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Piloting Treatment With Intranasal Oxytocin in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

A Phase 2 interventional study of Oxytocin and Saline in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, sponsored by Alexander Kolevzon. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-06.

Sponsored by Alexander Kolevzon · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
5 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a pilot study examining the efficacy, safety and tolerability of intranasal oxytocin as a novel treatment in Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS). This study will utilize a randomized, placebo-controlled design for 12 weeks (phase 1), followed by an open-label extension for 12 weeks (phase 2). The purpose is to evaluate the effect of intranasal oxytocin on impairments in attention, social memory, socialization, language, and repetitive behaviors.

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Conditions studied

  • Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
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In context

Lead sponsor

Alexander Kolevzon is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
5 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Have a diagnosis of Phelan-McDermid syndrome defined by pathogenic deletion or mutation of the SHANK3 gene and confirmed by chromosomal microarray or sequencing.
  • Must be between the ages of 5 and 17
  • Must be on stable medication and psychosocial therapy regimens for at least three months prior to enrollment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • Allergy to oxytocin
  • Active cardiovascular disease, epilepsy, or renal disease that is not controlled by medication
  • Pregnant, lactating or refuse to practice if sexually active
  • Have caretakers who are unable to speak English, be consistently present at visits to report on symptoms, or are otherwise judged unable to comply with the protocol by the study team
  • Comorbid conditions such that the patient is too medically compromised to participate
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
18 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Oxytocin

    The first phase of the study will follow a double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Participants randomized to the experimental group will receive intranasal oxytocin in doses of 24 IU, two times daily, for a total of 48 IU. Doses may be reduced by 8 IU/day if safety concerns emerge. During the second phase of the study, all participants will receive oxytocin, in identical doses.

    Drug: Oxytocin

  • Placebo comparator
    Saline

    During the first phase, patients randomized to the placebo group will receive intranasal saline solution in doses of 24 IU two times daily, for a total of 48 IU. During the second phase of the study, all participants will receive oxytocin, in identical doses.

    Drug: Saline

Interventions

  • Intranasal oxytocin

    Also known as: Syntocinon

  • DrugSaline

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Aberrant Behavior Checklist

    Change in scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. Aberrant Behavior Checklist - behavior rating subscales for the assessment of treatment effects.16 items, Each item is scored as 0 (never a problem), 1 (slight problem), 2 (moderately serious problem), or 3 (severe problem). Total score range from 0 to 48, with higher score indicating poorer health outcomes.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Visual Paired Comparison (VPC) Task

    Change in VPC Task has 2 subscores at week 12 as compared to baseline. The subject is initially presented with a target for familiarization and the familiar target is then paired with a novel target. Recognition is indexed by a novelty score derived from the percentage of time looking at the novel stimulus vs. the familiar stimulus. The Social-Novel Preference score refers to the proportion of time spent looking at novel stimuli out of all the time spent looking at both novel and familiar stimuli in the social test. The Nonsocial-Novel Preference score refers to the proportion of time spent looking at novel stimuli out of all the time spent looking at both novel and familiar stimuli in the nonsocial test.The scores are given in proportions with a range from -1 to 1. A score of -1 would mean the participant shows a preference for familiar stimuli and a score of 1 demonstrates a preference for novel stimuli.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  2. Change in Gap-Overlap Task

    One of three computerized eye tracking tasks to measure attention. three computer screens are set up side by side. A stimulus initially appears on the central screen, and once the participant orients to that stimulus, another stimulus will appear on one of the lateral screens. In the "gap" condition, the central stimulus will disappear before the peripheral stimulus appears. In the "overlap" condition, the central stimulus will remain on the screen while the peripheral stimulus appears. In both conditions, reaction times of the participant's eye movements (saccadic reaction time) from the central stimulus to the peripheral stimulus will be measured. Gap Effect measures the difference between average Gap and Overlap saccade latencies.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  3. Change in Flicker Tasks

    One of three computerized eye tracking tasks to measure attention. The "flicker task," or the four-alternative forced-choice preferential looking paradigm - the time interval over which the visual system is able to parse information. Scores range from -1 to 1 with higher scores indicating better (more typical) performance.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  4. Change in Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

    Mean change in scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Communication Domain measures adaptive functioning. Vineland-II subdomains (Communication, Daily Living Skills, Socialization, Motor, Adaptive Behavior Composite, Internalizing, Externalizing and maladaptive) are V-scale scores (M=15, SD=3). Higher scores indicate better developed adaptive social behavior. Vineland-II domain and composite values are standard scores (M=100, SD=15). Higher scores indicate better developed adaptive social behavior.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  5. Change in Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R)

