NCT01040702

The Effect of Methylphenidate on Decision-making Ability of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Adults

The Effect of Methylphenidate on Decision-making Ability of ADHD Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shalvata Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the effect of Methylphenidate on cognitive performance and decision-making ability of ADHD adults, and to compare this effect to the effect on healthy control adults.

Detailed description

Two matched groups of adults - with and without ADHD diagnosis - will perform a battery of computerized tasks assessing sustained attention,working-memory,non-verbal IQ,and decision-making ability. In each group,half of the participants will perform the tasks after receiving a capsule containing methylphenidate (MPH), and the other half will perform the tasks after receiving placebo. Task performance measures will then be compared in order to assess the effect of MPH on these domains.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	methylphenidate	a single doses of 10-20 mg in each one of two visits
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	sweetener pill	a capsule containing a sweetener pill

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-08-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2009-12-30
• Last updated: 2009-12-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel