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Registration number
ACTRN12624000980538
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
29/07/2024
Date registered
12/08/2024
Date last updated
12/08/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
12/08/2024
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
CONNECT: A Support Program for Families Following a Developmental Assessment
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Scientific title
CONNECT - A Brief, Solution-Focused Support Program for Families Following a Developmental Assessment: A Randomised Pilot and Feasibility Trial
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Secondary ID [1]
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Nil known
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Neurodevelopmental Differences
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Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
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Condition category
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Mental Health
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Autistic spectrum disorders
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Mental Health
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Learning disabilities
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Mental Health
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Other mental health disorders
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Public Health
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Health service research
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
CONNECT follows a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) framework.
SFBT is short-term and evidence-based. It focusses on the solutions to the problem(s) experienced by the families, rather than the problem(s) themselves, by empowering and encouraging caregivers to achieve their goals.
Participants will be randomised into two arms: Arm 1 - Intervention (i.e., accesses CONNECT) and Arm 2 - Care as Usual (i.e., no access to CONNECT). Participants across both arms of the study will have a baseline session with the study psychologists to discuss the report and recommendations received after their child's developmental assessment. This will occur prior to accessing the intervention (Arm 1) or continuing their care as usual (Arm 2).
The CONNECT intervention for participants allocated to Arm 1 is described in this following section.
Participants who have been randomised into Arm 1 will receive up to 4 x 45-60 minute, one-on-one sessions with one of the study psychologists. The sessions will be organised 1-3 weeks apart over a 4 month period as appropriate for the participants. As part of these sessions, the participants and psychologists will identify up to three goals that are related to caregiver and/or family functioning following their child's recent neurodevelopmental diagnosis. Then, the psychologist will provide participants with support within a SFBT framework that is tailored to the specific goals that they have identified. CONNECT is not a manualised intervention; instead, it is client-led.
The techniques used within this framework may draw from other contemporary therapeutic modalities, such as Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. These sessions may be held in-person at the university clinics, over the phone, or via teleconferencing depending on the participants' preferences. These sessions will be largely talk-therapy based with additional handouts and homework tasks as appropriate to the participant's circumstances.
All sessions will be audio recorded to allow for an evaluation of the CONNECT psychologist's fidelity and adherence to the SFBT framework. Only a randomly selected subset of the audio recordings will be used for the fidelity evaluation. This will be completed by independent research team members through the development of a shared coding protocol, based on a checklist of SFBT principles.
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Intervention code [1]
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Rehabilitation
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Intervention code [2]
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Treatment: Other
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Intervention code [3]
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Behaviour
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Comparator / control treatment
Arm 2 - Care as Usual participants will continue with their standard care processes as advised by their medical treating team. There are no limits on what this can include, except that they will not be accessing the CONNECT intervention. Examples of the standard care processes may include: applications for, or accessing, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS); privately accessing allied health services including psychology, occupational therapy, speech therapy, or physiotherapy; attending local parent and/or family support groups run by healthcare services for families with children who have similar neurodevelopmental diagnoses, etc.
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Intervention Feasibility
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Assessment method [1]
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Measures:
Feasibility of Intervention Measure
Acceptability of Intervention Measure
Intervention Appropriateness Measure
Researcher-designed Post-Intervention Questionnaire and phone call interview
Other study metrics - obtained from an audit of study records, which includes recruitment records, any notes of protocol deviation written on a log by the CONNECT facilitators, calculations of participant engagement at each stage of the study, and overall study budget details:
Goal attainment rates
Recruitment rates
Retention rates
Protocol deviation rates
Time, resource, and cost calculations
These will be assessed as a composite outcome.
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Timepoint [1]
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All measures except for the Post-Intervention Questionnaire and phone call interview will be administered at baseline and approximately 4-months post-randomisation. The Post-Intervention Questionnaire and phone call interview will be administered at approximately 4-months post-randomisation.
