[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"trial:NCT03420339":3,"trial-entities:NCT03420339":117,"trial-summary:NCT03420339":121},{"id":4,"nct_id":4,"org_study_id":5,"brief_title":6,"official_title":7,"overall_status":8,"completion_date":9,"status_verified_date":10,"last_update_date":11,"start_date":12,"sponsor_name":13,"lead_sponsor_class":14,"has_dmc":15,"brief_summary":16,"detailed_description":17,"conditions":18,"keywords":21,"study_type":26,"primary_purpose":27,"phases":28,"enrollment_info":30,"interventions":33,"primary_outcomes":50,"secondary_outcomes":67,"sex":78,"minimum_age":79,"maximum_age":80,"healthy_volunteers":81,"eligibility_criteria":82,"std_ages":86,"locations":88,"central_contacts":108,"overall_officials":111,"references":115,"see_also_links":116},"NCT03420339","201709737","Stimulant Effects on Disruptive Behavior","The Effects of Stimulant Medication on Disruptive Behavior, Choice, and Preference in Children and Adolescents Exhibiting Disruptive Behavior","RECRUITING","2027-08-01","2025-03","2025-03-17","2018-10-01","Matthew J O'Brien, PhD, BCBA-D","OTHER",false,"The goal of this study is to determine the effects of stimulant medication on disruptive behavior, function, preference and choice; however, it is primarily methodological and will add to current research by establishing an effective evaluation of the impact of stimulant medication on these behaviors. Three behavior assessments for children and adolescents diagnosed with AD\u002FHD who exhibit disruptive behavior will be conducted:\n\n1. Preference assessments will be conducted to determine whether preference for social and nonsocial items and activities differs under medication and non-medication conditions.\n2. Functional analyses will be conducted to determine whether stimulant medication has an effect on the frequency and function or purpose of disruptive behavior.\n3. Choice assessments will be conducted to evaluate the impact of stimulant medication on impulse control\u002Fdelay discounting.\n\nThis study will be conducted in three phases. For each of the 5 to 10 participants there will be 8 total visits. The first 4 visits will entail a preference assessment, followed by a functional analysis. On visits 1 and 3, the participant will be asked to take his\u002Fher stimulant medication as is typically done; however, on visits 2 and 4, the participant will be asked to refrain from taking the medication.\n\nFor visits 5-8, participants will continue to participate in preference assessments, but will also be presented with a choice arrangement with work and play. In the choice arrangement, participants will be given four work cards and four play cards that they can organize in any order. Work cards will be associated with a brief academic task and play cards will be associated with a brief play period using high-preferred toys\u002Factivities. On visits 5 and 7 the participant will be asked to take his or her stimulant medication as usual, while on visits 6 and 8 the participant will be asked to refrain from taking his or her medication.","This study includes the consent, a pre-visit interview, and two assessment phases occurring at weekly visits. Phase I includes four visits, each lasting approximately 2 hours. Phase II includes four visits, each lasting approximately 1 hour. The following are the description of the consent, pre-visit, and Phases I and II:\n\nConsenting:\n\nA research team member will review eligibility criteria and study procedures with a prospective subject prior to requesting consent. Following consent, an interview will occur by phone or in person. If the caregiver desires, the interview may take place on the same visit as the consent (but following obtaining consent). In relation to the medication, withholding the medication will not occur until the second assessment visit (following the initial review and consent visit and also the interview).\n\nPre-Visit Interview:\n\nIf the interview is not conducted at the time of consent, it will be conducted either (a) at the first assessment visit, (b) by phone prior to the first visit or (c) in person prior to the first visit. The interview is standardized and gathers information on the subject's demographics, diagnosis\u002Fes, medications and stimulant medication history, disruptive behaviors and contexts, preferred items\u002Factivities, and common demands.