NCT05193500

Study 3 Learning Verbs and Pronouns

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 30 March 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Verbs in Autism Spectrum Disorder in 179 participants. Completed in 5 January 2025.

Timeline

1 August 2022

Primary endpoint
5 January 2025

5 January 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	New York University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	single group
Masking	single
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	179
Start date	1 August 2022
Primary completion	5 January 2025
Estimated completion	5 January 2025
Sites	2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Verbs
• Pronouns

Conditions studied

• Autism Spectrum Disorder — all drugs for Autism Spectrum Disorder →

Sponsor

New York University

Who can join

Adults 24 Months to 71 Months, any sex, with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Object Preference for Verbs Primary · During test phase of the experimental session (within 3 seconds after the learning phase); 1.0-2.5 seconds after the test question

Proportion of Time During Which Children's Eye Gaze is Directed Toward the Target Object in the Window from 1.0-2.5 Seconds after the Test Question

Group	Value	95% CI
ASD - Verbs	0.57	± 0.29
TD - Verbs	0.56	± 0.22

Object Selection for Pronouns Primary · During test phase of the experimental session (within approx. 5 seconds of being asked the test question)

Proportion of trials on which children select the correct object that matches the pronoun

Group	Value	95% CI
ASD - Pronouns	0.67	± 0.13
TD - Pronouns	0.84	± 0.15

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this research is to explore abilities to learn word meanings from overheard speech in children with ASD (and, as a control, typically developing children).

Specific Aim 3 (Experiment 3): Determine whether children with ASD can learn verbs and pronouns by overhearing. Most prior work on learning from overheard speech has focused on learning nouns that label objects. This experiment extends this work to study other kinds of words.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.