    Change in Repetitive Behavior Scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. the RBS-R is a 44-item self-report questionnaire consisting of subscales and one additional global rating score from 1-100. Score range for Stereotypic Behavior subscale is 0-27, Self-Injurious Behavior subscale is 0-24, Compulsive Behavior subscale is 0-18, Ritualistic/Sameness Behavior subscale is 0-36, and Restricted Interests subscale 0-9. Total scale for RBS-R is 0-214, with higher score indicating more severe problem.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  6. Change in Clinical Global Impression - Severity Scales

    Mean Change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scales at week 12 as compared to baseline. Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) Rating Scales are commonly used to measure symptom severity and global improvement in treatment studies of patients with developmental disorders. There Severity Scale (CGI-S) is a 7-point scale that requires the clinician to rate the severity of illness at the time of assessment. Full scale from 1 - 7. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  7. Change in Short Sensory Profile (SSP)

    Mean Change in Short Sensory Profile Scale at week 12 as compared to baseline, measuring sensory sensitivity and sensory seeking behavior. The SSP is a 38-item caregiver questionnaire. Items are based on a 5-point Liker scale ranging from 1=always to 5=never. Tactile Sensitivity ranges from 7-35. Taste/Smell Sensitivity ranges from 4-20. Movement Sensitivity ranges from 3-15. Underresponsive/Seeks Sensation ranges from 7-35. Auditory Filtering ranges from 6-30. Low Energy/Weak ranges from 6-30. Visual/Auditory Sensitivity ranges from 5-25. Total scale range from 38-190. Lower scores indicate a higher probability of sensory processing abnormalities.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  8. Change in Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI)

    Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory at week 12 as compared to baseline, measuring language. Words and Gestures Forms are for children ages 8-18 months. In the form, the first part prompts parents to document the child's understanding of hundreds of early vocabulary items separated into semantic categories such as animal names, household items, and action words. Parents mark the words understood or used, and the forms yield separate indexes of words understood and words produced. The second part of each form asks parents to record the communicative and symbolic gestures the child has tried or completed. Ranges for each subscale score are as follows: Phrases understood (0-28), Words understood (0-396), Words produced (0-396), Early gestures (0-18), Later gestures (0-45), Total gestures (0-63). Higher scores indicate a great number of words, phrases, or gestures understood or produced.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  9. Change in EEG Tasks: Auditory Habituation

    In the Auditory Habituation EEG task, participants listen to a series of 4 tones and the neural responses to each of these tones (event related potentials, ERPs ) are averaged. The N1 and P2 components are typical responses to auditory stimuli. The N1 response is the initial, quick response to hearing a stimulus, and P2 reflects the later processing of the stimulus. Both of these should be greater in response to the first tone, and then reduce in response to each subsequent tone. This is known as habituation, and is calculated as the change in Tone 1 minus Tone 2 response for both N1 and P2 components.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  10. Number of Adverse Events

    Number of Adverse Events through week 12

    Time frame: week 12

  11. Change in Caregiver Strain Index

    Mean Change Caregiver Strain Index at week 12 as compared to baseline. The Caregiver Strain Questionnaire is a 21-item measure of self-reported strain experienced by caregivers and families of youth with emotional problems, with responses on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = Not at all, 4 = very much). Full scale from 0 to 84, higher score indicates higher caregiver burden

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

  12. Change in Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL)

    Change in Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) at week 12 as compared to baseline. The Mullen Scales results are reported using Age Equivalents, which provides an estimate of the chronological age (CA) in years and months at which a typically developing child demonstrates the skills displayed by the child being assessed. The Mullen Scales results are reported using T scores. (M = 100, SD = 15). Each subscale is standardized to calculate an age-equivalent score. Higher scores represent a higher CA, and therefore better outcome.

    Time frame: baseline and 12 weeks.

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Results

Posted Dec 6, 2021
Limitations and caveats
The small sample size, potential challenges with drug administration, and expectancy bias due to relying on parent reported outcome measures may all contribute to limitations in interpreting results.

Participant flow

First Phase - 12 Weeks
Participant flow — First Phase - 12 Weeks
MilestoneSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Started108
Completed77
Not completed31
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject31
Open Label Phase: Week 12 to 24
Participant flow — Open Label Phase: Week 12 to 24
MilestoneSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Started77
Completed77
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryChange in Aberrant Behavior Checklist

Change in scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. Aberrant Behavior Checklist - behavior rating subscales for the assessment of treatment effects.16 items, Each item is scored as 0 (never a problem), 1 (slight problem), 2 (moderately serious problem), or 3 (severe problem). Total score range from 0 to 48, with higher score indicating poorer health outcomes.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Aberrant Behavior Checklist
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Social Withdrawal-7.44 ± 4.58-2.42 ± 3.15
Irritability-5 ± 6.63-1.71 ± 7.13
Stereotypy-2.22 ± 4.660.57 ± 2.99
Hyperactivity-8.11 ± 11.85-2.71 ± 7.34
Inappropriate speech-1.67 ± 3.04-7.14 ± 2.21
SecondaryChange in Visual Paired Comparison (VPC) Task

Change in VPC Task has 2 subscores at week 12 as compared to baseline. The subject is initially presented with a target for familiarization and the familiar target is then paired with a novel target. Recognition is indexed by a novelty score derived from the percentage of time looking at the novel stimulus vs. the familiar stimulus. The Social-Novel Preference score refers to the proportion of time spent looking at novel stimuli out of all the time spent looking at both novel and familiar stimuli in the social test. The Nonsocial-Novel Preference score refers to the proportion of time spent looking at novel stimuli out of all the time spent looking at both novel and familiar stimuli in the nonsocial test.The scores are given in proportions with a range from -1 to 1. A score of -1 would mean the participant shows a preference for familiar stimuli and a score of 1 demonstrates a preference for novel stimuli.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Visual Paired Comparison (VPC) Task
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Social-Novel Preference0.01 ± NA0.02 ± 0.12
Nonsocial-Novel Preference-0.38 ± NA0.22 ± 0.12
SecondaryChange in Gap-Overlap Task

One of three computerized eye tracking tasks to measure attention. three computer screens are set up side by side. A stimulus initially appears on the central screen, and once the participant orients to that stimulus, another stimulus will appear on one of the lateral screens. In the "gap" condition, the central stimulus will disappear before the peripheral stimulus appears. In the "overlap" condition, the central stimulus will remain on the screen while the peripheral stimulus appears. In both conditions, reaction times of the participant's eye movements (saccadic reaction time) from the central stimulus to the peripheral stimulus will be measured. Gap Effect measures the difference between average Gap and Overlap saccade latencies.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · milliseconds (ms)
Change in Gap-Overlap Task
milliseconds (ms)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Change in Gap-Overlap Task63.81 ± 34.19—
SecondaryChange in Flicker Tasks

One of three computerized eye tracking tasks to measure attention. The "flicker task," or the four-alternative forced-choice preferential looking paradigm - the time interval over which the visual system is able to parse information. Scores range from -1 to 1 with higher scores indicating better (more typical) performance.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Flicker Tasks
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Preference for the Target Box at 0.2 Hz—0.10 ± NA
Preference for the Target Box at 0.5 Hz—0.30 ± NA
Preference for the Target Box at 1 Hz—-0.12 ± NA
Preference for the Target Box at 2 Hz—0.03 ± NA
SecondaryChange in Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

Mean change in scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Communication Domain measures adaptive functioning. Vineland-II subdomains (Communication, Daily Living Skills, Socialization, Motor, Adaptive Behavior Composite, Internalizing, Externalizing and maladaptive) are V-scale scores (M=15, SD=3). Higher scores indicate better developed adaptive social behavior. Vineland-II domain and composite values are standard scores (M=100, SD=15). Higher scores indicate better developed adaptive social behavior.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Communication4 ± 7.722.83 ± 4.83
Daily Living Skills3.29 ± 8.391.17 ± 5.13
Socialization3 ± 4.86-0.5 ± 4.46
Motor1 ± 3.463.17 ± 6.18
Adaptive Behavior Composite3.14 ± 3.802 ± 3.22
Internalizing-1.14 ± 1.076 ± 0.84
Externalizing-1.14 ± 2.736 ± 1.33
Maladaptive-1.33 ± 2.426 ± 0.55
SecondaryChange in Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R)

