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CompletedNCT04860986RnRUpdated Nov 8, 2023

A Repeatability and Reproducibility Study of the EarliPoint™ Device

An observational study in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), sponsored by EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 16 Months to 30 Months. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-08.

Sponsored by EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
45
Ages
16 Months to 30 Months
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study is a prospective randomized repeatability and reproducibility (R\&R) study of the EarliPoint DeviceTM in pediatric subjects 16-30 months of age. The study will enroll subjects who are both clinically-positive and clinically-negative for ASD.

The study will be conducted at a single center in the US. The Study consists of a screening period in order to review the subject's medical history to determine subject eligibility, followed by a device administration period during which subjects will undergo testing with the EarliPoint Devices and Expert Clinician Diagnosis (ECD) procedures to determine if they are clinically-positive or clinically-negative for ASD.

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Subjects will undergo testing with the same two (2) devices, with one (1) testing session per device per subject, with each testing session yielding three (3) measurements per endpoint per subject, for a total of six (6) measurements per endpoint for each subject enrolled. The order in which the subjects receive testing with each device will be randomized so that the same device is not always used first or last for each subject.

The primary objectives of this study are to quantify the repeatability variability and reproducibility variability of all of the EarliPoint device's continuous valued outputs: the underlying continuous score used to classify patients into the binary diagnostic classification of either clinically-positive or clinically-negative for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as each of the three EarliPoint Device severity scores (the social disability index, verbal ability index, and nonverbal ability index).

The secondary objectives of this study are to quantify the repeatability and reproducibility variability in producing each of the three EarliPoint Device severity scores: the social disability index, verbal ability index, and nonverbal ability index.

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Conditions studied

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Keywords

  • EarliPoint
  • Pediatric
  • Diagnosis
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In context

Autism Spectrum Disorder

1,724 studies on the registry are indexed under Autism Spectrum Disorder; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 45 is below the median of 102 across 320 observational studies indexed under Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Months to 30 Months
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Toddlers and young children will be enrolled in this study, as the aim of this research is to examine repeatability of eye-tracking measures in children aged 16-30 months. Precautions will be taken when working with young children. Our clinicians and research staff are well trained and experienced in working with children and families with some level of anxiety.

All subject's parent or legal guardian will be consented to the study. No protocol-specific procedures, including screening, will be performed until the parent has signed and dated the consent form. Subjects will also satisfy the inclusion and exclusion criteria in order to be enrolled in the study.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Children between 16 and 30 months of age.
  • No acute illnesses by physical observation.
  • Normal or corrected-to-normal vision, and normal or corrected-to-normal hearing.
  • Communicate meaningfully with patent in English, and the principal investigator /the study team.
  • Parent or legal guardian is able to read and understand the Form.
  • Parent voluntarily provides written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Genetic disorders (e.g., Fragile X, Williams Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis, muscular Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis, Down Syndrome).
  • History or presence of a medical disease or a mental state that might confound the study result as assessed by the investigator, such as severe hearing or visual impairment; or uncontrolled epilepsy or seizure disorder, et al.
  • Acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses likely to prevent successful data collection.
  • Receiving therapies that may affect vision.
  • Therapies that may affect the ability to focus.
  • Known allergies or sensitivity to the plastic, leather, or metal components.
  • Unable or unwilling to sit in a child safety seat.
  • Use of any drug, therapies or diagnostic device within the past 14 days.
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Clinically significant

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Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
45 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • DeviceEarliPoint

    EarliPoint is a non-invasive diagnostic device for ASD

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The EarliPoint Device repeatability

    EarliPoint Device repeatability agreement in producing binary diagnostic outcomes (clinically-positive or negative for ASD) between multiple measurements per subject conducted with the same device (i.e., intra-device agreement);classification of either clinically-positive or clinically-negative for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as each of the three EarliPoint Device severity scores (the social disability index, verbal ability index, and nonverbal ability index).

    Time frame: Anticipated in about 6 months

  2. The EarliPoint Device reproducibility

    EarliPoint Device reproducibility agreement in producing binary diagnostic outcomes (clinically-positive or negative for ASD) between single measurements per subject conducted with multiple devices (i.e., inter-device agreement);

    Time frame: Anticipated in about 6 months

  3. The repeatability variance of the underlying EarliPoint Device

    Repeatability variance of the underlying EarliPoint Device ASD presence metric (this metric is a continuous score underlying the binary diagnostic outcome: values less than or equal to 0 indicate a patient has ASD \[clinically-positive\], values greater than 0 indicate a patient does not have ASD \[clinically-negative\]);

    Time frame: Anticipated in about 6 months

  4. The reproducibility variance of the underlying EarliPoint Device

    reproducibility variance of the underlying EarliPoint Device ASD presence metric (this metric is a continuous score underlying the binary diagnostic outcome: values less than or equal to 0 indicate a patient is ASD positive, values greater than 0 indicate a patient is ASD negative).

    Time frame: Anticipated in about 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia 30329, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jones W, Klaiman C, Richardson S, Lambha M, Reid M, Hamner T, Beacham C, Lewis P, Paredes J, Edwards L, Marrus N, Constantino JN, Shultz S, Klin A. Development and Replication of Objective Measurements of Social Visual Engagement to Aid in Early Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2330145. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30145. PubMed 37669054 ↗
  • Jones W, Klaiman C, Richardson S, Aoki C, Smith C, Minjarez M, Bernier R, Pedapati E, Bishop S, Ence W, Wainer A, Moriuchi J, Tay SW, Klin A. Eye-Tracking-Based Measurement of Social Visual Engagement Compared With Expert Clinical Diagnosis of Autism. JAMA. 2023 Sep 5;330(9):854-865. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.13295. PubMed 37668621 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — There is no plan to share individual participant data (IPD) to other researchers.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 8, 2023, 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
NCT04860986
Lead sponsor
EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 27, 2021
Start date
May 7, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 17, 2021
Completion
Nov 17, 2021
Last update
Nov 8, 2023

Study contacts

Sew-Wah Tay
study chair · EarliTec Diagnostics, Inc

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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