Vitamin D as a Therapeutic Adjunct in the Stimulant Treatment of ADHD: a Proof-of-concept Tele-health Study of Stimulant-induced Improvement in Neurocognitive Functioning.

NCT04386811 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2024-02-07

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess vitamin D as a therapeutic adjunct in the stimulant treatment of ADHD.

Conditions

  • ADHD

Interventions

DRUG

Calcitriol

A total of 24 otherwise medically healthy individuals with ADHD will be studied as outpatients. All subjects will undergo neurocognitive assessments of attention/vigilance, spatial working memory, and reversal learning both before and after subjects' daily dosing with their currently prescribed stimulant medication on both calcitriol and placebo pretreatment days using a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, within-subject, two-day study design.

OTHER

Placebo

A total of 24 otherwise medically healthy individuals with ADHD will be studied as outpatients. All subjects will undergo neurocognitive assessments of attention/vigilance, spatial working memory, and reversal learning both before and after subjects' daily dosing with their currently prescribed stimulant medication on both calcitriol and placebo pretreatment days using a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, within-subject, two-day study design.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marc Potenza, MD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-05
Primary Completion
2020-09-29
Completion
2020-09-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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