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Research type:

Primary Research (e.g. trial) 

Title (lead author) etc:

Cessation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs in the young (CADDY) - a pharmacoepidemiological and qualitative study  (Wong) 144 pages, Volume 13, number 50

DOI

10.3310/hta13500
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Headline:

Study found that treatment for ADHD may be prematurely stopped in some adolescents and young adults and that the fall in treatment prevalence may be out of step with the numbers who still require treatment as young adults 

This report should be referenced as follows:

Wong I C K, Asherson P, Bilbow A, Clifford S, Coghill D, DeSoysa R, et al. Cessation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs in the young (CADDY) - a pharmacoepidemiological and qualitative study. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(50).

Project ref:

04/36/02 

Original project title:

Cessation of Attention deficit hyperactivity Disorder Drugs in Young (CADDY) 

Chief Investigator:

Professor Ian Wong, Professor of Paediatric Medicines Research, Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London

Start Date:

September 2006  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

November 2009

Cost:

£114,681 

MeSH* index primary terms:

ATTENTION-DEFICIT-DISORDER-WITH-HYPERACTIVITY Q-drug-therapy; PATIENT-COMPLIANCE (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

HUMANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484184705 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

Project protocol (pdf format, 133 kbytes)

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