Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:09 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:09 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00962104
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients must meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for current attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as criteria for a historical diagnosis of ADHD during childhood, both assessed by the Conners' Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnostic Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition at screening
* Patients must have a score of 2 or greater on at least 6 items of either the inattentive or hyperactive/impulsive core subscales at randomization or screening on the rated Conners' Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-Investigator Rated: Screening Version (CAARS-Inv:SV) 18-item total ADHD symptom score. In addition, their total score on the 18-item total ADHD symptom score must be 20 or greater.
* Patients must have a Clinical Global Impressions-Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Severity score of 4 (moderate symptoms) or greater.
* Patients must have been judged by the investigator to be reliable to keep appointments for clinic visits and all tests, required by the protocol.
* Patients must possess an educational level and degree of understanding of the language of their country that enables them to communicate suitably with the investigator and study coordinator.
* Patients must be able to swallow capsules.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who meet full DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for any history of bipolar disorder or any history of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, or patients who had received injectable sustained-release neuroleptics.
* Patients with depressive disorder who also have a total score of 12 or greater on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 items at randomization. Patients who have both a current or past history of major depression and received any anti-depression drug therapy within 6 months of screening.
* Patients who meet DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for current anxiety disorder and also patients who require anti-anxiety drug therapy, except for those taking benzodiazepine analogs for anxiety, which need to be limited.
* Patients who have been diagnosed (DSM-IV-TR) with a pervasive developmental disorder.
* Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are at serious suicidal risk or serious risk of harming others, or whose score for Item 11 on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 items is equal or more than 2 at randomization or screening.
* Patients who have received atomoxetine in a prior clinical study.
* Patients with significant medical conditions that are likely to become unstable during the trial or would likely be destabilized by treatment with atomoxetine.
* Patients with a history of allergy to atomoxetine, severe allergies to more than 1 class of medications, or multiple adverse drug reactions.
* Patients who have received treatment within the past 30 days with a drug that has not received regulatory approval for any indication at the time the informed consent document is obtained.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00962104
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00962104