Evaluate whether a 4mg/day or 6/mg day dose of extended-release guanfacine produces pharmacokinetic/dynamic (PK/PD) properties similar to 3mg/day immediate release guanfacine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
3mg/day IR with 3-week lead-in period. Maintained at steady state to complete lab session. After completion of lab session, 1-week lead-in medication period to 4mg/day ER. Maintained at steady state to complete lab session. After completion of lab session, 1-week lead-in medication period to 6mg/day ER. Maintained at steady state to complete lab session. 5-day taper after lab.
Yale Center for Clinical Investigations, Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Plasma Trough Levels of Guanfacine
Evaluate whether a 4mg/day or 6mg/day dose of extended-release guanfacine produces pharmacokinetic (PK) properties similar to 3mg/day immediate release guanfacine by measuring plasma trough levels of guanfacine for each dose
Time frame: +24 hours on Lab Session days (Days 22, 49, 58)
Heart Rate
Evaluate the safety and tolerability of guanfacine by measuring physiologic reactivity (e.g., heart rate)
Time frame: Last day of titration period 1 (Day 21) to the last day of titration period 3 (Day 57)
Systolic Blood Pressure
Evaluate the safety and tolerability of guanfacine by measuring physiologic reactivity (e.g., systolic blood pressure)
Time frame: Last day of titration period 1 (Day 21) to the last day of titration period 3 (Day 57)
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