Trial · NCT05408793
Effects of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on ASD
NCT05408793, Not applicable, Completed, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
3 sourcestrials-2026-11-12-0.4.0
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ConductScience Library. Effects of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on ASD. Trials, record NCT05408793. Release trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0, 12 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/trials/NCT05408793
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Trial
As registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, in the graph's capture of the registry.
- Title
- Effects of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on ASD
- NCT number
- NCT05408793
- Status
- Completed
- Phases
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 32 participants, actual
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, High-functioning Autism
- Interventions
- Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- First posted
- 2022-06-07
- Last updated
- 2025-03-13
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Registered outcomes9
Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
| List | Outcome | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Autism severity | Changes in CARS scores from baseline at 3 months | The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) is a 15-item behavioral rating scale developed to identify autism and examine its severity. Total scores range from a low of 15 to a high of 60; scores below 30 indicate that the individual is in the non-autistic range, scores between 30 and 36.5 indicate mild to moderate autism, and scores from 37 to 60 indicate severe autism. |
| Secondary | Autistic traits | Changes in AQ scores from baseline at 3 months | Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) - adolescent version is a quick and quantitative self-report instrument for assessing how many autistic traits any adult has. The minimum score on the AQ is 0 and the maximum 50. |
| Secondary | Social deficits | Changes in SRS from baseline at 3 months | The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) is an instrument measuring the continuum of autism symptom severity which is commonly used in children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 18 years. Parents rate on each item on a 4-item Likert scale (0-4). The higher the scores, the more severe the social deficits. |
| Secondary | Asperger's Syndrome | Changes in ASAS from baseline at 3 months | Australian scale for Asperger's syndrome (ASAS) is a scale used to screen the behaviours and abilities indicative of Asperger's Syndrome in subjects older than 6 years old. It has 25 item and can be rated by parents/teachers/professionals who know the child. |
| Secondary | Theory of Mind and Social Cognition | Changes in FPRT from baseline at 3 months | Faux Pas Recognition Test (FPRT) is a very common advanced test to measure the theory of mind and social cognition |
| Secondary | Executive Function | Changes in Stroop test from baseline at 3 months | Stroop test is commonly used to assess the inhibition control component of executive function. It is testing the subject's ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. |
| Secondary | Working memory | Changes in WMTB from baseline at 3 months | Working Memory Test Battery (WMTB), which includes two verbal storage-only tasks (i.e. digital recall and word list recall), two complex memory span tasks (i.e. backward digit recall and counting recall), and two visuospatial storage tasks (block recall and variant- visual-pattern test). |
| Secondary | Clinical Global Impression | Changes in WMTB from baseline at 3 months | CGI-S is a 7-point clinician rating scale is based upon observed and reported symptoms, behaviour, and function in the past seven days. CGI-I is a 7-point scale that requires the clinician to assess how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to a baseline state at the beginning of the intervention. |
| Secondary | Neuroimaging | MRI will be assessed at baseline at immediately and 2 weeks after post-stimulation | Participants will receive pre and post treatment MRI scan to measure any changes in structural and functional connectivity changes in the brain. |
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Outcomes0
Each outcome the trial posted results for, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
None in this release.
Results by group0
Each measurement the trial posted, group by group, in the words and numbers it posted.
None in this release.
Participant flow0
How many started, completed or left each group, period by period.
None in this release.
Adverse events0
Each adverse event the trial posted, group by group: the participants affected out of those at risk.
None in this release.
Adverse event totals0
The totals the trial posted for each group.
None in this release.
Papers2
The papers the trial lists on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Grants0
The grants NIH RePORTER links to the trial, newest funded first: NIH's, and some of AHRQ's, CDC's, FDA's and VA's. Each shows its title, principal investigators, organization and funder in its newest year.
None in this release.
Trial comparisons0
Comparisons of the trial's two groups, calculated by ConductScience from the counts it posted.
None in this release.
Tests2
The ConductCognition tests this trial's registered outcomes name, as ScienceGraph matched them in trial-tests-2026-11-12-0.2.1.
| Test | Named as | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Social Slips Stories Task | Secondary outcome | ConductCognition |
| Stroop Color-Word Test | Secondary outcome | ConductCognition |
Data dates
The day each source was copied for this release.
Sources 3
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
- ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain
Each source's terms
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
- ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.
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