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Brain Activity Changes After Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Autistic Youth From High-Need Communities

Electrophysiological Correlates of Anxiety-related Improvements Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth in High-Need Communities

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Jun 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate neural constructs related to anxiety symptoms in response to Facing Your Fears (FYF) treatment in autistic participants with co-occurring anxiety. Researchers will compare participants receiving immediate FYF intervention to those in the waitlist control group (receiving treatment as usual) to see if there are differences in neural constructs and anxiety symptom changes over the study period. Participants will: * Complete the Facing Your Fears (FYF) intervention if assigned to the immediate treatment group * Continue their usual treatment during a waitlist period if assigned to the control group, followed by the opportunity to participate in FYF intervention after the waiting period ends * Complete assessments of neural constructs, anxiety symptoms, and other measures

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
21 Feb 2025
Start date
30 Apr 2025
Primary completion date
Sept 2027
Lead sponsor
Montclair State University
Diseases
Autism
NCT number
NCT06904508

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 30 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2027
  • 2 sites 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

  • If it is determined by the research team via parent report or direct observation that the child has a severe medical or psychiatric impairment (e.g., psychosis, severe aggressive behavior, or other severe clinical symptoms) that require more intensive treatment such as day treatment or hospitalization

Other

  • Fail to meet any of the above inclusion criteria

Who the study is looking for

  • Between the ages of 8 and 14
  • Have significant deficits in reciprocal social behavior as defined by a score of 11 or above on the parent-report SCQ questionnaire
  • Are verbally fluent in English, enabling them to participate in the appropriate modules (3 or 4) of the researcher-administered ADOS-2
  • Have an estimated verbal IQ of 70 or above as determined by the researcher-administered KBIT-2
  • Have clinically significant anxiety symptoms as defined by significant elevations on either the parent-report SCARED questionnaire or the parent-report PRAS-ASD questionnaire
  • Have a legal guardian who can provide consent for their child's participation as well as their own participation in the intervention alongside their child. If the legal guardian is unable to participate in the intervention themselves but would like for their child to receive the intervention with another caregiver who lives with the child, the legal guardian will still be the one to sign the consent form, but will provide permission for another caregiver (logged on the consent form) to participate in the intervention alongside the child

Age in the registry: 8 years to 14 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Montclair State University
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MontclairUnited StatesRecruiting
Drexel University
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesRecruiting

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