Using the Digital EEG Spectral Analysis in Assessing Neuroelectrical Processing Abnormalities in Autism

NCT00693953 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: PA-06-278
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder will have abnormal DESA® results. Our objective is to use neuroelectrical measures to determine the degree of processing abnormalities in individuals with Autism. The study will survey processing patterns and will locate and evaluate the degree(s) of abnormalities for further study. The abnormal results of comprehensive neuroelectrical evaluations of individuals with Autism when compared to the normative database will provide objective, verifiable, neurophysiological information with which to form novel approaches to the disorder.

Conditions

Autistic Disorder; Autism, Early Infantile; Autism, Infantile; Asperger Syndrome

Keywords

Evoked Potentials; Evoked Potentials, Auditory; Evoked Potentials, Visual; Electroencephalography; Brain Mapping

Study Arms (2)

1

Year one

2

Year two

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population includes individuals with Autism without exclusion on the basis of sex, gender, race or ethnicity. There will be 100 research subjects, with a ratio of four males to one female, and those being approximately sixty-five children and thirty-five adults.

You may qualify if:

• The study will include children between the ages of five and eighteen, adults from the age of nineteen to twenty-five, and those with the diagnosis of Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

You may not qualify if:

• those with mental retardation
• those with any other neurological disorder
• those that cannot sit in a chair for one hundred and fifty minutes
• those that have been previously diagnosed with a seizure disorder
• those who are blind and/or deaf
• those who are not ambulatory
• those who cannot understand English
• those that are not a resident of Los Angeles County

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yellen & Associates, Inc.: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yellen & Associates, Inc.

Northridge, California, 91326, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autistic Disorder; Asperger Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Andrew G Yellen, PhD

  President, Yellen & Associates, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Thomas Schweller, MD

  Neurologist

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2008
• First Posted: June 9, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2012
• Last Updated: October 2, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-10

Locations

US (1)