NCT04319640

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Sleep Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

the Effects of Sleep Intervention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Synchronized Eye-tracking and Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 24 Months – 59 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Sleep disturbance is very common in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),and closely associated with their core symptom, social deficit.This trial investigates the effects of Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in children with autism spectrum disorder with sleep problems through synchronized eye-tracking and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). This is a 1:1 parallel single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Detailed description

sleep disturbance is significantly associated with social deficit of ASD and but the congnitive-neural mechanism underlying this association remains unclear. Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (iCBT-I) is considered as an evidence-based treatment for insomnia. After 5 consecutive sleep interventions is a 2-year following up study, the above issue is further tested with emphasis on progressive trajectory from a developmental perspective. we examine the influence of sleep disturbance on face processing and neural response during naturalistic social behavior of ASD children using synchronized eye-tracking and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to uncover the neural mechanism for that sleep disturbance influences social deficit.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia	CBT-I for children with ASD includes sleep hygiene, restriction of time in bed, stimulus control, cognitive therapy, and relaxation techniques. The treatment consists of 5 weekly modules.
BEHAVIORAL	psychoeducation for ASD	psychoeducation contains information about ASD, The treatment consists of 5 weekly modules.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-01
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2020-03-24
• Last updated: 2020-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China