Change in Repetitive Behavior Scale at week 12 as compared to baseline. the RBS-R is a 44-item self-report questionnaire consisting of subscales and one additional global rating score from 1-100. Score range for Stereotypic Behavior subscale is 0-27, Self-Injurious Behavior subscale is 0-24, Compulsive Behavior subscale is 0-18, Ritualistic/Sameness Behavior subscale is 0-36, and Restricted Interests subscale 0-9. Total scale for RBS-R is 0-214, with higher score indicating more severe problem.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R)
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Stereotypic behaviors-1.67 ± 2.780.29 ± 2.87
Self-injury-1.22 ± 3.111 ± 2.31
Compulsive behaviors-1.56 ± 3.09-0.14 ± 0.69
Ritualistic behaviors-1.33 ± 2.40-0.43 ± 1.62
Sameness behaviors-2 ± 2.65-0.29 ± 1.60
Restrictive behaviors-1.43 ± 2.390.14 ± 0.90
Overall Score-8.56 ± 13.290 ± 5.56
SecondaryChange in Clinical Global Impression - Severity Scales

Mean Change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scales at week 12 as compared to baseline. Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) Rating Scales are commonly used to measure symptom severity and global improvement in treatment studies of patients with developmental disorders. There Severity Scale (CGI-S) is a 7-point scale that requires the clinician to rate the severity of illness at the time of assessment. Full scale from 1 - 7. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Clinical Global Impression - Severity Scales
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Change in Clinical Global Impression - Severity Scales-0.11 ± 0.17-0.1 ± 0.24
SecondaryChange in Short Sensory Profile (SSP)

Mean Change in Short Sensory Profile Scale at week 12 as compared to baseline, measuring sensory sensitivity and sensory seeking behavior. The SSP is a 38-item caregiver questionnaire. Items are based on a 5-point Liker scale ranging from 1=always to 5=never. Tactile Sensitivity ranges from 7-35. Taste/Smell Sensitivity ranges from 4-20. Movement Sensitivity ranges from 3-15. Underresponsive/Seeks Sensation ranges from 7-35. Auditory Filtering ranges from 6-30. Low Energy/Weak ranges from 6-30. Visual/Auditory Sensitivity ranges from 5-25. Total scale range from 38-190. Lower scores indicate a higher probability of sensory processing abnormalities.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Short Sensory Profile (SSP)
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Tactile2.56 ± 5.171.57 ± 3.78
Taste/Smell1.67 ± 2.880.71 ± 1.89
Movement-0.67 ± 2.00.29 ± 0.76
Under-responsive/seeks attention4.44 ± 5.500.71 ± 4.68
Auditory filtering4 ± 5.680.29 ± 5.21
Low energy/weak1.67 ± 6.18-0.71 ± 4.19
Visual/auditory sensitivity1.89 ± 2.57-0.86 ± 2.67
Summary total14.33 ± 21.311 ± 17.95
SecondaryChange in Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI)

Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory at week 12 as compared to baseline, measuring language. Words and Gestures Forms are for children ages 8-18 months. In the form, the first part prompts parents to document the child's understanding of hundreds of early vocabulary items separated into semantic categories such as animal names, household items, and action words. Parents mark the words understood or used, and the forms yield separate indexes of words understood and words produced. The second part of each form asks parents to record the communicative and symbolic gestures the child has tried or completed. Ranges for each subscale score are as follows: Phrases understood (0-28), Words understood (0-396), Words produced (0-396), Early gestures (0-18), Later gestures (0-45), Total gestures (0-63). Higher scores indicate a great number of words, phrases, or gestures understood or produced.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI)
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Phrases understood0.83 ± 6.621.43 ± 3.55
Words understood-9.17 ± 52.597 ± 13.41
Words produced11.67 ± 41.902.57 ± 10.23
Early gestures1.83 ± 2.640.29 ± 1.38
Later gestures3 ± 7.480.86 ± 1.95
Total gestures4.83 ± 9.970.57 ± 2.07
SecondaryChange in EEG Tasks: Auditory Habituation

In the Auditory Habituation EEG task, participants listen to a series of 4 tones and the neural responses to each of these tones (event related potentials, ERPs ) are averaged. The N1 and P2 components are typical responses to auditory stimuli. The N1 response is the initial, quick response to hearing a stimulus, and P2 reflects the later processing of the stimulus. Both of these should be greater in response to the first tone, and then reduce in response to each subsequent tone. This is known as habituation, and is calculated as the change in Tone 1 minus Tone 2 response for both N1 and P2 components.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · microvolts (µV)
Change in EEG Tasks: Auditory Habituation
microvolts (µV)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Auditory Habituation: N1 Habituation Change0.05 ± 0.370.12 ± NA
Auditory Habituation: P2 Habituation Change1.15 ± 0.91-3.48 ± NA
SecondaryNumber of Adverse Events

Number of Adverse Events through week 12

Time frame:
week 12
Reported as:
Number · events
Number of Adverse Events
eventsSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Number of Adverse Events4135
SecondaryChange in Caregiver Strain Index

Mean Change Caregiver Strain Index at week 12 as compared to baseline. The Caregiver Strain Questionnaire is a 21-item measure of self-reported strain experienced by caregivers and families of youth with emotional problems, with responses on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = Not at all, 4 = very much). Full scale from 0 to 84, higher score indicates higher caregiver burden

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Change in Caregiver Strain Index
score on a scaleSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Change in Caregiver Strain Index-1.83 ± 1.47-0.86 ± 1.07
SecondaryChange in Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL)

Change in Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) at week 12 as compared to baseline. The Mullen Scales results are reported using Age Equivalents, which provides an estimate of the chronological age (CA) in years and months at which a typically developing child demonstrates the skills displayed by the child being assessed. The Mullen Scales results are reported using T scores. (M = 100, SD = 15). Each subscale is standardized to calculate an age-equivalent score. Higher scores represent a higher CA, and therefore better outcome.

Time frame:
baseline and 12 weeks.
Reported as:
Mean · T-score
Change in Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL)
T-scoreSaline Then OxytocinIntranasal Oxytocin
Gross motor-1.57 ± 4.69-0.86 ± 1.46
Visual Reception0.29 ± 7.02.86 ± 3.30
Fine Motor-0.29 ± 1.110.71 ± 1.80
Receptive Language-1.86 ± 4.861.71 ± 2.70
Expressive Language0.43 ± 2.610.43 ± 1.80

Adverse events

Collected over through week 12. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Saline0/10 (0%)0/10 (0%)9/10 (90%)
Intranasal Oxytocin15/15 (100%)0/15 (0%)15/15 (100%)
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventSalineIntranasal Oxytocin
FeverGeneral disorders4/109/15
Restlessness/hyperactivityPsychiatric disorders1/108/15
Sleep disturbanceGeneral disorders2/107/15
InfectionInfections and infestations3/106/15
Elated mood/SillinessPsychiatric disorders1/105/15
Irritability/agitationPsychiatric disorders3/103/15
Oppositional behaviorPsychiatric disorders3/102/15
StereotypiesPsychiatric disorders2/104/15
SedationGeneral disorders2/101/15
Decreased appetiteMetabolism and nutrition disorders2/100/15

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Mean9.8 ± 3.66.8 ± 1.48.4 ± 3.2
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Female549
Male549
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Count of participants——0
Aberrant Behavior Checklist Social Withdrawal (ABC-SW) subscale
Aberrant Behavior Checklist Social Withdrawal (ABC-SW) subscale(units on a scale)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Mean20.1 ± 6.114. ± 3.417.4 ± 5.9
Verbal DQ - developmental quotient
Verbal DQ - developmental quotient(T-score)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Mean14.9 ± 12.826.4 ± 21.320 ± 17.6
Nonverbal DQ
Nonverbal DQ(T-score)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Mean20.1 ± 11.726.1 ± 13.122.7 ± 12.3
Full Scale DQ
Full Scale DQ(T-score)Saline Then OxytocinIntranasal OxytocinTotal
Mean17.4 ± 11.826.3 ± 16.721.4 ± 14.5
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Study locations

1 site
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York 10029, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Fastman J, Foss-Feig J, Frank Y, Halpern D, Harony-Nicolas H, Layton C, Sandin S, Siper P, Tang L, Trelles P, Zweifach J, Buxbaum JD, Kolevzon A. A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin in Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Mol Autism. 2021 Sep 30;12(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s13229-021-00459-1. PubMed 34593045 ↗

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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The record gives a start of Apr 2016, a primary completion of Jul 2020 and a completion of Jul 2020. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

Results were first posted in Dec 2021, 1 year 4 months after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 7, 2016
First posted
Mar 16, 2016
Start
Apr 29, 2016
Primary completionActual
Jul 29, 2020
CompletionActual
Jul 29, 2020
Results first posted
Dec 6, 2021
Last update
Dec 6, 2021
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 6, 2021, 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
NCT02710084
Lead sponsor
Alexander Kolevzon
Responsible party
Alexander Kolevzon (Alexander Kolevzon, Clinical Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Mar 16, 2016
Start date
Apr 29, 2016
Primary completion
Jul 29, 2020
Completion
Jul 29, 2020
Results posted
Dec 6, 2021
Last update
Dec 6, 2021

Study contacts

Alexander Kolevzon, MD
principal investigator · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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