To evaluate the efficacy of AMPH ER TAB compared to placebo in adult patients with ADHD aged 18 to 60 years.
This is a randomized, double-blind (DB), placebo-controlled, parallel, study to assess the efficacy and safety of AMPH ER TAB compared to placebo for the treatment of ADHD in adults aged 18 to 60 years. After Screening and Baseline evaluations are complete, eligible subjects will be randomized in the study to take DB AMPH ER TAB or matching placebo orally once daily in the morning beginning the day after the Baseline visit for 5 weeks. Dose will be titrated on a weekly basis to reach 20 mg per day. Subjects who cannot tolerate the study drug will be discontinued from the study. A Math Test placement test will be done at Screening or at Baseline. At Visit 5, efficacy assessments will include the administration of serial Math Tests at pre-dose and at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14 hours post-dose (Primary Endpoint) Adult Investigator Symptom Rating Scale (AISRS) and Clinical Global Impression Scale Severity (CGI-S) will be conducted at Baseline and Visits 1 to 5. Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) will be administered at Baseline and Visit 5 (Secondary Endpoints). Safety assessments will include treatment-emergent adverse events, physical examination, vital signs, body weight, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), and direct questioning to assess for sleep, appetite, mood and psychotic events.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
130
Amphetamine
Meridien Research
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Meridien Research, Inc.
Maitland, Florida, United States
Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Lean Squares Mean (± Standard Error) of Math Test Score Over All Post-dose Time Points (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14 Hours Post-dose) Assessed During the Administration of Serial Math Tests at Visit 5 (Week 5)
The Total Math Score is the sum of the number of math problems attempted plus the number of math problems answered correctly and it provides an objective measure of performance that is time-sensitive, ADHD medication-sensitive, and well documented as a measure to evaluate ADHD medication effectiveness throughout the day. The Total Math Score ranges from 0-800 with higher scores indicating better performance.
Time frame: Pre-dose to 14 hour post-dose
Change From Baseline in AISRS Total Score at Each Post-baseline Visit
AISRS scale was developed to better capture symptoms of ADHD in adult patients. The scale has 18 items scored as follows: 0 (none), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate), 3 (severe). The maximum total score for the scale is 54 points.
Time frame: Baseline, Visit 1 (week 1), Visit 2 (week 2), Visit 3 (week 3), Visit 4 (week 4), Visit 5 (week 5)
Change From Baseline to Visit 5 on DSST
The Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) is a paper-and-pencil cognitive test presented on a single sheet of paper that requires a subject to match symbols to numbers according to a key located on the top of the page. The DSST is sensitive to the presence of cognitive dysfunction as well as to change in cognitive function. The DSST is a 90 second test requiring participants to match symbols with numbers according to a code. Potential scores range from 0 to 100, and lower scores indicate worse performance.
Time frame: From baseline to week 5
Change From Baseline on Total Math Test Score Over Each Post-dose Time Points (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14 Hours Post-dose) Assessed During the Administration of Serial Math Tests at Visit 5 (Week 5)
The Total Math Score is the sum of the number of math problems attempted plus the number of math problems answered correctly and it provides an objective measure of performance that is time-sensitive, ADHD medication-sensitive, and well documented as a measure to evaluate ADHD medication effectiveness throughout the day. The Total Math Score ranges from 0-800 with higher scores indicating better performance.
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Time frame: Visit 5 (week 5)
Change From Baseline in CGI-S Total Score at Each Post-baseline Visit
The Clinical Global Impression - Severity scale (CGI-S) is a 7-point scale that requires the clinician to rate the severity of the patient's illness at the time of assessment, relative to the clinician's past experience with patients who have the same diagnosis. Possible ratings are: 1=normal, not at all ill; 2=borderline mentally ill; 3=mildly ill; 4=moderately ill; 5=markedly ill; 6=severely ill; 7=among the most extremely ill patients.
Time frame: Baseline, Visit 1 (week 1), Visit 2 (week 2), Visit 3 (week 3), Visit 4 (week 4), Visit 5 (week 5)