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EEG Studies of Sensory Processing in Autistic Children

NCT00319722 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2010-05-04

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Summary

This study uses EEG to study brain waves at rest and in response to specific auditory and visual sensory stimuli in autistic children. We hypothesize that, compared to same age peers, autistics will show abnormalities in their electrophysiologic processing of sounds (tones and phonemes)and visual stimuli (flashes of light)and that these abnormalities will be able to separate autistics not only from typical children but also into clinical subgroups with specific biological/electrophysiological characteristics. We hope to find biological measures which will prove diagnostic of autism in very young children and which can be used in the measurement of treatment outcome in future intervention trials.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CURE Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Commonwealth Fund

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Alliance for Autism Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine M. Martien, M.D. · Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Martha Herbert, M.D. · Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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