Long-Term Safety of PRC-063 in Adolescents and Adults With ADHD

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this six month, open-label study is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of PRC-063 in adults and adolescents with ADHD.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, L.P.
• Collaborator: Purdue Pharma LP
• Treatments: Methylphenidate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Subjects must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in the study as an adolescent:

• Male or non-pregnant, non-nursing female at least 12 years of age and less than 18 years of age.

Subjects must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in the study as an adult:

• Male or non-pregnant, non-nursing female at least 18 years of age and meeting the local, legal definition of adult.

All subjects must also satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:

• Confirmation of ADHD diagnosis made at Visit 1 of Study 063-009 or 063-010 (inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive or combined-type, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition based on clinician assessment using multiple informants and a structured interview).

• Female subjects must be one of the following:

• Surgically sterile prior to screening

• Postmenopausal

• if of childbearing potential, abstinent or willing to use a reliable method of contraception, such as oral contraceptive, two barrier methods, a barrier method plus a spermicidal agent.

• Female subjects of Child-Bearing Potential (FOCP) must have a negative serum β-hCG pregnancy test, as assessed at Visit 6 of Study 063-009 or 063-010 (data will not be available at the time of entry).

• If the subject is an adult, mentally and physically competent to sign an informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study. If the subject is an adolescent, mentally and physically competent to sign an informed assent document, in the case of the subject, and an informed consent document, in the case of the parent/guardian, indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study.

• Able and willing to comply with the study procedures for the entire length of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Having met any exclusion criteria for Study 063-009 or 063-010.

• Having been diagnosed during Study 063-009 or 063-010 with strokes, epilepsy, migraine headaches (greater than 1 instance every two months), glaucoma, thyrotoxicosis, tachyarrhythmias or severe angina pectoris or have serious or unstable medical illness. Subjects with controlled or stable asthma or diabetes will be permitted.

• Elevated blood pressure, defined as any values above 89 diastolic or 139 systolic, as assessed at Visit 6 of Study 063-009 or 063-010.

• Clinically significant ECG abnormalities, as assessed at Visit 6 of Study 063-009 or 063-010 (data will not be available at the time of entry).

• Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities, as assessed at Visit 6 of Study 063-009 or 063-010 (data will not be available at the time of entry).

• Currently receiving guanethidine, pressor agents, MAO inhibitors, coumarin anticoagulants, anticonvulsants (e.g. phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone), phenylbutazone, tricyclic antidepressants (e.g. imipramine, desipramine), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or herbal remedies (unless on a stable dose for 4 weeks).

• If the Investigator judges that continued treatment with PRC-063 is not in the subject's best interest.

• Subjects who are currently considered a suicide risk by the investigator.

• Having been diagnosed during Study 063-009 or 063-010 with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, primary affective disorder, schizotypal personality, major depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety, borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality or another unstable psychiatric condition requiring treatment.

• Having been diagnosed during Study 063-009 or 063-010 with physiological dependence (excluding nicotine) on narcotic analgesics or other psychoactive drugs (including barbiturates, opiates, cocaine, cannabinoids, amphetamines and benzodiazepines).

• Excessive consumption of alcohol occurring during Study 063-009 or 063-010 (consumes alcohol in quantities greater than 15 drinks per week on average; 1 drink is defined as 360 mL/12 oz. of beer, 120 mL/4 oz. of wine, or 30 mL/1 oz. of hard liquor).

• Currently (or within 30 days before the planned start of treatment) receiving an investigational drug or using an experimental medical device, other than PRC-063.

• Homeless.