Can a social skills class help teens with rare disorders avoid depression?
NCT ID NCT06612333
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a French version of the PEERS social skills program for 64 adolescents and young adults with rare neurodevelopmental disorders. The goal was to see if improving social skills could lower their risk of anxiety and depression. Participants attended the program with a family member or friend, and researchers measured changes in social skills, friendships, and emotional well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PEERS social skills training program (behavioural intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could help teens with rare neurodevelopmental disorders build social skills and reduce their risk of anxiety and depression.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 64 participants and no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The program requires a family member or friend to participate, which may limit who can benefit.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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64 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study will focus on data from 40 patients with rare neurodevelopmental disorders and their 40 relatives/friends.
- Ages
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12 to 30 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: * Aged between 12 and 30 years, included at the start of the social skills program. * Patients with rare neurodevelopmental diseases * Patients benefiting from the social skills program * Appropriate level of verbal elaboration * Patient with a family member or a friend also participating in the social skills program Non-inclusion criteria : * Opposition of the patient or, if a minor, of his/her parents to participation in the study * Patient not psychiatrically stabilized: acute symptoms of anxiety, depression, psychotic disorders. * Severe intellectual disability
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Necker - Enfants Malades Hospital
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75015, France
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