Can a game app boost language in kids with autism?
NCT ID NCT07326423
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a gamified app called MITA designed to improve language and thinking skills in children with autism aged 2 to 5. Sixty children will be randomly assigned to either use the app alongside their usual therapy or continue with standard care alone. The goal is to see if the app leads to greater improvements in developmental milestones and autism severity scores.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mental Imagery Therapy for Autism (MITA) app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a fun, accessible way to boost language and cognitive skills in young children with autism.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 60 children, so results may not apply to all. The app is a supplement, not a standalone treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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2 to 5 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * age 2 and 5 years at the time of enrollment * diagnosis of ASD confirmed by a study investigator who was experienced in ASD diagnosis. Exclusion Criteria: * a neurodevelopmental disorder of known etiology (e.g., fragile X syndrome) * significant sensory or motor impairment, * major physical problems such as a chronic serious health condition, * seizures at time of entry. Children who developed seizures during the course of the study were not excluded. * use of psychoactive medications, * history of a serious head injury and/or neurologic disease, * alcohol or drug exposure during the prenatal period, * CARS-2 total score \> 48 (severe ASD).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Espacosomare
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, 85865-370, Brazil
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