Treatment of Autistic Children Using NAET Procedures

NCT00277407 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: MulticlinicalAutism StudyNARFoundationAutismStudy2006
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 48
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

1. 1.Purpose of this study is to determine whether NAET procedures are effective in the treatment of children with allergy-related autism spectrum disorders in restoring their verbal and nonverbal communication.
2. 2.Hypothesis: Children in the experimental group will show a significant improvement over the control group in verbal and nonverbal communication as most food allergen groups, environmental allergen groups, childhood immunizations, and some other relevant allergenic substances are desensitized in a systematic way using NAET® procedures within the specified period of study.

Conditions

Autism; Food Allergies

Keywords

NAET; Chiropractic procedures; Acupuncture/acupressure; Treatment of Autism by holistic procedures; Food and Vaccination allergy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in verbal and norverbal communication

  Twenty-four months from the starting date (approximately may 2008)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Reduction of commonly seen autistic traits

  Twenty-four months from starting dat (May 2008)

Interventions

NAET with acupressure and/or chiropractic procedures PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• all subjects (control and treatment group) should demonstrate typical autistic symptoms before beginning NAET® treatments: made no eye contact, unable to communicate verbally or nonverbally. All subjects should bring in a proof of established diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder by a conventional physician.

You may not qualify if:

• Any child that has a history of various complications of illness other than autism spectrum disorder would be disqualified. Any patient who has any of the following conditions will also be disqualified.
• Previous surgeries, congenital deformities of heart, lung, liver, brain, kidney, etc.
• Any type of cancer
• Aids
• Any physically debilitating disorders and diagnosed mental retardation, Down's syndrome, etc.
• Children with the history of severe allergies or anaphylactic reactions will be exclued.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nambudripad's Allergy Research Foundation: lead
• Anonymous: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NAET Pain Clinic

Buena Park, California, 90621, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autistic Disorder; Food Hypersensitivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Devi S. Nambudripad, DCLAcPhD

  NAR Foundation

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2006
• First Posted: January 16, 2006
• Study Start: June 1, 2006
• Study Completion: May 1, 2007
• Last Updated: May 7, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-05

Locations

US (1)