Phase
Condition
Autism
Social Phobia
Anxiety Disorders
Treatment
N/AClinical Study ID
Ages 8-13 Both Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Study Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Inclusion Criteria:
Outpatient boys and girls with ASD between the ages 8-13 years at consent/assent.
The child meets criteria for ASD.
The child meets criteria for clinically significant anxiety symptoms.
The child has a Full Scale and Verbal Comprehension Intelligence Quotient >70 asassessed on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV or another acceptableIntelligence Quotient test.
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
Receiving concurrent therapy targeting anxiety, social skills training with homework,or behavioral interventions (e.g., applied behavior analysis). This excludes academictutoring, occupational therapy, speech therapy, school counseling that is no morethan 60 minutes per week in duration, school aides, and social skills training groupsthat do not include homework and are no more than 60 minutes/week in duration.
(a) Current clinically significant suicidality or (b) individuals who have engaged insuicidal behaviors within 6 months will be excluded and referred for appropriateclinical intervention.
Child has been nonresponsive to an adequate trial of CBT for anxiety within theprevious 2 years.
Lifetime bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
Initiation of an antidepressant medication within 12 weeks before study enrollment oran antipsychotic medication 6 weeks before study enrollment or the child has changedthe dose of an established medication within 8 weeks before study enrollment (4 weeksfor antipsychotic) or during psychotherapy (unless the dose is lowered because ofside effects).
Study Design
Study Description
Connect with a study center
Temple University Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
United StatesActive - Recruiting
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