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A Lead-in Study Evaluating Efficacy of GuessWhat Mobile App Therapy for Children With Autism

NCT04739982 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 541

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

The following study aims to assess the efficacy, safety data, and best outcome measurements of the mobile game platform, GuessWhat, in delivering behavioral therapy to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). GuessWhat is a mobile application (available for free for iOS and Android) which contains a suite of games: pro-social charades, emotion guessing, and quiz. Participant families will use their personal smartphones to download the app and play it with their child according to a predetermined regimen.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

GuessWhat Mobile App

The GuessWhat app is a charades style game and app that engages parent and child in fluid social interaction where the parent must guess what the child is acting out based on the prompt shown on the phone screen. Participants will use their own personal phone to download the study app. Parent and child will be encouraged to play using the emojis and emotion game mode at least 3 individual game sessions per week. Parents are asked to play GuessWhat with their child 3-4 times per week for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Dennis P Wall, PhD · Stanford University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-07
Primary Completion
2023-07-15
Completion
2023-07-15
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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