Recruiting

FANS-EI

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT07500363

Conditions

Autism

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 1+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

FANS-EI

Early Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of the FANS-EI program in supporting caregiver engagement in caregiver-mediated early interventions for young children with autism. This study also examines caregiver-perceived social support and self-efficacy and FANS-EI implementation outcomes (feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness).

Conditions

Autism

Study ID

NCT07500363

Start date

Mar 25, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 1+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Providers' eligibility criteria

1. currently providing early intervention services, including a caregiver-coaching component
2. having at least 1 child in the autism service classification on their caseload.

Caregiver/Child Dyads eligibility criteria

1. child is 12-60 months of age at the time of enrollment
2. child has a diagnosis or high likelihood of autism
3. a family/friend supporter of the caregiver is willing to be part of the study
4. caregivers and supporters speak English

Study Design

Enrollment

28 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Treatment as usual

Families receive early intervention as usual

experimental: FANS-EI

FANS-EI supporters and caregivers will receive text messages from the research team three times a week. The messages to supporters mirror the caregiver messages and will include educational/motivational messages. Supporter will receive asynchronized general educational materials about autism (including characteristics of autism, understanding child's behaviors, etc.). Supporters will have the option, but will not be required, to attend EI sessions with the family if the family agrees.

Interventions

FANS-EI

Social support related text messages delivered to supporters and caregivers; asynchronized educational materials for supporters.

Early Intervention

Treatment as usual provided by community-based autism early intervention agencies

Primary outcome measure

  • Parent Participatory Engagement Measure [ Time Frame: Weekly for 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of California, Davis MIND Institute

Recruiting

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Contacts

Yue Yu, PhD

916-734-8412eeyu@health.ucdavis.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, Davis

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Early Intervention
  • Caregiver Mediated Interventions
  • caregiver engagement
  • mobile health
  • social support

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, Davis on 2026-07-15.