NCT06386029Recruiting
The Power Down Pilot Study: A Novel Bedtime Manipulation Protocol
Powering Down: A Pilot Study of a Bedtime Manipulation to Support Sleep for Autistic Children
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this pilot intervention study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel bedtime manipulation protocol called "The Power Down" for autistic youth, ages 6-10. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is the Power Down feasible for caregivers to do each night? 2. Do the families find the Power Down an acceptable intervention to address their child's difficulties settling down to fall asleep?
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Apr 2024
- Start date
- 5 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06386029
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 10
- From 5 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Participants will be excluded if they do not understand English or are unable to travel to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Western Psychiatric Hospital.
Other
- Children who have trauma or other histories for whom physical touch is triggering (per caregiver report) will be excluded.
- If a child spends bedtime at a different caregiver's home for \>50% of the nights and that caregiver is not willing to participate in this study, the child will be excluded from this study.
Who the study is looking for
- Child between the ages of 6 and 10 years old (at least 40%, no more than 60% female)
- Parent-reported autism diagnosis for child
- Parent-reported extended and problematic settling down delay
- Parent-reported sensory over-responsivity (a "yes" to at least 8 items in the sensory screening section of the checklist)
- Parent willing to participate in nightly routine during the 2 week study
- Located within the Pittsburgh area
Age in the registry: 6 years to 10 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
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