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT). All participants will wear the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure the intensity of physical activity reached during spontaneous, free play. Participants in the control group will participate in three sessions, one per week for three weeks. Intervention sessions will occur at three time points, one per week for three weeks. Following the spontaneous play, participants will engage in 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) lead by the same investigator. DAT will be videotaped and coded for off task behaviors using Momentary Time Sampling (MTS).
Receives: Other: Spontaneous, Free Play

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in focused attention as measured by Momentary Time Sampling from intervention one to intervention three.

    Momentary Time Sampling (MTS) using a MTS observation chart will be used to code on and off task behaviors when engaged in developmentally appropriate task (DAT) for three sessions per participant. Sessions will be recorded using a video camera and coded to ensure completeness of data tracking for on and off-task behaviors. Using MTS, the child's behavior is coded at the beginning of every 15 second time interval using a stopwatch to ensure 15 second intervals. Focused attention will be measured by calculating the percentage of on and off-task behaviors with all data collection and coding methods being the same for all participants in both groups. On-task behaviors are operational defined as behaviors in which both the eyes and hands are focused on the task, appropriately responding to the investigator's verbal instruction, and manipulation of materials as instructed by the investigator while off-task behaviors include any behavior not meeting the criteria of an on-task behavior.

    Measured: Intervention session one (week one) to intervention session three (week three).

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Intensity of physical activity measured at all intervention sessions

    The ActiGraph (GTX3) accelerometer will be used to measure the intensity of physical activity (PA) for each child while engaged in the SenPlay intervention and spontaneous, free play.

    Measured: Three time points, once weekly for three weeks.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Feb 2022
  2. Study start9 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion19 May 2022
  4. Study completion19 May 2022

Why it stopped: Study closed by the IRB when PI did not submit for annual review.

Resources

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
Model description
To address the aims of this study, the investigators will recruit 20 participants and utilize a randomized, experimental study with a two-group longitudinal, pre-posttest, linear association study design to measure attention levels and off-task behaviors. This is the first step in determining the effects of the SenPlay intervention on focused attention. The intervention will occur over three time points in a clinic therapy room and occupational therapy gym in an outpatient pediatric clinic.
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05222321
Sponsor's protocol ID
14128
Status last verified
Jul 2024
First submitted
18 Jan 2022
Last updated
10 Jul 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: No identifiable study data will be shared with any outside entities. The subject's information will not be used or distributed for future research studies even if identifiers are removed.

Publications

  • Acar IH, Frohn S, Prokasky A, Molfese VJ, Bates JE. Examining the Associations Between Performance Based and Ratings of Focused Attention in Toddlers: Are We Measuring the Same Constructs? Infant Child Dev. 2019 Jan-Feb;28(1):e2116. doi: 10.1002/icd.2116. Epub 2018 Oct 22.

    PubMed 30853857
  • Barton EE, Reichow B, Schnitz A, Smith IC, Sherlock D. A systematic review of sensory-based treatments for children with disabilities. Res Dev Disabil. 2015 Feb;37:64-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.11.006. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

    PubMed 25460221
  • Gaertner BM, Spinrad TL, Eisenberg N. Focused Attention in Toddlers: Measurement, Stability, and Relations to Negative Emotion and Parenting. Infant Child Dev. 2008 Aug;17(4):339-363. doi: 10.1002/ICD.580.

    PubMed 19112517
  • Lin CL, Min YF, Chou LW, Lin CK. Effectiveness of sensory processing strategies on activity level in inclusive preschool classrooms. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2012;8:475-81. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S37146. Epub 2012 Oct 23.

    PubMed 23118541
  • Mangeot SD, Miller LJ, McIntosh DN, McGrath-Clarke J, Simon J, Hagerman RJ, Goldson E. Sensory modulation dysfunction in children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2001 Jun;43(6):399-406. doi: 10.1017/s0012162201000743.

    PubMed 11409829
  • Miller LJ, Coll JR, Schoen SA. A randomized controlled pilot study of the effectiveness of occupational therapy for children with sensory modulation disorder. Am J Occup Ther. 2007 Mar-Apr;61(2):228-38. doi: 10.5014/ajot.61.2.228.

    PubMed 17436845
  • Miller LJ, Nielsen DM, Schoen SA. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sensory modulation disorder: a comparison of behavior and physiology. Res Dev Disabil. 2012 May-Jun;33(3):804-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.12.005. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

    PubMed 22236629
  • NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. Predicting individual differences in attention, memory, and planning in first graders from experiences at home, child care, and school. Dev Psychol. 2005 Jan;41(1):99-114. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.99.

    PubMed 15656741
  • Wan Yunus F, Liu KP, Bissett M, Penkala S. Sensory-Based Intervention for Children with Behavioral Problems: A Systematic Review. J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Nov;45(11):3565-79. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2503-9.

    PubMed 26092640
  • Zentall SS, Zentall TR. Optimal stimulation: a model of disordered activity and performance in normal and deviant children. Psychol Bull. 1983 Nov;94(3):446-71. No abstract available.

    PubMed 6657825
  • Fedewa AL, Erwin HE. Stability balls and students with attention and hyperactivity concerns: implications for on-task and in-seat behavior. Am J Occup Ther. 2011 Jul-Aug;65(4):393-9. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2011.000554.

    PubMed 21834454
  • Mah, J, Doherty, M. Sensorimotor intervention group for children with ADHD and sensory processing difficulties: A feasibility study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2021; 30, 447-459.

  • McGoey, K. Schreiber, J, Venesky, L., Westwood, W., McGuirk, L., Schaffner, K. Factor structure of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms for children age 3 to 5 years. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 2015; 33(5), 430-438

  • Olson LJ, Moulton HJ. Use of weighted vests in pediatric occupational therapy practice. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2004;24(3):45-60. doi: 10.1300/j006v24n03_04.

    PubMed 15257968
  • Pollock, N. Sensory integration: A review of the current state of the evidence, Occupational Therapy Now. 2009; 11

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention and Spontaneous, Free Play in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, run by University of Oklahoma at 1 site in United States.

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 6 inclusion and 1 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jul 2024. 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 United States. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 was stopped early (reason given: Study closed by the IRB when PI did not submit for annual review.). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Change in focused attention as measured by Momentary Time Sampling from intervention one to intervention three. (time frame: Intervention session one (week one) to intervention session three (week three).). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05222321, which also lists 21 linked publications.

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 10 Jul 2024.

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