Buspirone in the Treatment of 2-6 Year Old Children With Autistic Disorder
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Official title
A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-masked Clinical Trial of Buspirone in the Treatment of 2- 6 Year Old Children With Autistic Disorder
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of twice-daily oral buspirone on core features of autism in autistic children aged 2-6 years as measured by the change from baseline in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Composite Total scores compared to placebo at 6 months.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00873509
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 166 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 2 Years to 6 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2009
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2014
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2014
- Last update posted
- Jul 25, 2016
2009 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 6
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University California Davis M.I.N.D. Institute | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Michigan Wayne State University | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| New York University Langone Medical Center | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106 | — |
| Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 25, 2016 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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