Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Minors With Anorexia Nervosa in Remission

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Minors With Anorexia Nervosa in Remission

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04095741
• Other study ID #: PAIKA2019STUDIE01
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: October 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

With this investigation, researchers wil look for a link between the appearance of anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders in minors. Previous studies made clear already that patients with anorexia nervosa show elevated characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, when being meassured in adults and in patients in the acute fase of their anorexia nervosa. The purpose of this invenstigation is to see if their is also an elevated incidence of characteristics of autism spectrum disorder in minors with anorexia nervosa in remission.

Description:

34 patients who are still minors and were previously treated in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department (PAika) of the University Hospital in Brussels, will be contacted to ask if they would volunteer in this investigation. If the minors and their parents give their permission, they will be asked to fill in multiple questionnaires, measuring the current symptoms of anorexia nervosa, characteristics of autism spectrum disorder and global functioning of the minors. The questionnaires will be send and returned by post.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients speaking Dutch

• Previously treated in UZ Brussel for anorexia nervosa

• Informed consent signed by children and parent(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients and/or parents don't speak Dutch

• Adults

• No informed consent obtained

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anorexia
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Disorder
• Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
• Disease

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Questionnaires
Filling in questionnaires of general functioning and symptomes of anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders will demanded to children and their parents. The children all have a history of anorexia nervosa.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	UZ Brussel	Brussel

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel	University Ghent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder	Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Autism-spectrum Quotient) and their parents (by the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 and the Social Communication Questionnaire).	The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020.
Secondary	Global functioning	Global functioning will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Youth Self Report) and their parents (by the Child Behavior Checklist).	The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020
Secondary	Symptoms of anorexia nervosa	Symptoms of anorexia nervosa will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire) and their parents (by the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale).	The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020