CompletedNot Applicable

Pilot Study of Diet and Behavior in Children With Autism

United States12 participantsStarted 2008-10

Plain-language summary

We hypothesize that in children with autism dietary antigens can change the intestine, making it "leaky" and then affecting the brain changing their behavior.

Who can participate

Age range3 Years – 12 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children between the ages of 3 and 12 years, * DSM-IV (APA, 2000) diagnosis of Autistic Disorder (DSM-IV 299.90), * willingness to follow and maintain a gluten-free-dairy-free-diet for 4 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * food allergies, * celiac disease, * inflammatory bowel disease, * infectious gastrointestinal, * seizure disorder, * neurological problems with behavioral changes, * unwillingness to undertake the dietary challenge with milk and gluten or to maintain a gluten-free-dairy-free-diet during the study were excluded

What they're measuring

Intestinal Permeability

Timeframe: baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01625299

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2011-03

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