Improving the Medication Management of Patients With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — ePROS  

Attention Deficit-hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title: Improving the Medication Management of Patients With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Status Withdrawn

Clinical Trial Summary

The specific aim of this cluster-randomized (site) comparative effectiveness research study is to determine whether children who are (1) 5-12 years of age, (2) cared for in ePROS practices or clinics using an electronic health record (EHR), (3) have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and (4) are to receive treatment with stimulant medication for the first time in these practices, have superior clinical outcomes if their clinicians have access to an EHR-guided clinical decision support system (intervention group) than if their clinicians have no such access (control group).

Clinical Trial Description

In this cluster (site)-randomized trial of clinical decision support for ADHD medication titration, clinicians caring for children with ADHD whose families are initiating stimulant medication at that practice will be followed.

Two groups will be compared; an intervention group, which will receive the intervention—the clinical decision support (CDS)--, and a control group, who will not receive CDS. Over a 6-month period, the CDS will support guideline-based medication titration to achieve optimal symptom control with minimal side effects. The study will track the care delivered to affected children by the practitioners and will assess the endpoints of symptom reduction and side effects. There will also be a sub-study within the larger study which will give the team a better understanding about the pros and cons of consenting parents over the phone. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Attention Deficit-hyperactivity Disorder
• Disease
• Hyperkinesis

• NCT number: NCT01769300
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2013
• Completion date: August 2014