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Behavioural Intervention

Early Intervention Foster Care: A Prevention Trial (EIFC Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Philip A Fisher, PhD
Research Sponsored by Oregon Social Learning Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 5 years
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

The Early Intervention Foster Care \[EIFC\] project is an efficacy trial of the Oregon Social Learning Center Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program, a preventive intervention that targets 3 commonly co-occurring variables among young foster children: (1) behavioral problems, (2) physiological dysregulation within the neuroendocrine system (i.e., HPA axis activity), and (3) developmental delays.

Eligible Conditions
  • School Readiness
  • Developmental Delay

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 5 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: 1Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
EIFC/MTFC-P
Group II: 2Active Control1 Intervention
Services as usual
Group III: Community ComparisonActive Control1 Intervention
Non-maltreated community pre-schoolers from low-income biological families.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Oregon Social Learning CenterLead Sponsor
35 Previous Clinical Trials
10,597 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying School Readiness
666 Patients Enrolled for School Readiness
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH
2,936 Previous Clinical Trials
2,751,464 Total Patients Enrolled
Philip A Fisher, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorOregon Social Learning Center
2 Previous Clinical Trials
698 Total Patients Enrolled
~7 spots leftby Jan 2026