Care Improving Cognition for ADolescents on the Autism Spectrum — CICADAS  

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title: Care Improving Cognition for ADolescents on the Autism Spectrum (CICADAS)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a validation study to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and impact of CICADAS (Care Improving Cognition for ADolescents on the Autism Spectrum), a clinician-assisted, digital application that aims to prime the brain to engage in flexible, adaptive long-term learning about social-emotional events through closed-loop technology.

Clinical Trial Description

This study will employ an innovative and evidence-based digital intervention that includes ten digital assessments (CICADAS app) that will capture data on sensory processing abnormalities and associated cognitive deficits. We will leverage pilot data collected in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and accumulate preliminary evidence for CICADAS app to function as 1) a stand-alone treatment; 2) a primer for PEERS (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relationship Skills); 3) an enhancer for PEERS. This study will test CICADAS app in adolescents with ASD in a three-arm, active-controlled randomized crossover trial to document the acceptability and evaluate its potential as a stand-alone treatment, as a primer for PEERS, or as a treatment enhancer of PEERS. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Disorder

• NCT number: NCT04562688
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Posit Science Corporation
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 11, 2021
• Completion date: November 3, 2023