Clinical response and symptomatic remission in short- and long-term trials of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Richard H Weisler¹  Robert Lasser²  David W Goodman³  Joel Young⁴  Thomas Babcock⁵  Ben Adeyi⁵  Brian Scheckner⁵  Bryan Dirks⁵  Greg W Mattingly⁶ 

[1] Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Formerly of Shire Development LLC, Wayne, PA, USA;Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine, Rochester Hills, MI, USA;Shire Development LLC, Wayne, PA, USA;St Charles Psychiatric Associates/Midwest Research, 4801 Weldon Spring Pkwy, Suite 300, St, Charles, MO, USA;

关键词: Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX);    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD);    Adults;    Response;    Remission;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-39

 received in 2011-12-07, accepted in 2013-01-11,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite the overall high degree of response to pharmacotherapy, consensus is lacking on how to judge clinical response or define optimal treatment/remission when treating adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined clinical response and symptomatic remission in analyses of 2 studies of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) in adults with ADHD.MethodsIn a 4-week, double-blind, forced-dose trial, adults with ADHD were randomized to LDX 30, 50, and 70 mg/day (mg/d) or placebo. In a second, open-label, follow-up trial, adults entering from the 4-week study were titrated to an “optimal” LDX dose (30 mg/d [n=44], 50 mg/d [n=112], and 70 mg/d [n=171]) over 4 weeks, and maintained for 11 additional months. The ADHD Rating Scale IV (ADHD-RS-IV) with adult prompts and the Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) scale assessed efficacy. Clinical response was defined, post hoc, as ≥30% reduction from baseline in ADHD-RS-IV and CGI-I rating of 1 or 2; symptomatic remission was defined as ADHD-RS-IV total score ≤18. Log rank analysis examined overall significance among the treatment groups in time to response or remission.ResultsFour hundred and fourteen participants in the 4-week study and 345 in the open-label, extension study were included in the efficacy populations. All LDX groups improved by ADHD-RS-IV and CGI-I scores in both studies. In the 4-week study (n=414), 69.3% responded and 45.5% achieved remission with LDX (all doses); 37.1% responded and 16.1% achieved remission with placebo; time (95% CI) to median clinical response (all LDX doses) was 15.0 (15.0, 17.0) days and to remission was 31.0 (28.0, 37.0) days (P<.0001 overall). In the open-label study, with LDX (all doses), 313 (95.7%) and 278 (85.0%) of 327 participants with evaluable maintenance-phase data met criteria for response and remission, respectively. Of participants who completed dose optimization, 75.2% remained responders and 65.7% remained in remission in the 12-month study. Overall, 285 (82.6%) and 227 (65.8%) of 345 participants were responders and remitters, respectively, at their final visits.ConclusionIn the long-term study, with open-label, dose-optimized LDX treatment, most adults with ADHD achieved clinical response and/or symptomatic remission; almost two-thirds maintained symptomatic remission over the remaining 11 months.Trial registrationClinical Trial Numbers: NCT00334880 and NCT01070394Clinical Trial Registry: clinicaltrials.govURLshttp://www.clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00334880http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01070394?term=NCT01070394&rank=1

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