Scientists to unravel trust in intellectual disability
NCT ID NCT07434037
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at how people with Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome decide who to trust. Researchers will use eye-tracking and behavioral tasks to measure how participants read faces, behaviors, and detect deception. The goal is to understand the brain mechanisms behind trust in these groups, which could help improve social support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could improve understanding of how trust works in people with intellectual disabilities, potentially guiding future social support strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It is early-stage and may not lead to direct clinical changes. Results may not apply to all individuals with these conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 112 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
Four groups of participants will be included in the study: * Individuals with Down syndrome * Individuals with Fragile X syndrome * Control subjects with typical development matched for chronological age to individuals with intellectual disability (ID) * Control subjects with typical development matched for mental age to individuals with intellectual disability (ID)
- Ages
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3 to 29 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 : Group of Down Syndrom patients * Complete chromosomal trisomy of the 21st chromosome confirmed by karyotype analysis * Aged 13 to 29 (chronological age) * French as their native language * Having signed an informed consent form and/or whose legal guardians/patient representatives have signed the informed consent form * Affiliated with the French health insurance system (social security) or whose legal guardians are affiliated with the French health insurance system Group of X-Fragile Syndrome * Complete mutation of the FMR1 gene by molecular analysis (more than 200 CGG triplet repeats) * Aged between 13 and 29 (chronological age) * Native French speakers * Having signed an informed consent form and/or whose legal guardians/patient representatives have signed the informed consent form * Affiliated with the French health insurance system (social security) or whose legal guardians are affiliated with the French health insurance system Group of chronological age-matched control * Aged between 13 and 29 * Native French speakers. * Having signed an informed consent form and/or whose legal guardians/patient representatives have signed the informed consent form * Affiliated with the French health insurance system (social security) or whose legal guardians are affiliated with the French health insurance system Group of mental age-matched control * Aged between 3 and 9 * Native French speakers. * Whose legal guardians/patient representatives have signed the informed consent form * Affiliated with the French health insurance system (social security) or whose legal guardians are affiliated with the French health insurance system Exclusion Criteria: Groups of Down Syndrom and X-Fragiles patients * Inability to understand tasks * Significant brain malformation * Uncontrolled epilepsy * Significant hearing impairment * Uncorrected visual impairment * Refusal of the subject and/or legal guardians/representative of the subject to be informed of any abnormalities detected during the neuropsychological assessment. * Subject participating in another interventional study with an exclusion period still ongoing at the time of pre-inclusion. Regarding the neuroimaging (MRI) study: * Having a contraindication to MRI examination (people using a pacemaker or insulin pump, people with metal prostheses or intracerebral clips, people with metal fragments in their eyes, as well as claustrophobic subjects). A comprehensive list of contraindications is provided in Appendix 5. * Inability to perform the MRI without anaesthesia. * Refusal by the subject and/or those exercising parental authority/the subject's representative to be informed of any abnormalities detected during the MRI. Groups of typical development persons (chronological age-matched and mental age-matched) * Known acquired neurological disorders, including epilepsy. * History of head trauma requiring hospitalisation. * Known psychiatric disorders. * Birth complications requiring admission to a neonatal intensive care unit or prematurity of less than 35 weeks. * Ongoing treatment with drugs affecting the central nervous system. * Significant hearing impairment * Uncorrected visual impairment * Repeating a school year * Learning disorders requiring rehabilitation (speech therapy, psychomotor therapy or orthoptics) for more than one year. * Refusal of the subject and/or legal guardians/representative of the subject to be informed of any abnormalities detected during the neuropsychological assessment. * Subject participating in another interventional study with an exclusion period still ongoing at the time of pre-inclusion. Regarding the neuroimaging (MRI) study (only for chronological age-matched group): * Having a contraindication to MRI examination (people using a pacemaker or insulin pump, people with metal prostheses or intracerebral clips, people with metal fragments in their eyes, as well as claustrophobic subjects). A comprehensive list of contraindications is provided in Appendix 5. * Inability to perform the MRI without anaesthesia. * Refusal by the subject and/or those exercising parental authority/the subject's representative to be informed of any abnormalities detected during the MRI.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Reference Center of Rare Disease with Intellectual Disability in Lyon, Woman Mother and Child Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon
RECRUITINGBron, 69500, France
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