NCT04903353CompletedPhase 4
Pragmatic Trial Comparing Weight Gain in Children With Autism Taking Risperidone Versus Aripiprazole
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to compare two FDA approved medications (aripiprazole and risperidone) for the treatment of behavioral dysregulation in children with autism spectrum disorders. This trial, done in the context of routine clinical care, will seek to evaluate whether aripiprazole or risperidone is associated with more weight gain in children.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- First submitted
- 21 May 2021
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2022
- Primary completion date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT04903353
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
- Participants enrolled: 30
- From 1 Feb 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- history of atypical antipsychotic use
Other
- 18 years or older
- not diagnosed with autism
Who the study is looking for
- age 17 years and younger
- diagnosed with autism
- have behavior problems
- seen in Vanderbilt clinic
- naïve to atypical antipsychotics
Age in the registry: - to 17 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Developmental Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
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