\n\nPhase I (visits 1, 2, 3,\\& 4):\n\nPhase I of the study includes four visits total. Each visit will be conducted in the same manner and include three stages: (1) a free operant preference assessment, (2) a multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment, and (3) three sessions of each test condition in a functional analysis. On visits 1 and 3 the subject will take his or her stimulant medication as expected before beginning the assessment procedures. Medications expected to have a delayed onset of action (e.g., Daytrana patch) will require the subject to take the medication greater than 60 minutes before the start of the assessments. On visits 2 and 4, the subject will withhold medication for the period he or she is completing the three stages. All data collection will be done using DataPal computer scoring software in the observation area of the therapy room. Each of these assessments is described next:\n\nStage 1: Free Operant Preference Assessment Upon arrival, the subject will enter the therapy room with a research team member, referred to as \"researcher\" henceforth. The therapy room will have no more than 10 items\u002Factivities, including up to 6 items\u002Factivities identified by the caregiver as \"preferred\", up to 2 items\u002Factivities selected by the researcher as potentially preferred, and up to 2 items\u002Factivities identified by the caregivers as neutral or \"non preferred\". The researcher will inform the subject that he or she may play with any of the items\u002Factivities within the therapy room. The researcher will make available his or her attention for the entirety of this portion of the assessment. No demands will be given to the subject and no consequences will be given for disruptive behavior. Data will be collected on the duration of item\u002Factivity engagement by the subject for each item\u002Factivity in the therapy room. This assessment will last 10 minutes. Items\u002Factivities with the greatest duration of engagement will be considered the highest preferred.\n\nStage 2: Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement within a Concurrent Operants Design Following the free operant preference assessment, 6 items\u002Factivities will be selected for another preference assessment. These items\u002Factivities will be available with and without attention. This preference assessment will be conducted in the same therapy room by the same researcher as the previous preference assessment. The assessment will begin by asking the subject to choose his or her most preferred item\u002Factivity to play with and with or without attention. The subject will be allowed 2 minutes with the item\u002Factivity and then it will be removed from the array. The subject will choose the next preferred item\u002Factivity with or without attention for another 2 minutes before removing that item\u002Factivity. This will continue until all items\u002Factivities have been selected (approximately 15 minutes). Data will be collected on the order of selection, attention or no attention, and engagement during the 2 minutes of access to each respective item\u002Factivity.\n\nStage 3: Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior\n\nFollowing the preference assessments in Stages 1 and 2, a functional analysis of problem behavior will be conducted to determine the function(s) of the subject's problem behaviors. Disruptive behaviors will be deemed \"target behaviors\" for the functional analysis. All sessions of the functional analysis will be conducted by the researcher in the same therapy room as the previous two phases. Each session will last 5 minutes total, with 3 sessions for each test condition and 3 free play sessions. This results in a total of 12, 5-minute sessions, which may last between 75 to 90 minutes total. The order of conditions will be randomized for each round (i.e., one test of each condition and a free play session), with a newly randomized order for each round. The conditions include Escape, Tangible, Attention, and Free Play and are described below:\n\nFree Play:\n\nThis condition serves as a control condition. Toys and activities will be available, as well as the researcher's attention. No work materials will be present. The researcher will begin the session by informing the subject that he\u002Fshe may play with any toys\u002Factivities in the therapy room and that attention is available (e.g., \"John, you can play with any of the toys in the room. I'll play with you if you like.\"). If a target behavior occurs (as well as any other \"problem\" behavior), the researcher will continue with attention and avoid commenting on the behavior.\n\nEscape:\n\nIn this condition the subject will asked to complete demands. The demands will be (a) within the subject's skill range and (b) known to be aversive. This could be an academic task or a domestic task. The researcher will begin the session by presenting the demand to the subject using clear instructions (e.g., \"John, it is time to do some math problems.\"). The researcher will provide praise as he\u002Fshe is actively working. Attention will never be diverted. Tasks will continue to be presented unless a target problem behavior is observed. If a target behavior is emitted the researcher will provide a 30-second break from the work task. Once the 30-second break has ended the researcher will return to work using a prompt similar to that when the session started. For any subsequent occurrence of the target behavior there will be another break for 30 seconds. All non-target problem behaviors are ignored.