Learning Enhancement Through Neurostimulation in Autism

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Autism

In brief

This study will examine whether brain stimulation paired with social skills learning can help teenage boys with autism learn how to make and keep friends. Brain stimulation can enhance learning in some people. This study involves enrolling in a 14-week training program where teenage boys with autism interact in small groups and learn social skills. During the 14-week program participants will receive active brain stimulation, or non-active stimulation (placebo). Before and after this training, MRI scans will be taken to see whether the training with active brain stimulation made a different in brain activation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02998684

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

25

Starts

2016-07-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-04

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

You may not qualify if…

• Intellectual Disabilities (Full-scale IQ <70)
• Hx of seizures within the last one year
• Contraindications for fMRI, such as metal implants in the head

Where it is running

• Medical Univeristy of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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