Associative Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autistic Disorder Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Associative Memory in ASD Without Mental Retardation : Study in EEG and Neuropsychology

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02265094
• Other study ID #: 2014- A00481-46
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 9, 2014
• Last updated: February 19, 2018
• Start date: December 22, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: University Hospital, Caen
• Contact: Bérengère GUILLERY-GIRARD, PhD
• Phone: 0231064347
• Email: berengere.guillery[@]unicaen.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the neural substrates of associative memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder using both behavioural and EEG assessments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: December 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Right handed children from 10 to 18 years old

• Informed consent signed by the legal representative and adolescent himself.

• Medical Examinations, psychopathology, and cognitive examination in accordance with inclusion and exclusion criteria specific to each population:

• People with ASD:

• Participants with ASD without mental retardation with a diagnosis in reference to the DSM V criteria

• Controls : Participants without ASD

Main exclusion criteria:

• mental retardation,

• schizophrenia,

• ADHD,

• head injury with lost of consciousness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Disorder

Intervention

Other:
• Electroencephalography
EEG recordings during memory tests

Behavioral:
• Neuropsychological assessment
patterns of eye gaze during cognitive tests

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Caen University Hospital	Caen

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Caen	Amiens University Hospital, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Index of discrimination obtained with the task of associative memory		4 years