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Explore hundreds of clinical trials with our interactive tool.

By Niko McCarty
12 January 2022 | 8 min read
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https://doi.org/10.53053/KTUF7187 https://doi.org/10.53053/KTUF7187 - opens a new tab Cite this article
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if (name === "histogram_title") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-histogram_title-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof x_freq_plot") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-x_freq_plot-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof setThreshold") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-setThreshold-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof histColors") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-histColors-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "histColorLegend") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-histColorLegend-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "histoPlot") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-histoPlot-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "histogram_desc") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-histogram_desc-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "scatter_plot_title") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-scatter_plot_title-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof x_scatter_plot") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-x_scatter_plot-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof y_scatter_plot") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-y_scatter_plot-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "viewof scatterColors") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-viewof-scatterColors-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "ScatterColorLegend") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-ScatterColorLegend-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "plotScatter") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-plotScatter-2b0d54b1") ); if (name === "scatterplot_desc") return new Inspector( document.querySelector("#observablehq-scatterplot_desc-2b0d54b1") ); return [ "dataFilter", "dataFilterLength", "histColorScale", "scatterColorScale", ].includes(name); }); (function ($) { $(document).ready(function () { const filterBtn = $('[data-id="autism-drug-filter-btn"]'); const filtersWrapper = $('[data-id="autism-drug-filters-wrapper"]'); const clearFiltersBtn = $('[data-id="autism-drug-filter-clear-btn"]'); filterBtn.on("click", function (e) { e.preventDefault(); if (filterBtn.hasClass("opened")) { filterBtn.removeClass("opened"); filterBtn.html("Filters"); filtersWrapper.stop().slideUp(200); } else { filterBtn.addClass("opened"); filterBtn.html("Hide Filters"); filtersWrapper.stop().slideDown(200); } }); clearFiltersBtn.on("click", function (e) { e.preventDefault(); const filterButtons = $('[data-id="autism-drug-filters"] button'); for (let i = 0; i < filterButtons.length; i++) { filterButtons[i].click(); } }); }); })(jQuery);

The Autism Drug Trial Tracker compiles data on hundreds of clinical trials for autism and related conditions. See the User Guide for tips on using the tool and our introduction article for more information about how we filtered the data.

With additional reporting by Anna Goshua, Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky and Jonathan Moens.

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