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Effects of Evening Dose of Immediate Release Methylphenidate on Sleep in Children With ADHD

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02638168

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Official title

Effects of Evening Dose of Immediate Release Methylphenidate on Sleep in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Pilot Study

Brief summary

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Over 10% of children in the United States are diagnosed with ADHD, and nearly half of these children have moderate to severe impairments in sleep, further exacerbating their already impaired academic, emotional and social functioning. In children with ADHD, 34% of prescribed sleep medications are antipsychotics that can cause marked weight gain and metabolic changes; alternate medications have either been found to be ineffective, difficult to tolerate or are largely unstudied in youth. Delayed sleep onset is strongly correlated with active symptoms of ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), suggesting that better control of disruptive behaviors could improve sleep patterns and this application will assess if the extension of the therapeutic effects of CNS stimulants into the early evening improves sleep onset.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02638168
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
3 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
6 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2015
Primary completion
May 31, 2018
Completion
May 31, 2018
Last update posted
Sep 16, 2019

2016 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Milton S Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17036

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