Multicenter study finds that oxytocin was safe, but ineffective at boosting social skills among children with autism.
Oxytocin, a naturally occurring hormone that acts as a chemical messenger in the brain, showed no evidence of helping children with autism gain social skills, according to a large national study appearing today (October 13, 2021) in the New England Journal of Medicine.
While disappointing for those holding hope that oxytocin could benefit children with autism, the long-awaited finding provides clarity for a drug that has shown mixed outcomes in smaller, less robust studies.
“There was a great deal of hope this drug would be …
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