Reciprocal Imitation Training and Musical Rhythm Sensitivity in Autistic Toddlers
This study is exploring how rhythm sensitivity in autistic toddlers might predict their response to behavioral interventions. It's comparing two types of training: Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT), which helps with imitation and social communication skills, and a music-enhanced version of RIT (meRIT). You would be between 18 and 36 months old with a diagnosis of autism or autism spectrum disorder. The study aims to see if changes in how toddlers look at rhythmic videos (measured by eye-tracking) show how well the training is working. The study plans to enroll 40 toddlers, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 40 participants. You would be randomly assigned to receive either Reciprocal Imitation Training or music-enhanced Reciprocal Imitation Training.
- What's involved
- You would receive 30 sessions of intervention. Your rhythm sensitivity will be assessed through repeated eye-tracking sessions throughout the study, including before, during, and after the intervention.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your eye-looking will be measured up to two weeks after the intervention ends.
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Reciprocal Imitation Training and Musical Rhythm Sensitivity in Autistic Toddlers
At a glance
Conditions
NCT05880225
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennesseestudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Miriam Lense · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Warren Jones · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Emory University
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What this trial measures
- Change in rhythmically entrained eye-looking (eye-tracking)Change from baseline through 2-week follow-up post-intervention
Trajectories of rhythmically entrained eye-looking to predictable and unpredictable child-directed singing assessed via passive eye-tracking.