Quillivant Oral Suspension (Quillivant XR) in the Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

In brief

The objective of this study was to establish that an optimal dose of Quillivant XR oral suspension would result in a significant reduction in signs and symptoms of ADHD compared to placebo treatment in pediatric patients ages 6-12 years with ADHD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00904670

Run by

Pfizer

People needed

45

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2009-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-26

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female from 6 to 12 years of age at the time of screening, inclusive.
• Diagnosis of ADHD by a Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Developmental Pediatrician, or a Pediatrician meeting diagnostic criteria for ADHD (DSM-IV). A Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children (K-SADS)16 was administered on all subjects to assist in diagnostic process.
• A clinician-administered Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) score of 3 or greater. An Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS) score at screening or baseline greater than or equal to the 90th percentile normative values for gender and age in at least one of the following categories: the hyperactive-impulsive subscale, inattentive subscale or the total score.
• Subject must have been in need of pharmacological treatment for ADHD.
• Subjects taking a medication to control ADHD at the time of screening must have been experiencing suboptimal efficacy, a safety or tolerability issue or in need of a long-acting liquid formulation.
• For subjects taking any daily medication at screening aside from ADHD medication: parent or legal guardian agreed that there would be no elective changes in subject's medications during the study (10 weeks total).

You may not qualify if…

• Excluded comorbid psychiatric diagnoses: DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis (active) other than ADHD, with the exception of Specific Phobias, Learning Disorders, Motor Skills Disorders, Communication Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Elimination Disorders, Sleep Disorders, and Adjustment Disorders.
• Clinically significant cognitive impairment as assessed in the clinical judgment of the Investigator. In cases where this was not clear, study staff were permitted to administer a Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)17 to estimate the intelligence quotient (IQ). Significant cognitive impairment for this protocol was defined as an estimated IQ below 80.
• Subjects with chronic medical illnesses including seizure disorder (excluding a history of febrile seizures), severe hypertension, thyroid disease, structural cardiac disorders, serious cardiac conditions, serious arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, glaucoma, Tourette's Disorder, family history of Tourette's Disorder or tics.
• Use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors within 30 days of the screening visit.
• Use of any psychotropic medication (except sedative hypnotics prescribed as a sleep aid at a stable dose for at least 30 days prior to screening, at bedtime only). Use of stimulant medication for control of ADHD at screening was permitted if inclusion criterion number 6 was met.

Where it is running

• UC Irvine Child Development Center — Irvine, California, United States
• Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Incorporated — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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