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Robot-Mediated Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

NCT02617342 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

This study is being done to examine the impact of an interactive, social robotics program in helping children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) understand emotions and how to better recognize emotions while interacting with others. Eligible families will be randomized to either the robot intervention (n=20) or a no intervention (TAU; n=20) condition for 8-14 weeks. Assessments will occur at pre- and post-intervention as well as weekly for both conditions.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Robot-mediated Intervention

The intervention follows the curriculum developed by RoboKind to target and improve upon social interactions through core vocabulary and modeling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aetna, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP · Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-12-17
Completion
2018-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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