Medication Strategies for Treating Aggressive Behavior in Youth With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Completed · Phase 4
Conditions studied: Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
In brief
This study will assess whether adding a mood stabilizer, divalproex sodium, to stimulant treatment is more effective than stimulant treatment alone in reducing aggressive behavior among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00228046
- Run by
- Stony Brook University
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2004-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-10-31
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of ADHD
- Diagnosis of opposition defiant disorder or conduct disorder
- Score that exceeds the study threshhold on the standardized scale of aggressive behavior
You may not qualify if…
- Current psychosis
- Current major depression
- Current pervasive developmental disorder
- Current obsessive compulsive disorder
- Any other anxiety disorder as primary diagnosis
- Mental retardation
Where it is running
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Schneider Children's Hospital — New Hyde Park, New York, United States
- Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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