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NCT06885684
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Cognitive Control and Metacognition Training

Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

95 autistic children (ages 8-11yrs) will be randomly assigned to a novel computer-based Cognitive Control Training combined with Metacognition Coaching or to a comparison group that receives the intervention after a delay. Before and after intervention, electroencephalography (EEG) will be used to examine engagement of the target neural responses.

Official title: Developing Cognitive Control and Metacognition to Reduce the Functional Impact of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

8 Years - 11 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

95

Start Date

2025-06-30

Completion Date

2027-06-30

Last Updated

2025-03-20

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Control Training + Metacognition Coaching

Computer training is delivered in person by a coach. Training consists of four games; each requires multiple aspects of cognitive control. Training levels progress in difficulty by increasing the number of items or simultaneous dimensions, decreasing the available response time, requiring greater accuracy, or adjusting the proportion of distractors or their complexity. Parameters that influence the difficulty of each level and passing criteria are fixed, but children progress from level to level at their own pace. Training is accompanied by manualized metacognition coaching to provide strategies to meaningfully engage with the tasks, simplify the tasks, support sustained effort, emphasize key cognitive control skills needed, provide coping strategies to reduce frustration associated with challenging aspects of the games, and use guided conversations to highlight metacognition.