\n\nTangible:\n\nIn this condition an item\u002Factivity identified as \"high-preferred\" and an item\u002Factivity identified as \"low preferred\" will be used. Just prior to the start of this condition, the subject is allowed access to the high-preferred item\u002Factivity. Once the session begins, the high-preferred item\u002Factivity will be restricted by the researcher and the low-preferred item\u002Factivity will be presented for play. Attention is not restricted during this condition. If the subject emits a target behavior the high-preferred item\u002Factivity is returned to the subject for 30 seconds and subsequently restricted again. If no target behavior occurs then the low-preferred item\u002Factivity will be the only play option for the entire five minutes.\n\nAttention:\n\nIn this condition the subject has access to preferred items and activities and no demands are presented. At the beginning of the session the researcher will inform the subject that he or she should play with the toys available but that the attention will be unavailable. The researcher will leave the play area, go to the other side of the therapy room and begin reading a book or magazine. If a target behavior is emitted the researcher will approach the subject and provide a brief statement of disapproval and reiterate the expectation to behavior appropriately, followed by a return to ignoring the subject. All appropriate behavior, including requests for attention, will be ignored for the entirety of the session.\n\nFor the functional analysis, data will be collected and graphed on the frequency (rate per minute) of problem behavior. Visual inspection of graphs will determine differentiation across the four conditions (three test conditions and the freeplay\u002Fcontrol condition) to identify the function(s) of the target behavior.\n\nPhase II (visits 5, 6, 7, \\& 8):\n\nFollowing completion of the first three stages (visits 1-4), four additional visits will be required (visits 5-8). These additional visits will consist of three stages: (1) free operant preference assessment; (2) multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment in a concurrent operants design; and (3) work-break schedule with choice. Stages 1 and 2 will be conducted the same as Phase I. On visits 5 and 7 the subject will take his or her stimulant medication as expected before beginning and on visits 6 and 8, the subject will be asked to withhold medication for the period he or she is completing the three stages. All data collection will be done using DataPal computer scoring software that is installed on computers in the observation area of the therapy room.\n\nStage 1: Free Operant Preference Assessment This assessment will be conducted just as described for Phase I of the study.\n\nStage 2: Multiple Stimulus Preference Assessment within a Concurrent Operants Design This assessment will be conducted just as described for Phase I of the study.\n\nStage 3: Work-Play Schedule with Choice The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate delayed discounting and impulse control in choice making. In this stage, 8 picture cards and a schedule board (a plastic board with 8 Velcro placeholders for the picture cards) will be presented to the subject. Four of the picture cards will show a picture of a child working and the text \"work\". Four picture cards will depict a child playing and the text \"play\". Each \"work\" card will represent an academic work task. The worksheet(s) will take an estimated 5 minutes to complete Each \"play\" card will represent 3 minutes of play time with the high-preferred item\u002Factivity identified through the preference assessments in Stages 1 and 2. Attention will not be available during work or play; however, the subject may request help with the work if needed. Completion of the schedule will take approximately 32 minutes.\n\nAt the outset, the subject will be asked to organize the schedule in any sequence desired. There are many sequences the subject could choose (e.g., work(w)-play(p)-w-p-w-p-w-p; wwwwpppp, wwppwwpp, ppppwwww) and there will be no restriction on the sequence as long as all of the work and play cards are used in the sequence. Once the schedule is set by the subject the researcher will ask the subject to respond \"final\".