Diet and Behavior in Young Children With Autism

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

21

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2004

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2009

Conditions
AutismAutistic Disorder
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Gluten- and casein-free diet

Participants will follow a gluten-free and casein-free diet for 18 weeks. All children received individual EIBI interventions to decrease the confound of different types of therapies.

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo controlled diet

Participants will follow a gluten-free and casein-free diet for 18 weeks. They will receive double blind placebo controlled challenge snacks that contain gluten, casein, gluten+casein or placebo with measurement of response. They remain on the gluten free and casein free diet for the entire study period.

Trial Locations (1)

14642

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of Rochester

OTHER

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