Long-Term, Open Label Atomoxetine Study

To learn about the safety and any side effects of atomoxetine when given to children and adolescents for about 5 years (long-term) and to learn whether atomoxetine can help children and adolescents with ADHD who take the drug for about 5 years (long-term). Study participants can be tomoxetine naive, tomoxetine experienced whose therapy has been interrupted or tomoxetine experienced on a known...

Date First Received: September 12, 2005

Last Updated: December 3, 2009

Verified by: Eli Lilly and Company, December 2009

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 3 | Start Date: August 2000

Overall Status: Completed

Estimated Enrollment: 1598

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Long-Term, Open Label Safety Study of Atomoxetine Hydrochloride in Patients, 6 Years and Older With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”

Intervention(s):

To learn about the safety and any side effects of atomoxetine when given to children and adolescents for about 5 years (long-term) and to learn whether atomoxetine can help children and adolescents with ADHD who take the drug for about 5 years (long-term).

Study participants can be tomoxetine naive, tomoxetine experienced whose therapy has been interrupted or tomoxetine experienced on a known stable dose

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Study Primary Completion Date: October 2009

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: atomoxetine
    • 0.5-1.8 mg/kg/day, PO, for up to 5 years

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

  • Experimental: A
    • Atomoxetine-naive patients will have an acute titration to a stable dose, tomoxetine experienced patients whose therapy has been interrupted with be rapidly titrated to their previously established stable dose, and tomoxetine patients on a known stable dose may continue treatment at that dose.

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • Long-term safety and tolerability of atomoxetine by blood pressure, adverse events, PK, ECG, laboratory tests and assessment of sexual maturation
    • Time Frame: over 5 years
      Safety Issue?: Yes

Secondary Measures

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV-Parent Version: Investigator Administered and Scored (ADHDRS-IV-Parent:Inv)
    • Time Frame: over 5 years
      Safety Issue?: No
  • Clinical Global Impressions-Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Severity (CGI-ADHD-S)
    • Time Frame: over 5 years
      Safety Issue?: No
  • Conners' Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Short Form (CPRS-R:S)
    • Time Frame: over 5 years
      Safety Issue?: No
  • Stroop Word Color Test
    • Time Frame: over 5 years
      Safety Issue?: No

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be at least 6 years old but less than 18 years old when enrolled in first atomoxetine study.
  • Must meet the study criteria for ADHD
  • Must be willing to have blood drawn and to complete other test required for this study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • allergic to more than 1 kind of medicine or have had multiple bad reactions to any drug
  • taking certain medicines that could interact with atomoxetine
  • plan to move too far away from a doctor participating in this study in the next 5 years
  • current or past history of any of the following: alcohol or drug abuse within the past 3 months, bipolar I or II disorder, high blood pressure, organic brain disease or seizures, psychosis, other disorders or conditions diagnosed by a doctor that might make you unsuitable to participate in this study.

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 6 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-619-4559 Mon-Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) Study Director Eli Lilly and Company  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 04, 2010

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00190684

Study ID Number: 4331

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00190684

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

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