Clinical trials: Developmental Disability
Asperger's Disorder
Janssen Asperger's MRS (Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Risperidone Study
This study will be an open-label, 12-week trial of risperidone in subjects with Asperger's Disorder, according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) Criteria.
- Trial name
- NCT00352196
- Testing
- Risperidone, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Augusta University
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Emotion Regulation in Preschoolers With Autism and Their Parents
In the proposed study, the investigators would like to investigate the emotion regulation (ER) strategies children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) demonstrate, and the influence parents have on their children's ER.
- Trial name
- NCT01643720
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dose Finding Study of Pioglitazone in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (PIO)
The investigators propose a pilot, single blind, placebo run-in, dose finding study of pioglitazone in children with autism with the ultimate goal of identifying appropriate dosing and outcome measures for a larger follow-up…
- Trial name
- NCT01205282
- Testing
- Pioglitazone
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Evdokia Anagnostou
Autism
Show Me to Help Me
This cohort observation, randomized controlled trial is intended to provide data that icons and non-verbal communication improve communication and cooperation with children with Autism/communication delay and aid in the…
- Trial name
- NCT01311596
- Testing
- Icons
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akron Children's Hospital
Mental Health Issue, Anxiety Disorders
Culture and Well-being: Art as Prescription Therapy ("Art on Prescription")
Stratified randomised controlled trial with two arms: arts intervention (any of the arts interventions, see list), which we call here Active Group (AG) vs waitlist control (WL).
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Emotional Disorder
- Trial name
- AoP (NCT06361667)
- Testing
- Arts
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KAVADIA ELENI
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Music for Autism (M4A)
The Music for Autism (M4A) trial evaluates the neurobehavioral outcomes of a music therapy (MT) intervention, compared to a matched play therapy (PT) intervention, on social communication skills, brain connectivity and structural…
- Trial name
- M4A (NCT04936048)
- Testing
- Music Therapy, Play therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Austria, Norway
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Autism Disorder
Triadic Interactions of Families With Autism and Oxytocin
The study will investigate the effects of an intranasal administration of oxytocin (OT) to parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the quality of mother-father-child interactions.
- Trial name
- TAO (NCT01912378)
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18
Prenatal Non-invasive Aneuploidy Test Utilizing SNPs Trial
This prospective blinded study will assess the diagnostic capability of an informatics enhanced SNP based technology (Parental Support) to identify pregnant women who are carrying a fetus with an aneuploidy from fee floating DNA…
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, Aneuploidy
- Trial name
- PreNATUS (NCT01545674)
- Testing
- Blood Draw
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 937 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
Anxiety, Depression
Metacognitive Therapy for Common Mental Health Problems in Autistic CYP: A Case Series
Anxiety and Depression are common in young people (CYP) and especially in CYP with a diagnosis of Autism. Autistic people often say therapy has not been adapted to meet their needs.
- Trial name
- NCT05980143
- Testing
- Metacognitive Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Attention Deficit Disorder With or Without Hyperactivity (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Characterize the Links Between Sleep, Emotional Dysregulation and Learning in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
The aim of this protocol is to disentangle the links between symptoms of emotion dysregulation, sleep disorders and cognitive deficits by measuring the effects of an emotional induction task on childrens' sleep with autism…
- Trial name
- SOM-EMO-TND (NCT06479668)
- Testing
- Trier Social Stress Task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome
Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns
Early Check provides voluntary screening of newborns for a selected panel of conditions. The study has three main objectives: 1) develop and implement an approach to identify affected infants, 2) address the impact on infants and…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X - Premutation, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT03655223
- Testing
- Confirmatory Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Autism
Folate Rechallenge
New evidence suggests that autistic disorder (AD) may be associated with abnormalities in folate metabolism, which is a process that affects genetic expression by facilitating the formation of methyl donors for DNA methylation.
- Trial name
- NCT00672360
- Testing
- Folic acid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase Biomarker Development in Autism
The purpose of this research study is to establish a way to help the development of targeted treatments in autism spectrum disorders. This may also help in early diagnosis of autism and may possibly predict severity.
- Trial name
- ERK (NCT01850459)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Transcranial Photobiomodulation Therapy for the Treatment of Autistic Traits in Children and Adolescents With ADHD
An open label trial to assess the safety and efficacy of transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) in improving autistic traits in ADHD youth.
- Trial name
- NCT04569058
- Testing
- Transcranial Photobiomodulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder With Impaired Functional Language
Pivotal Response Intervention Minimal Responders Study
Early intervention (EI) using naturalistic behavioural methods have shown benefits for the development of communication and other skills for young children with autism spectrum disorder.
- Trial name
- PRIMeR (NCT05511220)
- Testing
- PRIMeR, PRT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Autistic Disorder, Insomnia
Melatonin for Sleep in Children With Autism
The purpose of this study is to determine if liquid supplemental melatonin is an effective treatment for children with autism who have sleep problems related to insomnia (difficulty falling asleep).
- Trial name
- NICHD (NCT00927030)
- Testing
- supplemental liquid melatonin, flavored liquid or liquid supplemental melatonin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Rhythmic and Auditory Approach for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a rhythmic auditory training program in improving language skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who have a language acquisition disorder.
- Trial name
- THETABOOST (NCT07303413)
- Testing
- EEG recording, Picture recognition test
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Relationship Between Parents' Fatigue and Quality of Life
By comparing them to a healthy control group, this study aims to investigate the relationship between the participation of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in home, school, and community environments and their…
- Trial name
- NCT05422261
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Family-school Partnership Intervention for Early Childhood Education
Strategies for creating and maintaining reciprocal partnerships between teachers and parents are considered essential elements of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education (ECE).
- Trial name
- NCT06506097
- Testing
- Family-school Partnership Intervention (FSPI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioral and Neural Response to Memantine in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study is a 12-week, randomized-controlled trial of memantine hydrochloride (Namenda) for the treatment of social impairment in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT01972074
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital