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Functional communication training for Decreasing Destructive Behavior

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Research Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up through study completion, an average of 4 months.

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Study Summary

This trial will test the predictions of RaC with human subjects who exhibit severe destructive behavior.

Eligible Conditions

Decreasing Destructive Behavior
Empirically Determined Reinforcement Schedule Thinning
Dosage Analysis
Increasing Functional Communication

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ through study completion, an average of 4 months.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~through study completion, an average of 4 months.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, an average of 4 months. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Destructive behavior (responses per minute)

Secondary outcome measures

Destructive behavior (proportion of baseline)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Evaluation of Treatment DosageExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The goal of intervention for arm 1 is to examine the optimal duration of treatment with functional communication training (FCT). Investigators will treat each subject's behavior using FCT in three distinct contexts which will be associated with either short, moderate, or extended treatment durations. The investigators will counterbalance the order of treatment durations (short, moderate, and extended) across subjects, but each subject will receive treatment at each duration. Resurgence will be tested following each treatment duration.

Group II: Empirically Derived Schedule ThinningActive Control1 Intervention

The goal of the intervention for arm 2 is to develop the optimal progression for reinforcement schedule thinning during functional communication training. The investigators will use measurements of destructive behavior, appropriate behavior, and reinforcer deliveries during each treatment session to inform the frequency of reinforcers that will be available during upcoming treatment sessions. The investigators will develop the schedule thinning progression by plugging these measurements into the quantitative model to describe the proper steps to schedule thinning to decrease the probability of a relapse of destructive behavior. The investigators will compare these results to those in the extant literature.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Functional communication training

2018

N/A

~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Utah State UniversityOTHER

44 Previous Clinical Trials

4,742 Total Patients Enrolled

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLead Sponsor

429 Previous Clinical Trials

64,215 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Decreasing Destructive Behavior

30 Patients Enrolled for Decreasing Destructive Behavior

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is this research open to individuals aged 55 and older?

"This trial is searching for paediatric patients between the ages of 3 and 18."

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How many individuals are enrolled in this medical experiment?

"Affirmative. Information available on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that this scientific trial began recruitment on June 28th 2018 and was recently amended on May 2nd 2022; 22 enrollees are needed across a single site."

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Am I eligible to join the clinical trial?

"Potential participants of this trial must be between 3 and 18 years old, with a history of diminishing destructive tendencies. The study is hoping to recruit around 22 individuals in total."

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Is the research protocol still recruiting participants?

"According to the information accessible on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is actively seeking participants since it's inception in June of 2018 and most recent update in May of 2022."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisJournal

Functional Communication Training During Reinforcement Schedule Thinning: An Analysis of 25 Applications

Greer, Brian D., Wayne W. Fisher, Valdeep Saini, Todd M. Owen, and Jamie K. Jones. 2015. “Functional Communication Training During Reinforcement Schedule Thinning: An Analysis of 25 Applications”. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Wiley. doi:10.1002/jaba.265.

Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisJournal

Reducing Behavior Problems Through Functional Communication Training.

Carr, E G, and V M Durand. 1985. “Reducing Behavior Problems Through Functional Communication Training.”. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Wiley. doi:10.1901/jaba.1985.18-111.

Behavior Analysis in PracticeJournal

Reinforcement Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training: Review and Recommendations

Hagopian, Louis P., Eric W. Boelter, and David P. Jarmolowicz. 2011. “Reinforcement Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training: Review and Recommendations”. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/bf03391770.

Journal of Applied Behavior AnalysisJournal