Optimizing Research With Diverse Families - Feasibility and Acceptability Study (FAST)

Description

Evaluate feasibility and acceptability of recruiting Black and Hispanic families for an open label clinical trial of multinutrients while collecting real-time parent-reported child behavior data and collecting at-home biospecimens to explore their potential as biomarkers, in a study of pediatric ADHD.

Conditions

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Dysfunction, Irritable Mood

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Evaluate feasibility and acceptability of recruiting Black and Hispanic families for an open label clinical trial of multinutrients while collecting real-time parent-reported child behavior data and collecting at-home biospecimens to explore their potential as biomarkers, in a study of pediatric ADHD.

A Feasibility and Acceptability Study (FAST) to Optimize Research Methodology in a Multinutrient Study of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Children With ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation

Optimizing Research With Diverse Families - Feasibility and Acceptability Study (FAST)

Condition
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Portland

Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children, ages 6-17 years at enrollment, with suspected or definite ADHD based on parent report in a majority of families that identify as Black or Hispanic or multicultural
  • * Meet criteria on Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) ADHD scale (6+ symptoms ≥ 2), occurring in \>1 setting, plus one impairing irritability symptom (≥2) from Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) subscale
  • * Able and willing to swallow up to 8 pills per day
  • * Medication free for 2 weeks prior to baseline
  • * Willing to use Tasso® OnDemand SST+ to collect blood at home and filter cards to provide urine samples
  • * Able to communicate in English
  • * Parent/care giver identifies child as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latina/o or more than one race (target 70-100%)
  • * Neurological disorders
  • * Medical conditions (e.g. cancer, kidney or liver disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism)
  • * Psychiatric conditions requiring hospitalization
  • * Allergy to any supplement ingredient
  • * In people with a uterus: sexually active, pregnancy or suspected pregnancy
  • * Abnormality of mineral metabolism

Ages Eligible for Study

6 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Oregon Health and Science University,

Jeanette Johnstone, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Oregon Health and Science University

Study Record Dates

2026-01