Trial reportJournal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology2017
Risperidone Added to Psychostimulant in Children with Severe Aggression and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Lack of Effect on Attention and Short-Term Memory.
Trial report in Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00796302 (Stimulant and Risperidone in Children With Severe Physical Aggression), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Stimulant and Risperidone in Children With Severe Physical Aggression
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of anticholinergic medications on cognition in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Neurological Adverse Effects of Antipsychotic Medication in Children and Young People.Paediatric drugs · 2026Review
- Review: Dopamine, Serotonin, and the Translational Neuroscience of Aggression in Autism Spectrum Disorder.JAACAP open · 2025Review
- How Early-Life Antipsychotic Drug Administration Modifies Behavioral and Brain Function in Adulthood.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- The Effects of Risperidone on Cognition in People With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Antipsychotics in the Management of Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents: An Update and Critical Review.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- The effects of amphetamine on working memory and locomotor activity in adult rats administered risperidone early in life.Behavioural brain research · 2019Article
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveProfessionals have periodically expressed concern that atypical antipsychotics may cause cognitive blunting in treated patients. In this study, we report data from a double-blind, randomized, controlled study of stimulant plus placebo versus combined stimulant and risperidone to evaluate the effects of the atypical antipsychotic on attention and short-term memory.
methodsA total of 165 (n = 83 combined treatment; n = 82 stimulant plus placebo) children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and severe physical aggression, aged 6-12 years, were evaluated with Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CPT-II) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC) Digit Span subscale at baseline, after 3 weeks of stimulant-only treatment, and after six additional weeks of randomized treatment (stimulant+placebo vs. stimulant+risperidone).
resultsAt 3 weeks, improvement on CPT-II performance (Commissions and Reaction Time Standard Error; p < 0.001) and on Digit Span memory performance (p < 0.006) was noted for the full sample. At study week 9, no difference in CPT-II or Digit Span performance was observed between the randomized groups (ps = 0.41 to 0.83).
conclusionsSimilar to other studies, we found no deleterious effects on attention and short-term memory associated with short-term use of risperidone. NCT00796302.
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