Herbal Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Phase 2 Completed 59 enrolled National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of an herbal product for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.

Timeline

Start: 2005-02
Primary completion: —
Completion: 2006-11

Publications

Weber W, Vander Stoep A, McCarty RL, Weiss NS, Biederman J, McClellan J. Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Jun 11;299(22):2633-41. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.22.2633.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	St. John's Wort	Traditional medicine (herbal / TCM)	300 mg	Oral

Herbal Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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