Efficacy and Safety of SHP465 at 6.25 mg in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children Aged 6-12 Years

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-06-07
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SHP465 at 6.25 mg in the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children aged 6-12 years.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shire

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant is male or female aged 6-12 years inclusive at the time of consent.

• Participant's parent or legally authorized representative (LAR) must provide signature of informed consent, and there must be documentation of assent (as applicable) by the participant.

• Participant must meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria for a primary diagnosis of ADHD (any subtype).

• Participant who is a female and of child-bearing potential must not be pregnant and agree to comply with any applicable contraceptive requirements.

• Participant has an ADHD-RS-5 Child, Home Version Total Score of greater than or equal to (>=) 28 and Clinical Global Impression - Severity of Illness (CGI-S) score >=4 at baseline (Visit 2). Participant is currently not on ADHD therapy, or is not completely satisfied with their current ADHD therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant is required or anticipated to take medications that have central nervous system effects or affect performance. Stable use of bronchodilator inhalers is not exclusionary.

• Participant has a concurrent chronic or acute illness, disability, or other condition that might confound the results of safety assessments conducted in the study or that might increase risk to the participant.

• Participant has a documented allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to amphetamine or to any excipients in the investigational product.

• Participant has failed to fully respond, based on investigator judgment, to an adequate course of amphetamine therapy.

• Participant has a known family history of sudden cardiac death or ventricular arrhythmia.

• Participant has a blood pressure measurement >=95th percentile for age, sex, and height at screening (Visit 1) and/or baseline (Visit 2).

• Participant has a height less than or equal to (<=) 5th percentile for age and sex at screening (Visit 1) or baseline (Visit 2).

• Participant has a weight <=5th percentile for age and sex at screening (Visit 1) or baseline (Visit 2).

• Participant has a known history of symptomatic cardiovascular disease, structural cardiac abnormality, cardiomyopathy, serious heart rhythm abnormalities, or other serious cardiac conditions placing them at increased vulnerability to the sympathomimetic effects of a stimulant drug.

• Participant has a history of seizures (other than infantile febrile seizures).

• Participant is taking any medication that is excluded per the protocol.

• Participant had any clinically significant ECG or clinical laboratory abnormalities at the screening (Visit 1) or baseline visit (Visit 2).

• Participant has current abnormal thyroid function, defined as abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroxine at the screening or baseline visit. Treatment with a stable dose of thyroid medication for at least 3 months is permitted.

• Participant has a current, controlled (requiring medication or therapy) or uncontrolled, comorbid psychiatric disorder.

• Participant is currently considered a suicide risk in the opinion of the investigator, has previously made a suicide attempt, or has a prior history of or currently demonstrating suicidal ideation.