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Learning Enhancement Through Neurostimulation in Autism

NCT02998684 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2018-09-04

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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.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

DEVICE

Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

BEHAVIORAL

PEERS Social Skills Training

14 weekly social skills training sessions for all participants

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jane Joseph, PhD · Medical University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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