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Behavioural Intervention

GuessWhat Mobile App Therapy for Autism

N/A
Recruiting
Led By Dennis P Wall, PhD
Research Sponsored by Stanford University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up week 4
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if the GuessWhat mobile app can help deliver behavioral therapy to children with ASD.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for parents over 18 with a child aged 3-12 diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The parent must be able to read English and have an iOS or Android smartphone compatible with the GuessWhat Mobile App.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests the effectiveness of the GuessWhat Mobile App, which offers games designed for behavioral therapy in children with autism. Families will use their smartphones to engage their child in these therapeutic games as per a set schedule.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this intervention involves using a mobile app for therapy, there are no direct medical side effects. However, screen time considerations and ensuring engagement without causing frustration are important factors.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~week 4
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 4 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in parent reported socialization based on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales 3rd Edition (VABS-3) Parent/Caregiver Socialization Subscale, from baseline to week 4
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Emotion Recognition from baseline to week 4
Change in Parental Stress Scale - from baseline to week 4
GuessWhat App Usage Data
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Other outcome measures
mobile autism risk assessment score at baseline

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
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.
Group II: Treatment as UsualActive Control1 Intervention
Participants in control group will continue their treatment as usual.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor
2,387 Previous Clinical Trials
17,333,450 Total Patients Enrolled
33 Trials studying Autism Spectrum Disorder
3,497 Patients Enrolled for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dennis P Wall, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorStanford University
5 Previous Clinical Trials
1,580 Total Patients Enrolled
5 Trials studying Autism Spectrum Disorder
1,580 Patients Enrolled for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Media Library

GuessWhat Mobile App (Behavioural Intervention) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04739982 — N/A
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Study Groups: Treatment, Treatment as Usual
Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial 2023: GuessWhat Mobile App Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04739982 — N/A
GuessWhat Mobile App (Behavioural Intervention) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04739982 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Would I be eligible to join this medical experiment?

"The present medical trial is seeking 600 participants with a diagnosis of early infantile autism, aged between 3 and 12 years old."

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How many individuals has this clinical trial recruited thus far?

"Correct. Clinicaltrials.gov documents that this medical trial was established on July 7th 2021 and is still looking for 600 people to join the study at one single clinical site, with its records most recently updated in May 3rd 2022."

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Is the eligibility criteria for this research study restricted to individuals 18 years and older?

"This clinical study requires applicants to be between 3 and 12 years of age in order to meet the inclusion criteria."

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Are more participants being sought to join this experiment?

"Clinicaltrials.gov has indicated that this clinical study is recruiting patients, with the initial posting occuring on July 7th 2021 and subsequent updates made as recently as May 3rd 2022."

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Who else is applying?

What site did they apply to?
Stanford University
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Did not meet criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Evaluating Efficacy of GuessWhat Mobile App Therapy for Children With Autism
Dennis Paul Wall 2021. "Evaluating Efficacy of GuessWhat Mobile App Therapy for Children With Autism". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04739982.
~160 spots leftby Apr 2025
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