Completed

Replication of the The Multi-Media Social Skills Project for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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What is being tested

Social Skills Intervention

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Behavior+4

+ Mental Disorders

+ Child Development Disorders, Pervasive

From 13 to 17 Years
+11 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: March 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center
Last updated: March 13, 2019
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Study start date: March 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This study is a pre-test, post-test single group design with post test measures at one week after completion of intervention and follow-up at three months. Approximately 300 adolescents will participate in this study. The study will be conducted in ten cohorts of 12. Each cohort will have 6 participants and 6 adolescent volunteers (peers). Cohorts will be run in a time sequential manner with up to four cohorts running at a time. Participants and their parents will complete pre-test measures including both paper and pencil, online, or phone measures and a video-recording to assess the participant's social interaction skills and fluency. These adolescents will participate in both group therapy and peer generalization sessions once a week over the course of twelve weeks. Upon completion of the intervention, participants and parents will complete paper and pencil, online, or phone measures and video post-test measures. Participants will be encouraged to participate in a follow-up session where the paper and pencil and video measures will be completed again.

NCT01836965
Principal SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center
Last updated: March 13, 2019
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

155 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 13 to 17 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

BehaviorMental DisordersChild Development Disorders, PervasiveSocial BehaviorNeurodevelopmental DisordersAutism Spectrum DisorderSocial Skills

Criteria

6 inclusion criteria required to participate
A primary diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, as confirmed by the Checklist for Autism Spectrum Disorders (CASD; Mayes, 2012)
A verbal IQ of 85 or above on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition(KBIT-2; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990)
Ability to fluently speak in full sentences
Between 13 and 17 years of age
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5 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
A primary thought disorder
A secondary disorder of anxiety or depression so severe as to prevent the individual's participation in the treatment
A significant language delay
Difficulty with aggression directed at peers
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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
The intervention is a 12-week social skills training program that will consist of a 90 minute group therapy session followed by a 90 minute peer generalization session (in the form of a photography class with typically developing peers) meeting once per week. Each cohort will consist of 6 adolescents with Aspergers or high-functioning autism, who will be joined by 6 typically-developing peers for the photography class. During the group therapy session adolescents will discuss and watch video clips addressing social skills topics relevant to their age group. They will have a chance to practice these skills when paired with a typically developing peer for the photography class.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Penn State Hershey Psychiatry Clinic

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CompletedOne Study Center