NCT05880498: SMART

Smartphone Mindfulness Autism Research Study

Completed NA Last updated 30 May 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Mindfulness Intervention in Anxiety in 89 participants. Completed in 17 April 2023.

Timeline

30 January 2022

Primary endpoint
17 April 2023

17 April 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	89
Start date	30 January 2022
Primary completion	17 April 2023
Estimated completion	17 April 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Mindfulness Intervention

Conditions studied

• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
• Stress — all drugs for Stress →

Sponsor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Anxiety or Stress. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Individuals diagnosed with autism are also often diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Therefore, having useful strategies to manage stress and anxiety may be particularly helpful for autistic individuals. Mindfulness-based interventions, delivered in-person as well as those offered remotely online, have been found to lower stress and anxiety. Although in-person mindfulness training has been found to be helpful for autistic individuals, there is little research that has studied remote app-based mindfulness training in autistic adults.

This study examines whether a six-week structured intervention, using a mindfulness app, lowers anxiety and stress in autistic adults. Participants were randomly assigned either to an intervention group, which started the intervention immediately, or a wait-list control group, which participated in the same intervention program six-weeks later. Findings will provide important information about the potential for remote app-based mindfulness training to lower stress and anxiety in adults diagnosed with autism.

Publications & conference data

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