Oxytocin in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2018-05-04
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This study is design to evaluate the influence of oxytocin in some aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), such as, repetitive and stereotyped behavior, social skills, quality of life and disruptive behaviors.

Null hypothesis: social skills, quality of life, disruptive behaviors and repetitive behaviors do not improve with the use of oxytocin. Experimental Hypothesis: social skills, quality of life, disruptive behaviors and repetitive and stereotyped behaviors improve with the use of oxytocin.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male

• Age between 11 years 11 months and 17 years 11 months

• Autism spectrum disorder according to DSM V

• ADI > 10

• WISC > 70

• CARS > 30

Exclusion Criteria:

• Female

• presence of genetic and neurological syndromes

• changes in drugs or in any intervention during the study