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Using Serious Games to Improve Social Skills in Autism

NCT03690661 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2024-10-09

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Summary

The investigators will conduct a small-scale randomized control trial comparing the intervention game to an active control game, and will assess outcomes at multiple time points (pre-, post-, 6-month follow-up). These outcomes will include a wide range of behaviors that are measured along a continuum from controlled lab-based tasks to uncontrolled, real-world social interactions between dyads.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention Video Game

The intervention game employs evidence-based "serious game" mechanics (e.g., storylines, long-term goals, scaling difficulty) to design a learning environment that maximizes opportunities for adolescents with ASD to discover the functional utility of eye gaze cues.

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo Control Game

The placebo game will have all the elements of the serious game mechanics of the intervention game (narrative storylines, long-term goals, scaling difficulty), but will not provide the learning opportunities regarding eye gaze cues.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Penn State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Suzy Scherf · Penn State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2024-01-31
Completion
2024-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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