The other study metrics will be obtained at the conclusion of data collection.
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Family quality of life
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Assessment method [1]
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Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline and approximately 4-months post-randomisation
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Caregiver empowerment and self-efficacy
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Assessment method [2]
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The Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure
This measure assesses both empowerment and self-efficacy and therefore scores on this measure will be assessed as a composite outcome.
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Timepoint [2]
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Baseline and approximately 4-months post-randomisation
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Caregiver success in implementing recommendations from developmental assessment report
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Assessment method [3]
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Post-intervention phone call
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Timepoint [3]
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Approximately 4-months post-randomisation
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Participants will include caregivers (i.e., anyone who has primary parenting responsibilities, such as birth parents, grandparents, uncles, aunties, foster parents, adoptive parents, etc.) of a child under 18 years of age who has received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis in the last 12 months.
Additional inclusion criteria are:
(1) Participants must have sufficient levels of English to complete the questionnaires and intervention sessions, OR, be able to nominate someone who can attend with them who has sufficient levels of English
(2) The young person is not already engaged in intervention services for this new neurodevelopmental diagnosis. Engagement with existing intervention services for other diagnoses/needs is acceptable.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Not applicable.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational / counselling / training
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Allocation will be determined by an independent member of the research team who will not be involved in recruitment or data collection. This team member will upload the allocations to the study's REDCap database and lock the allocations, therefore concealing the allocation list to all other team members.
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
The sequence will be generated by a computerised, random number sequence generator, run by the abovementioned research team member.
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
Analysis will follow a mixed-methods approach.
Quantitative between-groups and within-participant, repeated measures analyses will be undertaken on the secondary outcome measures. Descriptive statistics will be reported for the primary outcome measure questionnaire responses.
Qualitative analysis of post-intervention interview/phone call conversations will allow for the identification of key themes related to the barriers and enablers of implementing recommendations, caregiver wellbeing, and family functioning. Additional feedback regarding the CONNECT intervention specific only to Arm 1 - Intervention participants will also be gathered, analysed, and reported.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
26/08/2024
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
31/03/2025
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
Anticipated
28/07/2025
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
40
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
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Recruitment hospital [1]
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Monash Children’s Hospital - Clayton
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Recruitment postcode(s) [1]
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3168 - Clayton
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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McNally Family Foundation
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Address [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Individual
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Name
Professor Katrina Williams - Department of Paediatrics, Monash University
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Address
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Monash Health Human Research Ethics Committee A
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://monashhealth.org/research/resources/resource-library/
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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24/06/2024
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Approval date [1]
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26/06/2024
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Ethics committee name [2]
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Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [2]
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https://www.monash.edu/researchoffice/ethics
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Ethics committee country [2]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [2]
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26/06/2024
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Approval date [2]
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27/06/2024
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Ethics approval number [2]
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Summary
Brief summary
Children with neurodevelopmental delays and/or differences can benefit significantly when they have access to the right supports and services. However, it can be hard for many families to access these supports for a variety of reasons. For example, some services are too expensive or too inconvenient to attend. CONNECT is a new individualised support program for families after their child has completed a developmental assessment and received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis (e.g., autism, ADHD, etc.). Clinician-researchers developed CONNECT as a way to help families connect with the right supports and services for their child. The aim of our research project is to evaluate whether CONNECT helps families access the supports that they need more quickly and easily than their current care pathways.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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Dr Alexandra Ure
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Address
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Department of Psychology & Specialist Services, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 467 932 130
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Tracey Chau
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Address
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Department of Paediatrics, Monash Children's Hospital, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 3 8572 3000
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Tracey Chau
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Address
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Department of Paediatrics, Monash Children's Hospital, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168
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Country
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Australia
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Email
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
Participants may be re-identifiable from the qualitative data collected even through anonymisation processes.
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
No Supporting Document Provided
Results publications and other study-related documents
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No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.
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