NCT05987774Recruiting
Improving Social Communication in Individuals With ASD Using AI
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Social Communication in Autistic Individuals
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to identify whether researched and commonly used face-to-face interventions can be effectively implemented through artificial intelligence (AI) using an application on the phone or computer. The investigators plan to recruit individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who demonstrate challenges with social communication. Modules focusing on various difficulties experienced by autistic individuals will provide practice and feedback using voice recognition and feedback. If effective, this intervention can be scaled up to provide cost-effective accessible assistance to individuals, particularly those who do not have access to care or prefer to secure services in the comfort of their own homes.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 540 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Jul 2023
- Start date
- 15 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Stanford University
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT05987774
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 540
- From 15 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Apparent intellectual impairment that interferes with the ability to carry on a conversation (e.g., responds only in single words or does not respond to conversation, lack of understanding of questions or content during conversation probe)
- Serious medical or psychiatric issues that may interfere with conversation or the ability to complete the program
Other
- Non-documented or self-diagnosis of ASD
- At or above 60% correct responding on targeted area of social conversation during conversation probe (adolescents and adults)
- No significant language delay (young children)
- No access to phone or computer for intervention sessions
- Inability to carry on a conversation during the conversation probe
- Non-English speaking
- Lack of interest in participating.
Who the study is looking for
- Primary diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Age of adolescents and adults: between 11-35 years
- Age of minimally verbal children: between 3-5 years
- Ability to engage in social conversation using full sentences for a 20-minute period (adolescents and adults)
- Verbal communication difficulties in an individual targeted area (e.g., empathy) as measured on the communication sample
- Participants with a co-occuring diagnosis of ADHD, depression, or social anxiety will not be excluded since these are very common in this population and are often related to or a bi-product of difficulties with social communication.
Age in the registry: 3 years to 35 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Recruiting |
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