NCT07341204Not yet recruiting
How Virtual Reality Can Help Neurodivergent Children Improve Their Attention
Improvement of Sustained Attention Through Immersive Virtual Reality in Neurodivergent Children
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this study is to determine whether playing a virtual reality (VR) game can help neurodivergent children pay attention for extended periods. The study includes children ages 9 to 18 who have autism, ADHD, learning differences, or movement coordination challenges. The program lasts for 6 weeks. During this period, children will play a VR game twice per week, with each session lasting 25 minutes.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 27 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07341204
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From 2 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 27 Mar 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
- Recent (within 6 months) significant brain injury or neurosurgery. Significant history of motion sickness, severe vestibular disorder, or prior intolerance to immersive VR.
Other illness
- History of photosensitive epilepsy or any uncontrolled seizure disorder.
- Severe intellectual disability or severe communication impairment that prevents understanding/participation (e.g., non-responsive to simple commands required by the VR tasks).
- Severe visual, auditory, or motor impairment that prevents safe or functional use of the VR system (e.g., inability to hold controllers or view the headset even with correction).
Other
- Any medical or implanted device contraindicated for VR/headset use (if applicable).
Who the study is looking for
- Clinical diagnosis of ASD, ADHD, SLD, or DCD confirmed by a licensed clinician or documented in medical/educational records (DSM-5 or equivalent).
- Parent/guardian consent and participant assent (age-appropriate).
- Ability to follow simple verbal instructions and to participate in 25-minute VR sessions twice weekly for 6 weeks.
- Stable medication regimen for attention- or behavior-related medications for ≥4 weeks prior to baseline (or not taking such medications).
- Visual and auditory ability adequate for VR tasks (with or without usual corrective lenses/hearing aids).
- Availability to attend all scheduled sessions at the clinical site across the 6-week period.
Age in the registry: 9 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusive Sports and Fitness, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Old Westbury | United States | Unknown status |
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