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Unilateral Cerebral PalsyNCT06853717

Implementation of Therapy Together With Early Childhood Intervention

A study testing Therapy Together in people with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy, run by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial 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. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months to 3 years
Conditions the study is for
Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
What is being tested?
Therapy Together
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
5 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
16 Feb 2022to 14 Sep 2023
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 3 months to 3 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • 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.

Who cannot join

  • 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.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Texas Woman's Univeristy

    Denton, Texas, 76201

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About this study

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.

Read the 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.

Being tested
Therapy Together
Keywords
Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, Early Childhood Intervention, Therapy Together

What participants receive

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

  • Therapy TogetherBehavioural

    Also called Constraint Induced Movement Therapy

    CIMT consists of retraining the preferred hand by covering the hand with a soft mitt to promote the use of the assisting hand. With consistent practice, a toddler or infant builds the fine and gross motor skills of their assisting hand and bilateral coordination skills.

Study groups in NCT06853717
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Therapy TogtherExperimentalTherapy 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 clinical utility and translation of research to clinical practice
Receives: Behavioral: Therapy Together

What is being measured

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

  1. Mini-Assisting Hand Assessment (Mini-AHA)

    A semi-structured assessment for unilateral CP measuring effectiveness in bimanual hand

    Measured: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention

  2. Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)

    A semi-structured interview that allows caregivers to evaluate and prioritize their child's current participation in the areas of self-care, leisure, and play

    Measured: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention

  3. Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition (DAYC-2)

    The DAYC-2 is a normative-based assessment to identify children from birth to 5 years of age to assess a child's ability in areas of cognition, communication, social-emotional development, physical development, and adaptive behavior

    Measured: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention

  4. Measure of Hand and Arm Performance

    The measure of hand and arm performance is an observation-based assessment of upper extremity movements developed by the researchers.

    Measured: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Mar 2025
  2. Study start16 Feb 2022
  3. Primary completion14 Sep 2023
  4. Study completion14 Sep 2023

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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
pre- and post- assessment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
5 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06853717
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB-FY2022-258
Status last verified
Feb 2025
First submitted
25 Feb 2025
Last updated
5 Mar 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Armstrong RW. Definition and classification of cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 Mar;49(3):166. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00166.x. No abstract available.

    PubMed 17355470
  • Cioni G, D'Acunto G, Guzzetta A. Perinatal brain damage in children: neuroplasticity, early intervention, and molecular mechanisms of recovery. Prog Brain Res. 2011;189:139-54. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53884-0.00022-1.

    PubMed 21489387
  • Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. (5th ed). Sage Publications, 267-276.

  • Eliasson AC, Krumlinde-Sundholm L, Rosblad B, Beckung E, Arner M, Ohrvall AM, Rosenbaum P. The Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) for children with cerebral palsy: scale development and evidence of validity and reliability. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2006 Jul;48(7):549-54. doi: 10.1017/S0012162206001162.

    PubMed 16780622
  • Eliasson AC, Nordstrand L, Ek L, Lennartsson F, Sjostrand L, Tedroff K, Krumlinde-Sundholm L. The effectiveness of Baby-CIMT in infants younger than 12 months with clinical signs of unilateral-cerebral palsy; an explorative study with randomized design. Res Dev Disabil. 2018 Jan;72:191-201. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.11.006. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

    PubMed 29175749
  • Eliasson AC, Ullenhag A, Wahlstrom U, Krumlinde-Sundholm L. Mini-MACS: development of the Manual Ability Classification System for children younger than 4 years of age with signs of cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017 Jan;59(1):72-78. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13162. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

    PubMed 27273427
  • Lidbeck C, Habel H, Martinsson C, Pettersson K, Lowing K. Motor Development in Children with Cerebral Palsy in Sweden-A Population-Based Longitudinal Register Study. Children (Basel). 2023 Nov 28;10(12):1864. doi: 10.3390/children10121864.

    PubMed 38136066
  • Novak I, Morgan C, Adde L, Blackman J, Boyd RN, Brunstrom-Hernandez J, Cioni G, Damiano D, Darrah J, Eliasson AC, de Vries LS, Einspieler C, Fahey M, Fehlings D, Ferriero DM, Fetters L, Fiori S, Forssberg H, Gordon AM, Greaves S, Guzzetta A, Hadders-Algra M, Harbourne R, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Karlsson P, Krumlinde-Sundholm L, Latal B, Loughran-Fowlds A, Maitre N, McIntyre S, Noritz G, Pennington L, Romeo DM, Shepherd R, Spittle AJ, Thornton M, Valentine J, Walker K, White R, Badawi N. Early, Accurate Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Sep 1;171(9):897-907. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1689.

    PubMed 28715518
  • Novak I, Morgan C, Fahey M, Finch-Edmondson M, Galea C, Hines A, Langdon K, Namara MM, Paton MC, Popat H, Shore B, Khamis A, Stanton E, Finemore OP, Tricks A, Te Velde A, Dark L, Morton N, Badawi N. State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2020 Feb 21;20(2):3. doi: 10.1007/s11910-020-1022-z.

    PubMed 32086598
  • Palisano, R., Rosenbaum, P., Bartlett, D., & Livingston, M. (2007). Gross Motor Classification System expanded and revised. CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Retrieved on July 1, 2023 from https://canchild.ca/system/tenon/assets/attachments/000/000/058/original/GMFCS-ER_English.pdf

  • Ramey SL, DeLuca SC, Stevenson RD, Conaway M, Darragh AR, Lo W; CHAMP. Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5):e2020033878. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-033878. Epub 2021 Oct 14.

    PubMed 34649982
  • Sadowska M, Sarecka-Hujar B, Kopyta I. Cerebral Palsy: Current Opinions on Definition, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Classification and Treatment Options. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020 Jun 12;16:1505-1518. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S235165. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32606703
  • Sakzewski L, Ziviani J, Boyd RN. Efficacy of upper limb therapies for unilateral cerebral palsy: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2014 Jan;133(1):e175-204. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0675. Epub 2013 Dec 23.

    PubMed 24366991
  • Saleh MN, Korner-Bitensky N, Snider L, Malouin F, Mazer B, Kennedy E, Roy MA. Actual vs. best practices for young children with cerebral palsy: a survey of paediatric occupational therapists and physical therapists in Quebec, Canada. Dev Neurorehabil. 2008 Jan-Mar;11(1):60-80. doi: 10.1080/17518420701544230.

    PubMed 17943507
  • Shierk, A., Roberts, H., Dubberly, K., Clegg, N. J., Fagan, M., Baldwin, D., Reyes, F., VanPelt, J., & Delgado, M. R. (2023). Therapy together: A caregiver led constraint induced movement therapy program for preschool aged children utilizing a virtual environment due to COVID 19. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, and Early Intervention, 16(1), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2021.2003738

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Therapy Together in people with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy, run by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children 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 1 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Mar 2025. 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. 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?

Mini-Assisting Hand Assessment (Mini-AHA) (time frame: pre-intervention and immediate post-intervention). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT06853717, which also lists 20 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 5 Mar 2025.

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