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Double-blind Trial of Buspirone for the Treatment of Anxiety in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders

NCT01395953 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2024-06-28

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Summary

The main objective of this exploratory 8 week pilot study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of buspirone for the treatment of anxiety in youth (ages 6-17 years) with autism spectrum disorders. The study results will be used to generate hypotheses for a larger randomized controlled clinical trial with explicit hypotheses and sufficient statistical power.

Conditions

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Interventions

DRUG

Buspirone

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders will receive buspirone or matched placebo. Buspirone will be titrated to the maximum daily dose during the first four weeks of the trial (dose titration phase). Week 4 onwards subjects will be maintained on maximum achieved dose till the end of the trial (dose maintenance phase). During the titration phase total dose of buspirone will be increased at each visit by 5mg and on the 4th day after each visit by 5mg.

DRUG

Placebo

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders will receive buspirone or matched placebo. Buspirone will be titrated to the maximum daily dose during the first four weeks of the trial (dose titration phase). Week 4 onwards subjects will be maintained on maximum achieved dose till the end of the trial (dose maintenance phase). During the titration phase total dose of buspirone will be increased at each visit by 5mg and on the 4th day after each visit by 5mg.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gagan Joshi, M.D. · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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