The Effects of Vyvanse(TM) on Brain Hemodynamics and Reading (VBHR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00733356 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 13, 2008
Results First Posted : February 14, 2018
Last Update Posted : February 14, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | Drug: Vyvanse | Phase 4 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 42 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | Single |
Primary Purpose: | Basic Science |
Official Title: | The Effects of Vyvanse(TM) on Brain Hemodynamics and Reading |
Study Start Date : | July 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Vyvanse Treatment
All subjects were tested at baseline before medication and then titrated to best dose and retested on Vyvanse Medication.
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Drug: Vyvanse
Subjects will participate in an open-label dose optimization period and successful titration to an optimal dose of Vyvanse™, subjects will take their optimized dose of Vyvanse™ (30, 50 or 70 mg/day) during the week leading up to their final visit. During the study subjects will take their prescribed dose once a day in the morning with breakfast.
Other Name: lisdexamfetamine dimesylate |
- Gray Oral Reading Rest, Fourth Edition (GORT-4) [ Time Frame: baseline and final day (lab school Assessments) ]
The GORT-4 evaluates oral reading rate, accuracy and comprehension. Both Forms A and B were used.Half of the subjects randomly were tested on From A at baseline and the other half were tested with Form B.
The GORT-4 is a standardized measure/test. Scores provided are standard scores, which range from 1 to 20, with a Mean of 10 and Standard Deviation of 3. A higher score means better reading performance. There was no total score used or calculated in this study.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Years to 12 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Females of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test.
- Subjects must meet DSM-IV-TR™ criteria for a primary diagnosis of ADHD.
- Subjects must have an ADHDRS-IV-Parent: Inv total score at least 1.5 standard deviations above the age and gender norms.
- The subject is functioning at an age appropriate level intellectually as determined by an IQ score of ≥ 80 on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test.
- The subject and subject's parent or legal guardian must be willing and able to comply with all the testing and dosing requirements in this study.
- Subject has blood pressure measurements within the 95th percentile for age, gender, and height.
- All subjects and their parents must be able to communicate effectively in English with the doctor and his/her staff without the aid of an interpreter.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject has any documented, current, controlled psychiatric illness [except Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)]. The child may continue participating in a behavior modification program during this study as long as he/she has been participating in the program for at least one month at the time of the baseline visit.
- Subject has Conduct Disorder (CD).
- Subject has a documented allergy, hypersensitivity or intolerance to amphetamines, which is the class of drug to which Vyvanse™ belongs.
- Subject has failed to respond to one or more adequate courses (dose and duration) of amphetamine therapy.
- Subject has a recent history (within the past 6 months) of suspected substance abuse or dependence disorder (excluding nicotine).
- Subject had a history of seizures during the last two years (exclusive of febrile seizures), a tic disorder, or a current diagnosis and/or family history of Tourette's Disorder.
- Subject has a history of heart abnormalities that the study doctor feels would exclude him/her from the study.
- Subject has a positive urine drug result at the screening visit.
- Subject weighs less than 50 pounds (22.7 kg).
- Subject has taken another investigational drug within the last 30 days prior to the screening visit.
- Subject has any reported history of abnormal thyroid function.
- Subject has any clinically significant electrocardiogram reading (an electrical recording of the heart - ECG) or laboratory abnormalities at the screening and/or baseline visits.
- The study doctor feels that the subject's safety would be jeopardized if entered in this study due to a current illness or medical condition. Mild, stable asthma is not exclusionary.
- Subject is taking any medication that is excluded.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00733356
United States, California | |
University of California, Irvine Child Development Center | |
Irvine, California, United States, 92697 |
Principal Investigator: | Kimberley Lakes, PhD | UC Irvine |
Responsible Party: | Kimberley Lakes, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00733356 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
VBHR |
First Posted: | August 13, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 14, 2018 |
Last Update Posted: | February 14, 2018 |
Last Verified: | January 2018 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD ADD reading brain hemodynamics |
brain imaging attention Near-Infrared Spectroscopy NIRS MSIT |
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Central Nervous System Stimulants Physiological Effects of Drugs Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors Membrane Transport Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Dopamine Agents Neurotransmitter Agents |