Comprehensive Toileting Program

Recruiting now · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Encopresis, ASD

In brief

The current study aims to monitor fecal continence after autistic youth complete enuresis treatment and for individuals who continue to experience encopresis after acquiring urine continence, evaluate a caregiver-mediated version of a Multidisciplinary Intervention for Encopresis (CM-MIE) delivered via telehealth to determine efficacy in a randomized clinical trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07226739

Run by

Emory University

People needed

150

Starts

2026-06-01

Expected to finish

2031-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-18

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 5 to 12
• Diagnosis of an intellectual or developmental delay (excluding individuals with ADHD alone)
• Encopresis (more than 1 incontinent BM a week)
• Required for pre-randomization phase only: Enuresis (> 1 incontinent urination per day when on a consistent toileting sit schedule)
• At least one caregiver who speaks and understands English

You may not qualify if…

• Unresolved medical condition that would impede toilet training (e.g., interference with sphincter control, short gut syndrome, urinary tract or gastrointestinal infection, unexplained diarrhea, recent intestinal surgery, inflammatory bowel disease)
• Failed intensive toileting treatment in the past 2 yrs with protocols akin to study
• Current serious behavioral or psychiatric disorder that requires another treatment
• Current or planned other intervention (behavioral or medical) for incontinence

Where it is running

• Marcus Autism Center — Atlanta, Georgia, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.