NCT06974240Completed
Social Robotics for Autism
Social Robotics Intervention for Improving Socio-Pragmatic Skills in Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 May 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Socio-pragmatics focuses on the study of language in the context of social interactions. It explores how individuals use language to communicate effectively in specific social situations, taking into consideration the social, cultural and contextual factors that influence communication. Socio-pragmatics analyzes linguistic and nonlinguistic behaviors, such as gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, and posture, to understand intended meaning, social implications, and shared communicative norms. Children with autism often present difficulties in social-pragmatic skills. The integration of advanced technologies can play a crucial role in innovative approaches to the development of this skill. In this experimental protocol, an attempt will be made to demonstrate the effectiveness of training through the use of social robots by comparing the performance of an ASD group performing a treatment using social robots with a control group performing the same in a traditional manner.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- First submitted
- 24 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 20 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06974240
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 20
- From 20 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Oct 2024
- 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
- Current use of psychotropic medications
Other
- Absence of a clinical diagnosis of ASD based on DSM-5 criteria
- Verbal or performance IQ ≤ 75, or total IQ ≤ 85 as assessed by WISC-IV
- Presence of aggressive behavior or severe oppositional tendencies
- Hearing, vision, or physical impairments that could hinder participation in the intervention
Who the study is looking for
- Aged between 8 and 13 years
- Clinical diagnosis of ASD according to DSM-5 criteria by a licensed child neuropsychiatrist
- Verbal and performance IQ \> 75 and total IQ \> 85, assessed with the WISC-IV
- No current aggressive behavior or severe oppositional tendencies
- No hearing, vision, or physical impairments that could interfere with participation
- Not currently taking any psychotropic medications
Age in the registry: 8 years to 13 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB) - National Research Council (CNR) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Messina | Italy | Unknown status |
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