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A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Risperidone in the Prevention of Relapse in Children and Adolescents With Conduct and Other Disruptive Behavior Disorders

A Phase 3 interventional study of risperidone in Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.. Completed. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-06-08.

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
375
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
5 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of risperidone as maintenance therapy to prevent symptoms of relapse in children and adolescents with conduct and other disruptive behavior disorders, who initially responded well to treatment.

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This is a randomized, double-blind study to compare an oral formulation of risperidone with placebo when taken daily over 24 weeks by children and adolescents with conduct and other disruptive behavior disorders. Patients who do not respond to treatment after an initial 6-week open-label phase, or do not show continued response after 12 weeks, must leave the trial and will not enter into the 24-week double-blind phase. The principal measure of efficacy is the time to symptom relapse. Relapse is assessed by changes in following measures: the Conduct Problem subscale of the Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form (N-CBRF), a measure of symptoms of conduct and other disruptive behavior disorders and Clinical Global Impression-Severity of Illness (CGI-Severity), and a measure of overall severity of illness. Efficacy assessment also includes Clinical Global Impression-Change (CGI-C), an assessment of improvement, and Visual Analogue Scale for the most troublesome symptom (VAS-MS), which is a scale ranging from not troublesome to extremely troublesome, and Children's Global Assessment Scale (C-GAS), which is an assessment of overall functioning. Safety evaluations include incidence of adverse events, physical examinations, laboratory tests (biochemistry, hematology, and urinalysis), and electrocardiograms (ECGs). The study hypothesis is that daily treatment with an oral formulation of risperidone, compared with placebo, will result in a clinically significant difference in time to relapse, and is well tolerated by children and adolescents with conduct and other disruptive behavior disorders. Oral risperidone solution (1milligram[mg]/milliliter [ml]), daily for 36 weeks. Patients weighing at least 50 kilograms start at 0.5 ml/day and may increase up to.1.5 ml/day. Patients under 50kg start at 0.25ml/day and may increase to 0.75ml/day (maximum).

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Conditions studied

  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Keywords

  • Child
  • adolescent
  • disruptive behavior disorders
  • risperidone
  • antipsychotropic agents
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In context

Mental Disorders

2,107 studies on the registry are indexed under Mental Disorders; 416 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 375 is above the median of 94 across 1,574 interventional studies indexed under Mental Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. is the lead sponsor of 458 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
5 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients must meet criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DMS IV) for Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or Disruptive Behavior Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
  • Have a score >=24 on the Conduct Problem subscale of the Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form (N-CBRF)
  • Have no other significant and untreated or unstable medical illness such as diabetes or hypertension, no serious illness of the liver, kidney, or significant disturbances of the cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, or neurological system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who meet the DSM-IV criteria for: Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
  • Tourette's Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Major Depression
  • Moderate or severe mental retardation
  • Substance Dependence
  • Patients with a history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a rare psychotropic-drug reaction, which may be characterized by confusion, reduced consciousness, high fever or pronounced muscle stiffness
  • Hypersensitivity or intolerance to risperidone
  • Pregnant or nursing females, or those lacking adequate contraception
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double
Enrollment
375 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • Drugrisperidone
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Time from start of double-blind phase to relapse, using N-CBRF and CGI assessments.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Comparison of ratings for risperidone and placebo on N-CBRF, CGI, and VAS-MS throughout study. Ratings on C-GAS once during each study phase. Comparison of safety profiles of risperidone and placebo (for example, adverse events, clinical and lab tests).

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 8, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00236444
Lead sponsor
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
First posted
Oct 12, 2005
Start date
Dec 2001
Completion
Sep 2003
Last update
Jun 8, 2011

Study contacts

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L. C. Clinical Trial
study director · Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
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