DRAFT SLIDES Separating efficacy and sedative effects of guanfacine extended release in children and adolescents with ADHD from four randomized, controlled, phase 3 clinical trials Michael Huss Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Research was funded by Shire Development LLC
Co-authors Keith McBurnett, 1 Andrew J Cutler, 2 Amaia Hervas, 3 Joan Gu, 4 Bryan Dirks, 4 Jeffrey H Newcorn 5 1 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA 2 Florida Clinical Research Center, Bradenton, FL, USA 3 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, University Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain 4 Shire, Lexington, MA, USA 5 Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Disclosures The following authors have received compensation for serving as consultants or speakers for, or they or the institutions they have worked for have received research support or royalties from, the companies or organizations indicated below M Huss: Actelion, Eli Lilly, Engelhard Arzneimittel, Janssen-Cilag, Medice, Novartis, Shire and Steiner Arzneimittel K McBurnett: Abbott Laboratories, Cephalon Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc., McNeil Consumer Healthcare, National Institute of Mental Health, New River Pharmaceuticals Inc., Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., Shire and Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Inc. A J Cutler: AbbVie [Abbott], Akili Interactive, Arbor Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Euthymics, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson PRD, Lundbeck, Neos Therapeutics, Neurovance, Novartis, Noven, Otsuka, Pfizer [NextWave], Purdue, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Sunovion, Supernus and Teva A Hervas: Eli Lilly, Janssen and Shire J H Newcorn: Alcobra, Biobehavioral Diagnostics, Cerecor, Enzymotec, Ironshore, Neos, National Football League, Rhodes, Shire and Sunovion J Gu and B Dirks are employees of Shire and own stocks or stock options
Guanfacine extended release () Non-stimulant treatment approved for children and adolescents with ADHD USA and Canada: as monotherapy or an adjunct to stimulant therapy Europe: when stimulants are not suitable, not tolerated or have been shown to be ineffective In pivotal trials, common TEAEs were somnolence, fatigue and sedation To investigate whether sedation may have confounded the efficacy outcomes (i.e. may have accounted for improvement in hyperactivity) in four RCTs in children and adolescents with ADHD, post hoc analyses were conducted to compare: time courses of sedative TEAEs and response change in symptoms in individuals with and without sedative TEAEs RCT, randomized controlled trial; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event
PBO PBO Study designs: two fixed-dose studies Study week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 SPD503-301 (N = 345) Escalation a 1 4 mg Maintenance 2 4 mg Taper Follow-up Children and adolescents (6 17 years) SPD503-304 (N = 324) Escalation a 1 4 mg Maintenance 1 4 mg Taper Follow-up Children and adolescents (6 17 years) SPD503-301: randomization to 2, 3 or 4 mg or placebo (1:1:1:1) SPD503-304: randomization to 1, 2, 3 or 4 mg or placebo (1:1:1:1:1) a was initiated at 1 mg/day on day 1 and increased weekly by 1 mg until randomized dose was reached (2 mg at week 1, 3 mg at week 2 and 4 mg at week 3)., guanfacine extended release; PBO, placebo
ATX PBO PBO PBO Study designs: two dose-optimization studies Study week SPD503-312 (N = 314) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Optimization a Maintenance Taper Follow-up 1 7 mg 1 7 mg Adolescents (13 17 years) Optimization a 1 4 mg Maintenance 1 4 mg Taper Follow-up Children (6 12 years) SPD503-316 (N = 338) Optimization a 1 7 mg Maintenance 1 7 mg Taper Follow-up Adolescents (13 17 years) Optimization b 0.5 1.2 mg/kg (< 70 kg) 40 100 mg ( 70 kg) Maintenance 0.5 1.2 mg/kg (< 70 kg) 40 100 mg ( 70 kg) Children and adolescents (6 17 years) SPD503-312: randomization to or placebo (1:1) SPD503-316: randomization to, placebo or ATX (reference) (1:1:1) a was initiated at 1 mg/day on day 1 and increased weekly by 1 mg until an acceptable response (30% reduction from baseline in ADHD Rating Scale IV total score and a Clinical Global Impression-Improvement score of 1 or 2, with tolerable side effects) was achieved. b ATX dose range was based on participants weight at baseline. ATX, atomoxetine;, guanfacine extended release; PBO, placebo
