NCT02271880

Improving Medication Adherence in ADHD Adolescents

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Florida International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Investigates whether a family-based intervention for adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) will improve adherence to prescribed medication regimen in adolescents with history of medication nonadherence.

Detailed description

We will evaluate a dual component family-based intervention for adolescents with ADHD to improve medication adherence (Supporting Teen Adherence and Responsibility; STAR). STAR pairs Motivational Interviewing with parent-teen behavioral contracting. In the proposed study, adolescents with ADHD and a history of chronic nonadherence to their ADHD medication will be randomly assigned to medication alone (medication as usual: MAU) or MAU+STAR. They will be treated for 6 months with a 12 month maintenance period and 12 month followup. All interventions will occur at the offices of participants primary care physicians.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Medication as usual	Physicians will prescribe medication as usual to the adolescent.
OTHER	STAR	Adolescents and their parents will receive 6 sessions of psychosocial treatment to improve adolescents' motivation to use medication and to develop parent/teen contracting with the goal of setting medication adherence goals.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2014-10-22
• Last updated: 2019-07-24
• Results posted: 2018-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States