Atomoxetine in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a 6-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in Russia. European child & adolescent psychiatry [Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry] Journal article | | Title | Atomoxetine in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a 6-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in Russia. | | Author(s) | Martenyi F, Zavadenko NN, Jarkova NB, Yarosh AA, Soldatenkova VO, Bardenstein LM, Kozlova IA, Neznanov NG, Maslova OI, Petrukhin AS, Sukchotina NK, Zykov VP | | Institution | Lilly Corporate Center, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA, martenyi_ferenc@lilly.com. | | Source | Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009 Jul 1. | | Abstract | The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of once-daily atomoxetine (</=1.8 mg/(kg day) with those of placebo in children and adolescents (aged 6-16 years) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD (DSM-IV)]. This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial was conducted in Russia. The primary efficacy measure was baseline-to-end point changes in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV-Parent Version: Investigator-Administered and Scored (ADHDRS-IV-Parent:Inv) total score. Tolerability measures included treatment-emergent signs and symptoms (TESS), laboratory values and weight. Compared with patients in the placebo group (n = 33), patients treated with atomoxetine (n = 72) with a mean final dose of 1.4 mg/kg showed significantly greater improvement in ADHDRS-IV-Parent:Inv total score (least-squares mean: atomoxetine, -15.8; placebo, -11.4; p = 0.013). The most common TESS in the atomoxetine group included anorexia [atomoxetine, n = 13 (18.1%); placebo, n = 2 (6.1%)], somnolence, n = 11 versus n = 3 (15.3% vs. 9.1%, respectively), abdominal pain n = 9 versus n = 1 (12.5% vs. 3.0%, respectively) and nausea, n = 8 versus n = 1 (11.1% vs. 3.0%, respectively). Seven patients in the atomoxetine group and two in the placebo group experienced clinically important weight loss during the study (>/=7% from baseline; mean change, kg: atomoxetine, -0.6; placebo, 0.1; p = 0.032). Atomoxetine is efficacious in improving ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents. Atomoxetine treatment may be associated with a numerically higher incidence of anorexia, somnolence, abdominal pain and nausea, as well as statistically greater losses in body weight. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19568826 |
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