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NCT04170738

Brain Indices of Stimulant Treatment in Drug-Naive Youth at Risk for Substance Use Disorder

Completed Phase 4 Results posted Last updated 29 August 2024
What this trial tests

Phase 4 trial testing Adderall in Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity in 33 participants. Completed in 8 August 2023.

Timeline
5 November 2019
Primary endpoint
8 August 2023
8 August 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorJeffrey Newcorn
PhasePhase 4
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposebasic science
Enrollment33
Start date5 November 2019
Primary completion8 August 2023
Estimated completion8 August 2023
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Jeffrey Newcorn

Who can join

Adults 7 to 12, any sex, with Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity or Conduct Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Change in fMRI Measure Primary · baseline and 3 weeks post intervention

Bold activation change within the reward system. The contrasts in blood-oxygenation levels (BOLD) in regions of interest (ROIs).

Reward Outcome Post-Pre Low>High, Left Amygdala
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk-0.957100± 1.365781
Low Risk0.572517± 0.712410
Reward Outcome Post-Pre Low>High, ACC
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk-0.139000± 1.288470
Low Risk1.876717± 1.615755
Reward Outcome Post-Pre Low>High, Ventral Striatum
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk0.853514± 0.475767
Low Risk-0.321983± 1.075986504
Reward Outcome Post-Pre Low>High, Ventrolateral Pre-Frontal Cortex (VLPFC)
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk0.712514± 0.944126
Low Risk0.460432± 0.744686
ADHD Rating Score (ADHD RS) Secondary · Pretreatment, baseline and Post-Treatment, average 2 weeks

Subscale for Inattention scores range from 0-27, Subscale scores for Hyper (H/I) range from 0-27. The total ADHD score sums to a score of 0-54. Higher indicates more severe ADHD symptomology, and there are norm ranges, with clinical thresholds set at 1.5 SD above the mean for sex and age.

ADHRS-total baseline
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk43.18± 7.264
Low Risk39.86± 13.057
ADHRS-total post Tx
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk20.36± 13.677
Low Risk12.71± 5.314
ADHRS-hyper baseline
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk20.55± 5.298
Low Risk19.71± 6.651
ADHRS-hyper post Tx
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk10.09± 7.355
Low Risk8.86± 3.805
ADHRS-InAtt baseline
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk22.64± 3.906
Low Risk20.14± 7.988
ADHRS- InAtt post Tx
GroupValue95% CI
High Risk10.27± 7.016
Low Risk8.86± 3.805
Total Dose of MAS-XR Secondary · average 2 weeks

Open label trial of MAS XR with flexible dosing and a suggested target of at least 0.5mg/kg

GroupValue95% CI
High Risk1487.09± 2108.303
Low Risk745.00± 594.636
Change in Clinical Global Impression - Improvement (CGI-I) Secondary · baseline and post treatment, average 2 weeks

The Clinical Global Impression - Improvement scale (CGI-I) is a 7 point scale that requires the clinician to assess how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to a baseline state at the beginning of the intervention. and rated as: 1, very much improved; 2, much improved; 3, minimally improved; 4, no change; 5, minimally worse; 6, much worse; or 7, very much worse. Change in CGi post treatment as compared to baseline.

GroupValue95% CI
High Risk2.0± 0.632
Low Risk2.00± 0.577

Sponsor's own description

Childhood ADHD and comorbid oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) are considered risk factors for subsequent substance abuse, and youth with both ADHD and ODD/CD are at greatest risk. However, the effects of treatment of ADHD with stimulant medications such as methylphenidate (MPH) and mixed amphetamine salts (MAS) on risk for substance abuse are poorly understood. The study team propose to use fMRI to study the effects of extended release mixed amphetamine salts (MAS-XR) in drug-naïve youth 7-12 years at low risk (i.e., ADHD only) and high risk (i.e., ADHD + ODD/CD) for substance abuse on the brain reward system, to better understand the potential impact of these medications on an aspect of brain functioning which is thought to underlie vulnerability to substance abuse.

Publications & conference data

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