A Trial of the Launching! to Adulthood Program

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Launching intervention (Pagan et al., 2024) in improving adaptive functioning, transition readiness, and social cognition in young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to a delayed treatment control group, to examine whether the Launching intervention leads to improvements in executive functioning, co-occurring mental health symptoms, and quality of life, as measured by caregiver and self-report assessments, to assess the maintenance of treatment gains 12 weeks post-treatment and to replicate the findings of the Launching pilot study in an independent sample of young adults with ASD.

NCT Number	NCT06868537
Lead Sponsor	The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Conditions	Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Enrollment	40 participants
Start Date	2025-07-15
Primary Completion	2027-08-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-09-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-05