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Aripiprazole in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Tic Disorder or Tourette's Disorder

A Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-adjustment, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aripiprazole in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Tic Disorders or Tourette's Disorder

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00706589
Enrollment
61
Registered
2008-06-27
Start date
2008-10-31
Completion date
2010-04-30
Last updated
2013-07-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder, Tourette's Disorder

Keywords

Chronic Motor Tic disorder, Chronic Phonic Tic disorder, Tourette's disorder, Aripiprazole, Abilify, Children, Adolescent

Brief summary

The purpose of this trial is to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of aripiprazole in children and adolescents aged 6\ 18 years with chronic tic disorders or Tourette's disorder

Interventions

DRUGaripiprazole

Initial dose : 2mg, Maximum dose : 20mg

DRUGplacebo

Initial dose: 2mg, Maximum dose:20mg

Sponsors

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Korea Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients who can provide an assent form signed by themselves and informed consent form by their legal representatives prior to performing of any study procedures. 2. Male or female children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years 3. Patients who are diagnosed with chronic tic disorders(Motor or Phonic) or Tourette's disorder according to DSM-IV(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition)(using K-SADS-PL-K (Kiddle-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia,Present and Lifetime Version-Korean version)) and require drug therapy. 4. The total tic score of the K-YGTSS (Korean version of Yale Global Tic Severity Scale)is more than 22 at baseline

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with secondary tic symptoms accompanied by Tardive tics, Huntington disease, neuroacanthocytosis, mental retardation, or autism 2. Patients with IQ (Intelligence quotient) (assessed using KEDI-WISC (Korean educational Development Institute-Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children)) 70 and lower than 70 3. Patients with a history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome 4. Patients with antipsychotic or alcohol use disorder (abuse, dependence, and/or withdrawal) according to DSM-IV criteria for the past 3 months 5. Patients with a history of allergy or hypersensitivity reaction to aripiprazole 6. Patients with a history of resistance to treatment with antipsychotics 7. Patients who have participated in another clinical study within 1 month prior to screening 8. Patients who have previously taken aripiprazole or participated in a clinical study with aripiprazole

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean Change of Total Tic Scores in K-YGTSS From Randomization (Baseline, Visit 2) to the Final Visit (Visit 7)10 weekThe meaning of the total tic scores is a sum of the total motor tic score and total phonic tic score and the total tic score will be indicated from zero point to 50 points. And also, for the global tic severity scale is sum of the total tic scores and impairment score and it will be indicated from zero point to 100 points. Additionally, for the imparment score is also indicated from zero to 50 points same as total tic scores. And it is divided as 0 point, 10 point, 20 point and etc… Lastly, someone who gets a high score, it will be considered worse result.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1)Percent Change of Total Tic Scores on the Korean Version of YaleGlobalTicseverity Scale.2)Response Rate Assessed With the Tic Score ClinicalGlobalImpressionImprovementScale.3)Mean Change in Scores on the Tic Score ClinicalGlobal ImpressionSeverityScale.10 weeks

Countries

South Korea

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Recruitment period :Aug2008\ Jan2010 Types of location: Medical Center

Pre-assignment details

antipsychotic or antiparkinson drugs should be washed out 1\ 2 weeks prior to randomization.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Aripiprazole
Aripiprazole 2mg,5mg,10mg,15mg
32
Placebo
Placebo 2mg,5mg,10mg,15mg
29
Total61

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPlaceboAripiprazoleTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
29 Participants32 Participants61 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age Continuous10.93 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3
10.97 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.49
10.95 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.72
Region of Enrollment
Korea, Republic of
29 participants32 participants61 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants2 Participants8 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
23 Participants30 Participants53 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
24 / 3220 / 28
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 320 / 28

Outcome results

Primary

Mean Change of Total Tic Scores in K-YGTSS From Randomization (Baseline, Visit 2) to the Final Visit (Visit 7)

The meaning of the total tic scores is a sum of the total motor tic score and total phonic tic score and the total tic score will be indicated from zero point to 50 points. And also, for the global tic severity scale is sum of the total tic scores and impairment score and it will be indicated from zero point to 100 points. Additionally, for the imparment score is also indicated from zero to 50 points same as total tic scores. And it is divided as 0 point, 10 point, 20 point and etc… Lastly, someone who gets a high score, it will be considered worse result.

Time frame: 10 week

Population: ITT (Intention-To-Treat)analysis

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)
AripiprazoleMean Change of Total Tic Scores in K-YGTSS From Randomization (Baseline, Visit 2) to the Final Visit (Visit 7)-9.62 units on a scale
PlaceboMean Change of Total Tic Scores in K-YGTSS From Randomization (Baseline, Visit 2) to the Final Visit (Visit 7)-14.97 units on a scale
Secondary

1)Percent Change of Total Tic Scores on the Korean Version of YaleGlobalTicseverity Scale.2)Response Rate Assessed With the Tic Score ClinicalGlobalImpressionImprovementScale.3)Mean Change in Scores on the Tic Score ClinicalGlobal ImpressionSeverityScale.

Time frame: 10 weeks

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026