# Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy to Treat Self-Injurious Behavior in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders

> **NCT03980366** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Eastern Virginia Medical School** · enrollment: 1 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Self-Injurious Behavior

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03980366
- **Lead sponsor:** Eastern Virginia Medical School
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2019-03-15
- **Primary completion:** 2020-09-09
- **Final completion:** 2020-09-09
- **Target enrollment:** 1 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** We have not obtained additional subjects and chose to terminate/close this study.
- **Last updated:** 2021-06-24

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03980366

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03980366, "Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy to Treat Self-Injurious Behavior in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03980366. Licensed CC0.

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