Evaluating Efficacy of GuessWhat Mobile App Therapy for Children With Autism

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT04739982

Status

recruiting iconRECRUITING

Purpose

The following study aims to understand the efficacy of the mobile game platform, GuessWhat, in delivering behavioral therapy to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). GuessWhat is a mobile application (available for free for iOS and Android) which contains a suite of games: pro-social charades, emotion guessing, and quiz. Participant families will use their personal smartphones to download the app and play it with their child according to a predetermined regimen.

Official Title

Evaluating Mobile Game Based Therapy Among Children With Autism, A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: 3 Years to 12 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. 1. Parent who is at least 18 years old of child with autism. 2. Child with autism is between 3 and 12 years old at time of baseline data collection.
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. 1. Parent is unable to read English. 2. Parent does not have an Android or iOS smartphone compatible with GuessWhat App--the app will be available on Android after further development and we will notify interested families when it becomes available.

Investigator(s)

Dennis Wall

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Contact

Kaiti Dunlap, MRes
650-497-9214