\n\nFollowing the sequencing of the schedule, the researcher direct and remind the subject of all transitions from one activity to the next. Each completed activity will result in the removal of the picture card from the schedule until all picture cards have been removed. The researcher will check the worksheets to ensure completion and will require the subject to complete any unfinished work items and redo incorrect work items until he or she has achieved 80% accuracy or better. Problem behavior will be placed on extinction (i.e., it will be ignored by the researcher and there will be no programmed consequences).. Data will be collected on the sequence chosen, compliance, on-task\u002Foff-task behavior, and problem behavior.",[19,20],"Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder","Problem Behavior",[22,23,24,25],"stimulant medication","behavioral function","preferences","delay discounting","INTERVENTIONAL","TREATMENT",[29],"PHASE4",{"count":31,"type":32},10,"ESTIMATED",[34],{"type":35,"name":36,"description":37,"armGroupLabels":38,"otherNames":40},"DRUG","Stimulant","The stimulants used must meet FDA dosage guidelines for age.",[39],"Subjects on stimulant medication",[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49],"Adderall","Concerta","Aptensio","Daytrana","Metadate","Quillivant","Ritalin","Focalin","Vyvanse",[51,55,59,63],{"measure":52,"description":53,"timeFrame":54},"Change in Behavioral Function","Data will be collected and graphed on the frequency (rate per minute) of problem behavior. Visual inspection of graphs will determine differentiation across the four conditions (three test conditions and the freeplay\u002Fcontrol condition) to identify the function(s) of the target behavior. Changes in behavioral function will be determined by comparing data week to week for the first four weeks. Behavioral function while on medication, which will occur at week one and week three will be compared to behavioral function at week two and week four. Differences between weeks one and three and weeks two and four will be considered as change in behavioral function.","Weekly (at each visit): week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4; Change in behavioral function will be compared using data from weeks one and three (on medication) versus weeks two and four (off medication).",{"measure":56,"description":57,"timeFrame":58},"Change in Item Preference","Data on change in item preference will be collected week to week for all eight weeks. We will determine preference for an item\u002Factivity based upon the duration of time engaged with an item in the therapy room during the free operant preference assessment. Data will be compared week to week, with a focus on changes from weeks one, three, five, and seven (on medication) to weeks two, four, six, and eight (off medication). Differences in item engagement will indicate difference in item preference.","Weekly (at each visit): week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week, 7, week 8; we will compare data from weeks 1, 3, 5, and 7 (on medication) versus weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 (off medication)",{"measure":60,"description":61,"timeFrame":62},"Change in Preference for Social and Non-Social Activities","Data will be collected on the percentage of trials an activity is selected and whether it was selected with attention or without attention for each item\u002Factivity in the therapy room of the multiple stimulus without replacement assessment. Preference for social versus non-social activities will be determined by the participant's selection during the multiple stimulus without replacement assessment. The change in preference for activities with attention and activities without attention will be determined by comparing data weekly, with a focus on differences between data in weeks 1, 3, 5, and 7 (on medication) versus weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 (off medication).","Weekly (at each visit): week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week, 7, week 8; Changes in preference will be determined weekly, with a focus on differences between time points on medication and weeks off of medication.",{"measure":64,"description":65,"timeFrame":66},"Changes in Impulsivity in Choice-Making","Data will be collected on the sequence chosen by the subject and scored based upon the degree to which work sessions were placed up front and play activities were placed at the end. Choices whereby play activities are front loaded (i.e., more play activities earlier in the schedule) will be scored as more impulsive on a point system and choices whereby work activities are front loaded (i.e., more work activities earlier in the schedule) will be scored as less impulsive. Differences in impulsivity will be determined on a week to week basis, with a focus on differences between weeks on medication (weeks 5 and 7) and weeks off of medication (weeks 6 and 8).","Weekly (at each visit): week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8",[68,72,75],{"measure":69,"description":70,"timeFrame":71},"Rate of Problem Behavior","Data will be collected in all assessment sessions on the rate of problem behavior and compared for sessions on medication and sessions off medication.","Weekly (at each visit): week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week, 7, week 8",{"measure":73,"description":74,"timeFrame":71},"Item Engagement","Data will be collected in all assessment sessions involving play with items\u002Factivities on item engagement and compared for sessions on medication and sessions off medication.",{"measure":76,"description":77,"timeFrame":71},"Compliance","Data will be collected on compliance to demands for all sessions involving work. Data will be compared for sessions sessions on medication and sessions off medication.","ALL","48 Months","12 Years",true,{"inclusion":83,"exclusion":84,"raw_text":85},[],[],"Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Participant must be a child or adolescent between the ages of 4 years, 0 months, and 13 years, 0 months (participants must not be older than 12 years, 11 months).