Effect of Vyvanse on Sleep in Children Aged 6-12 Years With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Sleep Clinical Trial

Official title: Study of the Effect of Vyvanse (Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate) on Sleep in Children Aged 6-12 Years With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study involves research to test how Vyvanse (study drug) affects sleep in 24 children aged 6 to 12 years who have ADHD. Vyvanse is approved by the FDA for the treatment ADHD of in children aged 6 to 12 years. The experimental part of this study is to determine how Vyvanse affects sleep.

Clinical Trial Description

Treatment with psychostimulants has been associated with sleep disturbances, including both sleep onset and maintenance problems, in children with ADHD. This analysis evaluated the effect of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) on sleep in children with ADHD.

This single center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial enrolled children aged 6-12 years with a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of ADHD. The study included a screening period, 1-week washout, 3-week open-label LDX dose optimization phase, and a 4-week double-blind treatment phase in which subjects were randomized to placebo or active LDX treatment at 30, 50, or 70 mg/d. Polysomnograph and actigraph measures as well as assessments of subjective sleep parameters were performed in all subjects prior to treatment and reassessed after treatment with either LDX or placebo. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Hyperkinesis
• Sleep

• NCT number: NCT00807222
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Clinical Study Centers, LLC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2008
• Completion date: August 2008