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TerminatedNCT00245778Updated May 28, 2007

fMRI Study of Grasping in Autistic Patients

An observational study in Autistic Disorder, sponsored by University Hospital, Tours. Terminated at 1 site in France. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 35 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-05-28.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Tours · Observational

Why this study was terminated
All the patients were included
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
30
Ages
18 Years to 35 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

The aim of the study is to localise brain regions involved in objects recognition, in planification and adjustment of grasping, in prehension with and without eye control. The study is conducted in normal and autistic adults. We hypothesize different activations in these two populations.

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Conditions studied

  • Autistic Disorder

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In context

Autistic Disorder

1,344 studies on the registry are indexed under Autistic Disorder; 334 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 102 across 267 observational studies indexed under Autistic Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Tours is the lead sponsor of 304 studies on the registry; 78 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 35 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • clinical diagnosis of autistic disorder, right-handed, DQ>50

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • epilepsia, psychotropic drugs
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)
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Study locations

1 site
  • University hospital of Tours
    Tours, 37044, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 28, 2007, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00245778
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Tours
First posted
Oct 28, 2005
Start date
Mar 2004
Completion
Feb 2007
Last update
May 28, 2007

Study contacts

Catherine Barthelemy, MD, PhD
principal investigator · University hospital of Tours
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