Reducing Missed Appointments for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This study is looking at ways to help families keep appointments for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (conditions affecting brain development). It's testing two main approaches: different reminder messages and patient navigation services. Patient navigation means someone helps families overcome barriers to attending appointments. The study wants to see if these interventions reduce the number of missed appointments over 6 months. You can join if you are between 1 month and 24 years old and have an evaluation appointment scheduled at the center for autism or the center for neuropsychological and psychological assessment. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 5000 participants. It will compare different reminder messages against the current standard messages, and also evaluate the benefit of patient navigation.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome of missed appointments will be measured at 6 months.

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NCT06915480

Reducing Missed Appointments

Recruiting
PHASE3Ages 1–24InterventionalHealth services
Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
~5,000 participants
Updated 2026-03-18 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Reminder message and patient navigation

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Patient appointment no-show
Measured over 6 months
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
1 sites across 1 states
Maryland1
  • luther G kalb, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

All patients who are scheduled to be seen within the center for autism or the center for neuropsychological and psychological assessment for evaluation appointments will be automatically enrolled in the reminder message portion of the intervention trial.
Patients who are at elevated risk within the center for neuropsychological and psychological assessment are automatically enrolled in the patient navigator portion of the intervention trial.

Exclusion

None for the messaging portion of the study
For patient navigation, patients \>18 years of age will be excluded.
  • Patient appointment no-show6 months

    Proportion of appointments that are neither kept nor cancelled