Screening and Linkage to Services for Autism

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Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorders

In brief

The SaLSA (Screening and Linkage to Services for Autism) study will test whether patient navigation can help disadvantaged families obtain earlier diagnosis and treatment for their children who have had a positive screening test for autism spectrum disorder. Half of the families will be offered help from an autism patient navigator. The other half will receive standard care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02374541

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

305

Starts

2015-02-16

Expected to finish

2018-11-21

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-06

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Receives medical care at Denver Community Health Services (DCHS) clinic
• Positive M-CHAT screening test (score 3 or higher) between ages 16 and 30 months at DCHS
• Resident of City and County of Denver

You may not qualify if…

• Existing diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
• Sibling of enrolled subject

Where it is running

• Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• University of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Denver Health and Hospital Authority — Denver, Colorado, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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