Clinical trialNCT01784276CompletedInterventional

Dental Fear Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

SponsorBoston Children's HospitalEnrollment80Dental Fear

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Summary

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Specific Aims Our study objective is to investigate if video peer modeling before the visit, plus immersive virtual reality during a preventive dental visit, reduces dental fear and uncooperative behaviors among children with ASD. SPECIFIC AIM: To pilot and test the feasibility and effectiveness of video peer modeling and immersive virtual reality in reducing dental fear among children with autism undergoing preventive dental visits. Methods: The investigators will enroll eighty (80) subjects aged 7-17 years with a known diagnosis of autism, who had a history of dental fear, per parental report. Study hypotheses: The primary hypotheses of interest are: (i) The mean change in the Venham Anxiety Score (VAS) over the 4 month period in children with ASD who receive the video intervention (Group B) is different from the mean change in the VAS over the 4-month period in children with ASD in the control group. (ii) The mean change in the VAS over the 4-month period in children with ASD who receive the immersive VR intervention (Group C) is different from the mean change in the VAS over the 4-month period in children with ASD in the control group. (iii) The mean change in the VAS over the 4-month period in children with ASD who receive the video intervention plus the immersive VR intervention (Group D) is different from the mean change in the VAS over the 4-month period in children with ASD in the control group. The secondary hypothesis is: (i) The mean change in the Venham Behavior Score over the 4-month period in children with ASD in Group D is different from the mean change in the Venham Behavior Score over the 4-month period in children with ASD in Group B or C.

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Investigators

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INYANG ISONG, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Boston Children'S Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 30 Sept 2010
Primary completion: 31 Aug 2012
Completion: 31 Aug 2012
Last update posted: 5 Feb 2013
Registered enrollment: 80
Registry id: NCT01784276

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