Instrumental assessment of movement disorders in antipsychotic naive patients with autism and healthy controls

Instrumental assessment of movement disorders in antipsychotic naive patients with autism and healthy controls - Movement disorders in autism

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON35557

Enrollment

100

Registered

2010-02-08

Start date

2010-08-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

Autism

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with autism -High functioning medication naïve patients diagnosed autism spectrum disorders according to DSM-IV codes 299.00 or 299.80 -Age 12-22 year: addendum 6-22;2. Healthy controls Healthy controls without psychiatric disorders according to DSM-IV code V71.09 -Age 12-22 year; addendum 6-22

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Use of antipsychotic medication, antidepressants or benzodiazepines, now or in the past. -A medical, psychiatric (other than autism spectrum disorder) and / or neurological disorder (with the exception of epilepsy) that can produces movement disorders. -DSM-criteria for substance abuse, other than nicotine of caffeine. -IQ

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference in prevalences of instrumental assessment of movement disorders among drug naive patients with autism compared with matched healthy controls	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Difference in prevalences of clinical assessment of movement disorders among drug naive patients with autism compared with matched healthy controls	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results