Prevention of Cigarette Smoking in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Youth With Concerta

May 2, 2013 updated by: Joseph Biederman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Prevention of Cigarette Smoking in ADHD Youth With Concerta

This study will consist of a six-week open-label treatment period with an extended duration methylphenidate (OROS MPH) followed by subsequent monthly visits for 24 months in a large sample of youths aged 12-17 who meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for ADHD.

The researchers hypothesize that OROS MPH treatment will be associated with low rates of cigarette smoking in ADHD youth.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

203

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 02138
        • Massachusetts General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

12 years to 17 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Adolescent outpatients between 12 to 17 years of age (inclusive).
  2. Subjects with the DSM-IV diagnosis of ADHD, as manifested in the clinical evaluation and confirmed by structured interview.
  3. Subjects with sufficient current ADHD symptoms to warrant treatment, as measured by a Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale (CGI-S) score of greater than or equal to 4 (moderately ill); OR subjects already on Concerta who are judged to be responders (CGI of 1 or 2) and who tolerate treatment well.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any serious or unstable medical illness including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular (including ischemic heart disease, hypertension), endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease.
  2. Clinically significant abnormal baseline laboratory values
  3. History of seizures
  4. Active tic disorder
  5. Pregnant or nursing females
  6. Mental retardation (intelligence quotient [IQ] < 75)
  7. Organic brain disorder
  8. Eating disorders
  9. Psychosis
  10. Current bipolar disorder (current episode)
  11. Current depression > mild (CGI-S > 3)
  12. Current anxiety > mild (CGI-S > 3)
  13. Substance abuse or dependence within the past 2 months
  14. Recent change in non-monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressants (< 3 months)
  15. Recent change in benzodiazepines (< 3 months)
  16. Concerta non-responder

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: OROS MPH
Single arm- open treatment with extended duration methylphenidate (OROS MPH)
Drug: methylphenidate HCl (Concerta)
OROS MPH will be openly prescribed to a maximum of 1.5 mg/kg/day (maximum 126 mg/day). Doses will be titrated according to clinical assessment of efficacy and tolerability.
Other Names:
  • Concerta

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cigarette Smoking
Time Frame: 24 months
Cigarette smoking was assessed by youth self report using a modified version of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ)
24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborators

Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2003

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2011

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2005

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 16, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 7, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2013

Last Verified

May 1, 2013

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2003-P-001313

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