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- Clinical Trial NCT02617342
Robot-Mediated Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
April 21, 2023 updated by: Rebecca Landa, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Robot-Mediated Social Skills Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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.
Study Overview
Status
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
40
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21211
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
4 years to 8 years (Child)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Child participants must be between the ages of 4 years, 0 months and 8 years, 11 months.
- Children must meet criteria for ASD or autism on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2; Lord et al., 2012) plus receive a clinical judgment of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) or autism by the study team.
- Children must possess sufficient expressive language skills to qualify for at least an ADOS-2 Module 2.
- Caregivers must agree to participate in the study and commit to having their child participating in the intervention to which they are randomized for approximately three months.
- Caregivers must agree to bring their child in for pre-testing and post-testing.
- Family must speak English at least 50% in the home.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child IQ <70 (per Stanford Binet short form).
- History of head injury, seizure disorder, severe aggression or self-injurious behavior.
- Vision impairment after correction.
- Cannot be living in foster care.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Robot-mediated Intervention
Families assigned to the robot condition will be asked to complete pre-test assessments and post testing as well as to participate in the robot intervention.
The intervention will last for a 8-14 week period in which families will bring their child in 2-3 times a week on average for approximately 30 minutes until 24 treatment sessions have been completed.
Children will receive one-on-one intervention with an interventionist facilitating the child's interactions with the robot.
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The intervention follows the curriculum developed by RoboKind to target and improve upon social interactions through core vocabulary and modeling.
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No Intervention: Treatment as Usual
Families assigned to the TAU condition will be asked to complete pre-test assessments and approximately 8-14 weeks later return to complete post-test assessments where the social emotions activity will be retested.
During the 8-14 weeks between the testing assessments, families in the TAU condition will also receive a weekly email asking about their child's media use.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in baseline emotions accurately identified on the Transporters Quiz
Time Frame: 14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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The Transporters Quiz (Autism Transporters CIC, Autism Research Center) is a quiz developed to test a child's understanding of the emotions portrayed in stories.
The quiz examines whether a child can link a word describing an emotion, the facial expression of that emotion, and the causes of the emotion.
This quiz will be given prior to starting treatment and again at the completion of the intervention.
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14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in baseline Social Responsiveness Scale Score
Time Frame: 14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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Number of prompt-free intervals during the treatment sessions
Time Frame: Weekly throughout intervention schedule (8-14 weeks)
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For treatment condition only.
One session a week will be randomly selected to be recorded for 15 minutes and coded for the number of times the child independently and appropriately interacts with the robot.
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Weekly throughout intervention schedule (8-14 weeks)
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Change in baseline parent report of child's emotion recognition
Time Frame: 14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Collaborators
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start
November 1, 2015
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
March 1, 2025
Study Completion (Anticipated)
March 1, 2025
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 24, 2015
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 25, 2015
First Posted (Estimate)
November 30, 2015
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
April 24, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
April 21, 2023
Last Verified
April 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- IRB00067744
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