# Effect of ESDM and PCIT-A in Autism Spectrum Disorder

> **NCT04722783** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Bruno Rhiner** · enrollment: 24 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Autism Spectrum Disorder

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Parent-Child-Interaction Therapy adapted for children with autism spectrum disorder (PCIT-A)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) intervention
- **BEHAVIORAL:** 1-hour ESDM
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Early special needs education (ESNE)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04722783
- **Lead sponsor:** Bruno Rhiner
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2021-01-14
- **Primary completion:** 2024-09-18
- **Final completion:** 2024-10-21
- **Target enrollment:** 24 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The final study period was 1 year longer than anticipated but only 24 instead of 28 participants could be included. In the context of resource limitations and a sufficient sample size to assess the study aims, we prematurely stopped the pilot trial.
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-05

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04722783

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04722783, "Effect of ESDM and PCIT-A in Autism Spectrum Disorder". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04722783. Licensed CC0.

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