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The Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Screening Protocol

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT00271622

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 1 mo+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
5000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
February 27, 2006
Record last updated
September 29, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The purpose of this protocol is to allow for the careful evaluation of healthy volunteers and individuals with risk for psychiatric disorders or neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder for specific protocols at NIH.

Conditions: Neurologic Disorders; Autism; Neurodegenerative Disease; Neurobehavioral Manifestation

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Subjects must be at least 6 weeks of age.
  • Subjects or their parents must be competent to comprehend the purpose of the screening process and to provide written informed consent. Parents/guardians will sign the consent form, and both minors and adults (depending on results of capacity assessment) will be asked to assent only if it is determined that they understand their role in the study.
  • Subjects must be willing to undergo an evaluation which may include a psychiatric interview; and medical, neurological, and laboratory examinations (as appropriate, such as renal and liver function tests, serum electrolytes, urinalysis, blood levels of psychotropic drugs, and urine drug screen for the presence of psychoactive drugs and drugs of abuse, as determined on a subject-to-subject basis).

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

-Lack of appropriate consent: For minor patients, consent must be obtained from all legal guardians/caretakers, including both parents in separated or divorced families where there is shared legal custody of the child. In such cases, both parents must consent to the child s participation in this protocol.

Recruiting US locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Site contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) · 800-411-1222 · ccopr@nih.gov

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Margaret J Pekar · (301) 402-1084 · pekarm@mail.nih.gov
  • Genalynne C Mooneyham, M.D. · (301) 435-6651 · gena.mooneyham@nih.gov
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