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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/10/074931 [Registered on: 08/10/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 08/10/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Does melatonin help ADHD kids sleep better and think clearer 
Scientific Title of Study   To study the effectiveness of melatonin supplementation on sleep and cognition in children with ADHD experiencing sleep disturbances 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Ritwick Tripathi 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  King George medical university 
Address  Resident room Ground floor
Department of psychiatry gate no 11 King george medical university
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH
226003
India 
Phone  8765923228  
Fax    
Email  ritvick97@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Prof Vivek Agarwal 
Designation  Professor and Head 
Affiliation  King George medical university 
Address  Head of Department Ground floor chamber
Department of psychiatry gate no 11 King George medical university
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH
226003
India 
Phone  9839287480  
Fax    
Email  drvivekagarwal06@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ritwick Tripathi 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  King george medical university 
Address  Resident room ground floor
Department of psychiatry gate no 11 King George medical university
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH
226003
India 
Phone  8765923228  
Fax    
Email  ritvick97@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
King george medical university Shah mina road Chowk Lucknow Uttar pradesh India 226003 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  King george medical university 
Address  King george medical university, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226003 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Ritwick Tripathi  King george medical university  Child and adolescent psychiatry opd Department of psychiatry king george medical university lucknow
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
8765923228

ritvick97@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
King george medical university  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: F90||Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Melatonin  Melatonin will be supplemented in doses of 3mg or 5mg according to body weight using oral tablets and response will be studied over a total duration of 6 weeks 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Year(s)
Age To  16.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Children diagnosed with ADHD willing to participate after taking a written informed consent from the primary caregiver with the assent of the patient

Children between ages 6 and 16 years

Experiencing sleep disturbances assessed using a cutoff score of 41 on the CSHQ scale

Treatment for ADHD continued as usual on stable dose of medication for past 4 weeks 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Children diagnosed with intellectual disability
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
Children diagnosed with epilepsy or any other neurological condition 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Melatonin supplementation will improve sleep and cognition among children aged 6 to 16 years diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder experiencing Sleep disturbances  Baseline
2 weeks
4 weeks
6 weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Not applicable  Not applicable 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="30"
Sample Size from India="30" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "33"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="33" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   21/10/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 10/02/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after de-identification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Anyone

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - Any purpose.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [ritvick97@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 10-09-2026 and end date provided 10-09-2027?
    Response - Immediately following publication. No end date.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary   To investigate the effectiveness of melatonin treatment on sleep and cognition in children aged 6 to 16 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with sleep problems attending child and adolescent psychiatry OPD
Melatonin supplementation will improve sleep and cognition among children aged 6 to 16 years diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder experiencing Sleep disturbances
 
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