NCT07137273Recruiting
Optimizing Dimensions of Reinforcement
Optimizing Dimensions of Reinforcement to Enhance Behavioral Interventions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is designed to better understand how certain features of reinforcement affect learning and motivation in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Participants will take part in a series of structured teaching sessions that involve simple tasks and reward-based feedback. By changing the timing and amount of rewards, we aim to learn how these factors influence the ability to acquire and maintain new skills. This information may help improve behavioral interventions for individuals with IDD in the future. The study does not involve medications or procedures intended to change participants' health status.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 15 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Auburn University
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07137273
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From 7 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, Aug 2026
- 3 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
- Medical or behavioral conditions judged by investigators to pose a safety risk or interfere with data collection
Other
- Severe sensory or motor impairments that would prevent participation in tabletop tasks
- Current or recent participation (within the past 30 days) in another interventional behavioral research study that could interfere with study outcomes
Who the study is looking for
- At least 6 years of age
- Documented neurodevelopmental condition
- Engagement in problem behavior (e.g., aggression, self-injury, property destruction) that can be measured during study sessions
- Ability to follow simple instructions
- Ability to participate in tabletop choice-based tasks
- Availability to complete all scheduled study sessions
- Provision of informed consent by participant or legally authorized representative
Age in the registry: 6 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Autism Research, Treatment, and Training Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Auburn | United States | Recruiting |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Recruiting |
| Oakland University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester Hills | United States | Recruiting |
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