Status:

TERMINATED

Brain Activity Flow Patterns Analysis Using Evoked Response Potentials in Youth With ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Study

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

ElMindA Ltd

Conditions:

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-17 years

Brief Summary

The study aims to evaluate whether or not an EEG (a type of brain scan) is useful in diagnosing youth with either ADHD, BPD, ASD. Youth with ADHD, BPD, ASD, and healthy controls (without ADHD, BPD, an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female participants between 6 and 17 years of age.
  • Right handedness.
  • Fulfills DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for ADHD, bipolar disorder (BPD I, II, or NOS), or ASD (autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, or PDD-NOS) as established by clinical diagnostic interview and supported by K-SADS-E module for respective diagnoses.
  • Subjects and their legal representative must have a level of understanding sufficient to communicate intelligently with the investigator and study coordinator, and to cooperate with all tests and examinations required by the protocol.
  • Subjects and their legal representative must be considered reliable.
  • Each subject and his/her authorized legal representative must understand the nature of the study. The subject's authorized legal representative must sign an informed consent document and the subject must sign an informed assent document.

Exclusion

  • Investigator and his/her immediate family; defined as the investigator's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild.
  • I.Q. \< 85
  • History of active seizure disorder (as suggested by EEG suggestive of seizure activity and/or history of seizure in last 1 month)
  • Pregnant or nursing females.
  • Subjects with a medical condition that will either jeopardize subject safety or affect the scientific merit of the study, including:
  • Organic brain disorders
  • Uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism
  • Renal or hepatic impairment.
  • Clinically unstable psychiatric conditions or judged to be at serious suicidal risk
  • Current diagnosis of schizophrenia
  • History of substance use (except nicotine or caffeine) within past 3 months or urine drug screen positive for substances of abuse
  • Significant sensory deficits such as deafness or blindness.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2011

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01506232

Start Date

March 1 2011

End Date

November 1 2012

Last Update

June 28 2024

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 02138