Conditions: Autistic Disorder
Keywords: Serious behavioral problems in children and adolescents with AD Behavioral Problems
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 98
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study will compare the effectiveness (how well the drug works) of aripiprazole, flexibly dosed with a placebo, in reducing serious behavioral problems in children and adolescents with a diagnosis of autistic disorder (AD).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Active Abilify arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Aripiprazole intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Tablets, Oral, 5, 10, or 15 mg, once daily, 8 weeks intervention 2: Tablets, Oral, once daily, 8 weeks

Protocol document: