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ArticlePaediatrics & child health2013

The clinical impact of switching attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients from OROS(®)-MPH to Novo-MPH ER-C(®): A paediatric practice review.

Judy Pm van Stralen

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Article in Paediatrics & child health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Comparison of the real-world safety of two different long-acting methylphenidate formulations (MedikinetScandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Judy Pm van StralenJPM van Stralen Medicine Professional Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn Canada, novo-methylphenidate extended-release capsules (Novo-MPH ER-C, Novopharm Limited, Canada) was approved as being bioequivalent to a current first-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), CONCERTA (OROS-MPH, Janssen Inc, Canada). The present practice review was undertaken to determine whether bioequivalence of these products translates into therapeutic equivalence.

methodsThe present study was a retrospective, single-centre, observational review of consecutive paediatric ADHD patients prescribed OROS-MPH during a seven-month period.

resultsOf the 53 patients who had been switched to the bioequivalent product, 87% destabilized and 43% indicated a shorter duration of effect. In comparison, of those who never tried the second entry medication, only 26% destabilized. Qualitative data indicated differences with regard to side effects, efficacy and duration of effect.

conclusionsThe present retrospective study indicated that Novo-MPH ER-C is not therapeutically equivalent to OROS-MPH. Once an individual with ADHD is effectively managed, disruption of their treatment should be avoided.

Indexed as

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorderBioequivalenceComplex modified-release formulationMethylphenidatePharmacokinetics, Therapeutic equivalence

Identifiers

PMID24421659
PMCPMC3567899
OpenAlexW2099624771

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