NCT05341011

Establishment of Social Skills Training Group in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effectiveness Analysis

Completed NA Last updated 27 October 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing PEERS® Social Skills Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning in 42 participants. Completed in 26 October 2023.

Timeline

2 August 2019

Primary endpoint
17 August 2021

26 October 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National Taiwan University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	42
Start date	2 August 2019
Primary completion	17 August 2021
Estimated completion	26 October 2023
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• PEERS® Social Skills Training

Conditions studied

• Autism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning — all drugs for Autism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning →

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 12 to 18, any sex, with Autism Spectrum Disorder High-Functioning. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction, and the presence of restricted, repetitive behavior and interests. Their social relationships with peers may remain a challenge or even worsen for individuals with ASD throughout the school years and beyond. Adolescence may be a particularly difficult developmental period, as they may have greater motivation or desire to engage with peers but also have greater awareness of their social disability. Adolescents with ASD are reported to experience greater loneliness and mood disturbances, and have poorer friendship quality and social network status than their typically developing peers. Moreover, a growing body of literature indicating that students with ASD have increased risk at all kinds of bullying involvement. These findings underscore the importance of providing social skills training. One of the empirically supported intervention program that targets adolescents with ASD is the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®). This is a parent-assisted, manualized social skills training program that addresses crucial areas of social functioning for adolescents. Psycho-education and cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques are employed to help adolescents develop ecologically valid skills for making and maintaining friendships. Moreover, caregiver attendance at the same time in the caregiver group was a mandatory component to enhance the child/s generalization of social skills.

Adolescents with ASD and normal IQ will be recruit to attend the 14-week PEERS® group training together with a parent. The participants will be stratified by gender and randomized to a treatment (TX) group or delayed treatment control (DTC) group. A team member uninvolved in the program made the random allocation with random digit generated by computer.

This study investigated the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of the Taiwanese adolescent PEERS® program.

Publications & conference data

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