NCT05834907

Hands and Hearts Together

Recruiting now NA Last updated 3 July 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Circle of Security Parenting in Parent-Child Relations in 249 participants. Currently enrolling.

Timeline

27 March 2023

Primary endpoint
30 June 2027

30 June 2027

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Maryland, College Park
Phase	NA
Status	Recruiting now
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	249
Start date	27 March 2023
Primary completion	30 June 2027
Estimated completion	30 June 2027
Sites	2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Circle of Security Parenting
• Little Talks

Conditions studied

• Parent-Child Relations — all drugs for Parent-Child Relations →
• Development, Infant — all drugs for Development, Infant →
• Parenting — all drugs for Parenting →
• Development, Child — all drugs for Development, Child →

Sponsor

University of Maryland, College Park

Who can join

8 Months and older, any sex, with Parent-Child Relations or Development, Infant. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Growing evidence demonstrates that secure attachment in childhood predicts children's healthy social, biological, and behavioral functioning, whereas insecure attachment predicts behavior problems and physiological dysregulation; thus, efforts to foster secure attachment are crucial for promoting the healthy development of children and families. This proposal describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative intervention program that can be widely implemented designed to foster children's secure attachment, promote healthy physiological regulation, and reduce the risk for behavior problems: The Circle of Security ® Parenting (COS-P) intervention. To this end, investigators will conduct an RCT with 249 parent-child dyads enrolled or are eligible but not yet enrolled in two diverse Early Head Start (EHS) programs.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.