Safety and Efficacy Study of SHP465 in Adults Aged 18-55 Years With Attention-deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02604407 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 13, 2015
Results First Posted : June 14, 2017
Last Update Posted : June 3, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | Drug: SHP465 12.5mg capsules (one capsule daily) Other: Placebo Drug: SHP465 12.5mg, 25mg, or 37.5mg capsules (one capsule daily) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 275 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Forced-dose Titration, Safety and Efficacy Study of SHP465 in Adults Aged 18-55 Years With Attention-deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 19, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 24, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 24, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: SHP465 12.5 mg
Subjects will receive SHP465 12.5 mg
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Drug: SHP465 12.5mg capsules (one capsule daily)
one capsule daily |
Experimental: SHP465 37.5 mg
Subjects will receive SHP465 titrated up to 37.5 mg
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Drug: SHP465 12.5mg, 25mg, or 37.5mg capsules (one capsule daily)
One capsule daily |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Subjects will receive matching placebo
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Other: Placebo
Matching placebo capsule that appears identical in size, weight, shape, and color (one capsule daily) |
- Change From Baseline in the Adult Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-4 (ADHD-RS) With Prompts Total Score at Visit 6 (Week 4) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Visit 6 (Week 4) ]The ADHD-RS was developed to measure the behaviors of children with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The adult ADHD-RS with prompts consists of 18 items designated to reflect current symptomatology of ADHD based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria. Each item is scored on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (no symptoms) to 3 (severe symptoms), with the total score for the rating scale ranging from 0 to 54. Higher score = more severe symptoms.The scale is subdivided into 2 subscales of 9 symptoms each: hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattentiveness. Adult prompts are included with the ADHD-RS to create a semistructured measurement that allows the clinician to probe the extent, frequency, breadth, severity, and consequences of these symptoms to ascertain impairment in an adult population.
- Clinical Global Impression of Improvement (CGI-I) Score at Visit 6 (Week 4) [ Time Frame: Visit 6 (Week 4) ]CGI scales permit a global evaluation of the participant's severity and improvement over time. CGI-I was performed to rate the severity of a participant's condition on a 7-point scale ranging from 1 (normal, not at all ill) to 7 (among the most extremely ill participants).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Subject must be 18-55 years of age
Subject is able to provide written, personally signed and dated informed consent.
Subject is willing and able to comply with all of the testing and requirements defined in the protocol
Subject, who is a female, must not be pregnant.
Subject must have a satisfactory medical assessment with no clinically significant or relevant abnormalities.
Subject has a primary diagnosis of ADHD.
Subject has an adult ADHD-RS with prompts total score ≥28 at the baseline visit.
Subject must have a minimum level of intellectual functioning, as determined by the investigator.
Subject is able to swallow a capsule.
Subject is currently not on ADHD therapy or is not completely satisfied with any aspect of their current ADHD therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
Subject has a current, comorbid psychiatric diagnosis with significant symptoms.
Subject is considered a suicide risk in the opinion of the investigator
Subject has a body mass index (BMI) of <18.5 kg/m2 at the screening visit.
Subject has a BMI ≥40 kg/m2 at the screening visit.
Subject has a concurrent chronic or acute illness, disability, or other condition.
Subject has a history of seizure, a chronic or current tic disorder, or a current diagnosis of Tourette's disorder.
Subject has a history of moderate to severe hypertension.
Subject has a known history of symptomatic cardiovascular disease
Subject has a known family history of sudden cardiac death or ventricular arrhythmia.
Subject has any clinically significant ECG or clinically significant laboratory abnormality at the screening visit.
Subject has current abnormal thyroid function
Subject has a documented allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to amphetamine or to any excipients in the investigational product.
Subject has failed to respond, to an adequate course(s) of amphetamine therapy.
Subject has a history of suspected substance abuse or dependence disorder.
Subject has a positive urine drug result at the screening visit (with the exception of subject's current stimulant therapy, if any) or Subject has taken another investigational product or has taken part in a clinical study within 30 days prior to the screening visit.
Subject has previously completed, has discontinued, or was withdrawn from this study.
Subject is taking any medication that is excluded or has not been appropriately washed out according to the protocol requirements.
Subject is required to take or anticipates the need to take medications that have CNS effects or affect performance.
Subject is female and is pregnant or lactating.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02604407

Study Director: | Study Director | Takeda |
Responsible Party: | Shire |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02604407 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SHP465-306 |
First Posted: | November 13, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 14, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | June 3, 2021 |
Last Verified: | May 2021 |
Hyperkinesis Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
Mental Disorders Dyskinesias Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases |