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N/ACompleted· 25 enrolled
Drug / intervention
Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation +2 moredevice
Likely dose
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Learning Enhancement Through Neurostimulation in Autism

Medical University of South Carolina·interventional·Posted Dec 20, 2016·Updated Sep 4, 2018

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, and 1 other intervention for Autism. Completed, enrolled 25 participants across 1 site.

Detailed Summary

This study will examine whether brain stimulation paired with social skills learning can help teenage boys with autism learn how to make and keep friends. Brain stimulation can enhance learning in some people. This study involves enrolling in a 14-week training program where teenage boys with autism interact in small groups and learn social skills. During the 14-week program participants will receive active brain stimulation, or non-active stimulation (placebo). Before and after this training, MRI scans will be taken to see whether the training with active brain stimulation made a different in brain activation.

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional
Allocation--
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Primary Purpose--
ConditionsAutism
CountriesUnited States
CollaboratorsEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
First PostedDec 20, 2016
Enrollment StartJul 1, 2016
Primary CompletionJul 1, 2017
TodayJul 2, 2026
Enrollment to primary: 1 yearPosted 9.5 years ago

Interventions

Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulationdevice

Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulationdevice

PEERS Social Skills Trainingbehavioral

14 weekly social skills training sessions for all participants