Clonidine extended-release tablets as add-on therapy to psychostimulants in children and adolescents with ADHD

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kollins, Scott H ^a   Jain, Rakesh ^b,c   Brams, Matthew ^d   Segal, Scott ^e   Findling, Robert L ^f   Wigal, Sharon B ^g   Khayrallah, Moise ^h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b R/D Clinical Research Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Bayou City Research   (United States)

^e Segal Institute for Clinical Research   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 adrenergic agonist; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Clonidine hydrochloride extended release tablets; Psychostimulant

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; EXTENDED DRUG RELEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE CONGESTION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TABLET FORMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; AMPHETAMINE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLONIDINE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957917028     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1260     Document Type: Article

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