Conquering Diseases

Study Of Early Intervention Timing For Infants At Risk For Autism

Description

Seeking infants aged 6-8 months who have an older sibling with autism for a study to determine if intensive early intervention before at 15 months improves communication and language skills at 24 months.

Overview

Infants in this study will be monitored for language, behavior and brain development from the beginning of the study. Babies will be randomly assigned to start receiving one of two developmental

What we're hoping for

We are studying if interventions starting at age 6-8 months for babies with an autistic sibling improves their communication and language skills by age 24 months.

Additional Information

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05853861

 Principal Investigator

Sarabeth  BroderFingert, MD, MPH

UMass Chan Medical School

 Study Contact

Michaela  Olah

michaela.olah@umassmed.edu

 Location

UMass Chan University Campus

55 Lake Ave North 

Worcester,MA 01655

508-856-8989