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Internet-delivered CBT for Adolescents with Autism and Anxiety

This study is looking at two ways to help adolescents with autism who also experience anxiety. One treatment is called LUNA-Adolescent, which is an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that parents can lead. The other treatment is "Treatment as Usual," which involves 12 weekly sessions of in-person CBT. The goal is to see if these treatments can reduce anxiety in autistic youth. You may be able to join if you are between 11 and 17 years old and have a diagnosis of autism. The researchers will measure anxiety levels using a tool called the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale modified for ASD (PARS-ASD) at different times to see how well the treatments work. This study aims to make anxiety treatment more accessible for families.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 139 participants. It compares two behavioral interventions: LUNA-Adolescent and Treatment as Usual.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Anxiety levels will be measured at baseline, during treatment (around 6 weeks), post-treatment (around 12 weeks), and 1 month after treatment ends.

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NCT06537128

Internet-delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With Autism and Anxiety

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 11–17InterventionalTreatment
Baylor College of Medicine
~139 participants
Updated 2026-06-30 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:LUNA-AdolescentTreatment as Usual

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale modified for ASD (PARS-ASD)
Measured over Baseline (before treatment), during treatment (on average 6 weeks), post-treatment (on average 12 weeks), 1 month follow up

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder

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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.

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texasno site contact published

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

  • Eric Storch, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Baylor College of Medicine

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial measures

  • Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale modified for ASD (PARS-ASD)Baseline (before treatment), during treatment (on average 6 weeks), post-treatment (on average 12 weeks), 1 month follow up

    Clinician-rated child anxiety severity throughout the past week. Each item is scored on a 0 to 5 scale (higher scores correspond to greater severity), yielding a total between 0 and 35. This measure has been modified for autistic youth