Conditions: Behavioral Symptoms Autistic Disorder
Keywords: Serious behavioral problems in children and adolescents with AD
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 218
Healthy volunteers: no

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

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 5 mg arm 2: 10 mg arm 3: 15 mg arm 4: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Aripiprazole intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Tablets, Oral, once daily, 8 weeks intervention 2: Tablets, Oral, once daily, 8 weeks

Protocol document: