Advancing Identification of Circadian Delay in ADHD Youth - Clinical Trial

What is the Purpose of this Study?

We are doing this study to learn more about sleep and body rhythms in children with ADHD. We will use home-based measures, parent reports, and an evening test to see how sleep affects mental health and thinking skills. Dr. Jessica Lunsford-Avery from the Department of Psychiatry is leading this study.

What is the Condition Being Studied?

Trastorno de hiperactividad y déficit de atención (THDA)

Who Can Participate in the Study?

Children ages 6-9 who:

Are diagnosed with ADHD
Do not have sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome
Are in general good health and do not have any other medical concerns or diagnoses aside from ADHD
Do not use any sleep medications and do not plan to do so

For more information, contact the study team at paige.vuksanovich@duke.edu.

Grupo etario

Niños

What is Involved?

If you and your child choose to join this study, they will:

Come to three study visits to answer questions and do tests about your child's attention, behavior, mental health, and sleep. One visit will be at night to check melatonin levels.
Wear a small watch-like device for seven days to track sleep. You will also fill out a short online diary about your child's sleep each day that they are wearing this patch.
Wear a skin temperature sensor each night from after dinner until morning.
Sleep on a mattress sensor that tracks movement, sleep, and heart rate.

The study visits will happen at the Duke North Pavilion building on Pratt Street in Durham.