Multicenter Validation Study on Autism Screening Using a Machine-assisted System

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-30
SponsorChildren's Hospital of Fudan University

About this trial

The goal of this observational study is to assess the effectiveness of a machine-assisted system for early screening of autism. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the machine-assisted system including 5 main behavioral paradigms identify toddlers with autism from those with other neurodevelopmental disorders and typical development? * Are there any differences in the early symptoms of autism among toddlers over the whole mainland China? Participants will receive some developmental and social communicational evaluations for clinical diagnoses. They will also receive the behavior evaluations of the machine-assisted system. The above evaluations will be performed just once.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Children diagnosed with ASD according to a clinical judgement based on the criteria of ASD in DSM-5 and further confirmed with ADOS-2;

Ages 1.5-2.5 years;

Parents/caregivers understand the content of the study and agree to participate in.

Age 1.5-2.5 years, gestational age 37-42 weeks, birth weight 2500-4000g;

Disqualifiers

Rett Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, and other syndromes caused by known genetic defects or inherited metabolic diseases;

Children with brain injuries, specific chronic or congenital diseases.

The gestational age is less than 37 weeks, or the birth weight is lower than 2500g.

Healthy, typically developing toddlers aged 1.5-2.5 years ;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, the 2nd edition(ADOS-2)
  • Griffiths Developmental Scales, Chinese edition(GDS-C)

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Lead sponsor

Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen

Collaborator

Kunshan City Maternal and Child Health

Collaborator

Hefei First People's Hospital

Collaborator

Ningbo Women & Children's Hospital

Collaborator

Xiamen Children's Hospital

Collaborator

Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital

Collaborator

Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital

Collaborator

Xian Children's Hospital

Collaborator

Dehong People's Hospital

Collaborator

The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

Collaborator