\n2. Participant must have a valid diagnosis of attention deficit\u002Fhyperactivity disorder (AD\u002FHD). No specification of type (e.g., predominately inattentive type, predominately hyperactive-impulsive type, or combined type) will be necessary.\n3. Participant must exhibit disruptive behavior, defined as one or more of the following:\n\n   1. physical or verbal aggression towards others: Hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, choking, spitting at, or throwing items at another person, and\u002For making insults, threats, or swearing at another person.\n   2. self-injury: Hitting self, biting self, banging head on an object\u002Fhard surface, pinching self, or scratching self with visual skin damage.\n   3. destruction: Damaging (or attempts to damage) personal or public property (e.g., breaking an object into two or more pieces, using an object to break other objects, ripping objects or parts of objects from walls, floors, or furniture, and denting cars, objects, or walls.)\n   4. noncompliance:Regular occurrence of verbal refusal (e.g., saying \"no\", \"I don't want to\", \"I won't do it\" or \"not now\") to any academic or non-academic request, and\u002For any response that does not match the delivered instruction within 30 seconds from the time the instruction was delivered.\n   5. tantrum:Crying (i.e., any vocalizations \\[sounds or words\\] accompanied by facial contraction with and without tears for any period of time) and\u002For screaming (occurrence of vocalizations above normal conversational volume for any period of time), with or without body flailing.\n   6. an active diagnosis of disruptive behavior disorder or oppositional defiant disorder.\n4. Participant must already be prescribed a stimulant medication for the treatment of AD\u002FHD symptoms and at an approved dose for age.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. a diagnosis of autism, conduct disorder, or intellectual disability in the moderate, severe or profound range.\n2. prescribed or taking a stimulant dosage outside of recommended therapeutic range.",[87],"CHILD",[89],{"facility":90,"status":8,"city":91,"state":92,"zip":93,"country":94,"contacts":95,"geoPoint":105},"University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics","Iowa City","Iowa","52242","United States",[96,101],{"name":97,"role":98,"phone":99,"email":100},"Matthew J. O'Brien, PhD","CONTACT","319.384.9827","matthew-j-obrien@uiowa.edu",{"name":102,"role":98,"phone":103,"email":104},"Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD","319.356.7044","lane-strathearn@uiowa.edu",{"lat":106,"lon":107},41.66113,-91.53017,[109],{"name":110,"role":98,"phone":99,"email":100},"Matthew J O'Brien, PhD",[112],{"name":110,"affiliation":113,"role":114},"University of Iowa","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[],[],{"nct_id":4,"conditions":118,"biomarkers":120},[19,119],"Disruptive Behavior Disorder",[],{"nct_id":4,"found":81,"summary":122,"prompt_version":132},{"design":123,"status":124,"heading":125,"summary":126,"follow_up":127,"word_count":128,"commitments":129,"compensation":130,"drugs_mentioned":131},"This is an interventional study that plans to enroll 10 participants. It will compare behaviors when participants are on and off stimulant medication.","completed","Stimulant Effects on Disruptive Behavior in ADHD","This study is looking at how stimulant medication affects disruptive behaviors in children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Researchers want to understand how stimulants impact a child's behavior, their preferences for activities and items, and their choices. The study will compare these behaviors when a child is taking their stimulant medication versus when they are not. This research aims to improve how we evaluate the effects of stimulant medication. Children aged 4 to 12 years old who have been diagnosed with ADHD and exhibit disruptive behavior may be able to join. The study plans to enroll 10 participants, but its current status is unclear.","Behavioral function, item preference, and preference for social and non-social activities will be measured weekly for up to 8 weeks.",107,"You would have an initial interview, followed by two assessment phases with weekly visits. Phase I involves four visits, each lasting about 2 hours, and Phase II involves four visits, each lasting about 1 hour.","Not stated in the trial record.",[36],"v2"]