NCT06438536Active, not recruiting
STEPS: A Virtual Reality-based Intervention for Adults With Autism.
STEPS (Social Cognitive Training Enhancing Pro-functional Skills): A Clinical Randomized Trial Evaluating the Effect of a Virtual Reality-based Intervention for Adults With Autism.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new Virtual Reality-based intervention will be effective in treating social cognitive challenges in adults with autism. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is Virtual Reality-based social cognitive training effective in reducing social cognitive deficits and improving psychosocial functioning, quality of life, and clinical symptoms in adults with ASD? 2. Is Virtual Reality-based social cognitive training cost-effective? Researchers will compare Virtual Reality-based pro-functional, Social Cognitive Training (VRSCT) to treatment as usual (TAU) to evaluate effectiveness. Participants will be allocated to receive either VRSCT once a week in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU alone for 3 months. All participants will undergo a thorough assessment at baseline, and at 3 and 6 months post-baseline.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 140 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 23 May 2024
- Start date
- 2 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06438536
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 140
- From 2 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 15 Jul 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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Prior treatment
- A command of spoken Danish or English inadequate for engaging in therapy
Other illness
- A diagnosis of organic brain disease
Other
- Rejecting informed consent
- Intellectual disability (IQ ˂ 70)
- ADHD-diagnosis with untreated symptoms
- Displaying an imminent homicidal or suicidal risk
Who the study is looking for
- Age of 18 years or older
- Ability to give informed consent
- Diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ICD-10 code F84.0; F84.1; F84.5; F84.8)
- T-score on SRS-A self-report ≥ 60
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Research Centre for Mental Health (CORE), Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region, Denmark Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
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