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Study Examining Repeat Dosing of OROS® Methylphenidate (CONCERTA®) and Immediate Release Methylphenidate in Healthy Adults

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00302393

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Official title

A PET Study Examining Pharmacokinetics and Dopamine Transporter Receptor Occupancy of Repeat Dosing of OROS® Methylphenidate (CONCERTA®) and Immediate Release Methylphenidate in Healthy Adults

Brief summary

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There are two specific aims of this study. The first is to document the pharmacokinetics of dopamine transporter (DAT) receptor occupancy of repeated administration of orally administered, therapeutic doses of a short immediate release-methylphenidate hydrochloride (IR-MPH) and a long-acting formulation of MPH (OROS-MPH) using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning with C-11 altropane as the ligand. The investigators hypothesize that central nervous system (CNS) DAT occupancy of the OROS-MPH to IR-MPH sequence will be greater than that of IR-MPH to OROS-MPH sequence at 5 hours after the initial administration and that the CNS DAT occupancy of the other two formulations will be intermediate. The second aim of this study is to assess whether the abuse liability potential of delayed, repeated administrations of different formulations of MPH is moderated by the oral delivery system in which a delivery system with slower onset may be safer than one with more rapid early release.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00302393
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
20 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
May 31, 2006
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2007
Completion
Jan 31, 2008
Last update posted
Oct 21, 2013

2006 – 2008

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114

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