Proportion of responders (%) Incidence of sedative TEAEs (%) Time courses of sedative TEAEs and response: pooled SPD503-301 and 304 data Incidence of sedative TEAEs a (all doses) PBO 20 Mean onset (days) 12.0 6.4 PBO (n=149) = 15 Mean duration (days) 17.8 27.0 1 mg (n=61) = 10 2 mg (n=150) = 5 3 mg (n=151) = 4 mg (n=151) = 0 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 100 75 50 25 0 Cumulative treatment response b Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Endpoint PBO (n=141) = 1 mg (n=57) = 2 mg (n=147) = 3 mg (n=142) = 4 mg (n=144) = Data are presented by randomized dose. a Defined as somnolence, sedation and hypersomnia. b Defined as having 30% reduction from baseline in ADHD Rating Scale IV total score; analysis based on last observation carried forward., guanfacine extended release; PBO, placebo; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event
ADHD-RS-IV total score in patients with and without reported sedative TEAEs Placebo-adjusted LS mean change from baseline to endpoint in ADHD-RS-IV total score (95% CI) 5 SPD503-301 and 304 SPD503-312 and 316 Without sedative TEAEs With sedative TEAEs Without sedative TEAEs With sedative TEAEs 0 5 10 * NS * NS 15 0.49 0.17 0.67 0.31 n = 297 a n = 124 n = 193 a n = 17 n = 132 n = 215 n = 134 n = 51 Effect size Placebo significantly reduced ADHD-RS-IV total score compared with placebo in the absence of sedative TEAEs *p < 0.001. Data based on last observation carried forward. LS means, effect sizes and p values are based on type III sum of squares from an ANVOVA model for the change from baseline, including treatment group, age group, study, and pooled country (SPD503-312 and 316 only) as fixed effects, and baseline value as a covariate. Sedative events: somnolence, sedation and hypersomnia. a All doses combined. ADHD-RS-IV, ADHD Rating Scale IV;, guanfacine extended release; LS, least-squares; NS, not significant; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event
Summary and conclusions The results presented suggest that: the time-courses of sedative TEAEs and treatment response with were independent in these studies (i.e. sedation occurred early and typically preceded response) significantly reduces ADHD symptoms in patients without sedative TEAEs These findings from group analytic approaches are relevant for the majority of patients, but may not fully explain trajectories of response and tolerability in individual patients Overall, these findings suggest that sedation does not account for the symptomatic improvement associated with, guanfacine extended release; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event
Acknowledgements Under the direction of the authors, David Gothard and Isabelle Kaufmann, employees of Oxford PharmaGenesis, provided writing assistance for this presentation. Editorial assistance in fact checking, copy editing, formatting and proofreading was also provided by Oxford PharmaGenesis Caleb Bliss from Shire Development LLC reviewed and edited the presentation for scientific accuracy Shire International GmbH provided funding to Oxford PharmaGenesis for support in writing and editing this presentation
Back-up ADHD-RS-IV subscale scores ADHD-RS-IV total score by ADHD subtype
Placebo-adjusted LS mean change from baseline to endpoint in ADHD-RS-IV score (95% CI) ADHD-RS-IV subscale scores SPD503-301 and 304 SPD503-312 and 316 0 Total Inattention subscale Hyperactivity- Impulsivity subscale Total Inattention subscale Hyperactivity- Impulsivity subscale 5-5 * * * * 10-10 * * 15-15 0.61 0.54 0.61 0.63 0.50 0.67 Effect size n = 490 a n = 141 n = 266 n = 266 improved ADHD symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity Placebo *p < 0.001. Data based on last observation carried forward. LS means, effect sizes and p values are based on type III sum of squares from an ANCOVA model for the change from baseline, including treatment group, age group, study, and pooled country (SPD503-312 and 316 only) as fixed effects, and baseline value as a covariate. a All doses combined. ADHD-RS-IV, ADHD Rating Scale IV;, guanfacine extended release; LS, least-squares
Placebo-adjusted LS mean change from baseline to endpoint in ADHD-RS-IV total score (95% CI) ADHD-RS-IV total score by ADHD subtype 0 SPD503-301 and 304 SPD503-312 and 316 Inattentive Inattentive subtype subtype Combined/ hyperactiveimpulsive subtype Combined/ hyperactiveimpulsive subtype -5 5-10 10-15 15 ** *** 0.52 0.64 n = 127 a n = 363 a n = 38 n = 103 * 0.50 0.64 n = 61 n = 56 *** n = 205 n = 210 Effect size Placebo significantly improved core ADHD symptoms across the inattentive and combined/hyperactive-impulsive subtypes ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05. Data based on last observation carried forward. LS means, effect sizes and p values are based on type III sum of squares from an ANCOVA model for the change from baseline, including treatment group, age group, study, and pooled country (SPD503-312 and 316 only) as fixed effects, and baseline value as a covariate. a All doses combined. ADHD-RS-IV, ADHD Rating Scale IV;, guanfacine extended release; LS, least-squares