The Placebo Response in Adult ADHD as Objectively Assessed by the TOVA Continuous Performance Test

Ann Rotem; Joseph Ben-Sheetrit; Jeffrey Newcorn; Yaron Danieli; Miriam Peskin; Pavel Golubchik; Rachel Ben-Hayun; Abraham Weizman; Iris Manor

doi:10.1177/1087054719897819

The Placebo Response in Adult ADHD as Objectively Assessed by the TOVA Continuous Performance Test

Ann Rotem, Joseph Ben-Sheetrit, Jeffrey Newcorn, Yaron Danieli, Miriam Peskin, Pavel Golubchik, Rachel Ben-Hayun, Abraham Weizman, Iris Manor

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Objective: We compared the placebo response (PR) as measured by the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) and the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS) scores. Method: A retrospective data analysis from a double-blind placebo-controlled study of metadoxine-ER in adults with ADHD. An additional database was used for comparison to TOVA response after methylphenidate challenge (TOVA-MPH-R). Results: PR was highest when calculated from the TOVA-Attention Composite Score (ACS). The PR showed significantly fewer variables improving concomitantly compared with MPH-R. The most prominent correlation between the CAARS-PR and the TOVA-PR was in the Omissions score (p =.032), which was age-dependent (b =.0007, p <.001). Discussion: TOVA-PR has an index-specific profile compared with CAARS-PR and TOVA-MPH-R. The partial correlation of TOVA-PR with CAARS-PR suggests that a composite score of TOVA specific indices and CAARS could have a synergic impact to improve the reliability of the response assessment in adult ADHD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1311-1320
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Attention Disorders
Volume	25
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054719897819
State	Published - Jul 2021

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continuous performance test
placebo response

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