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Trial reportZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics2017

[Efficacy of clonidine transdermal patch in treatment of moderate to severe tic disorders in children].

Jing-Min Guo, Xiao-Xi Shi, Shi-Wei Yang, Qin-Fang Qian, Yan Huang, Yan-Qin Xie, Ping Ou

Open access · greenAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing-Min GuoFujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China. eve1019@126.com.
Xiao-Xi Shi
Shi-Wei Yang
Qin-Fang Qian
Yan Huang
Yan-Qin Xie
Ping Ou
Fujian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the difference in the efficacy between clonidine transdermal patch and haloperidol tablets in the treatment of moderate to severe tic disorders in children.

methodsA total of 134 children with moderate to severe tic disorders were randomly divided into clonidine group (n=70) and haloperidol group (n=64). The clonidine and haloperidol groups were treated with clonidine transdermal patch and haloperidol tablets respectively, and the treatment lasted for 8 weeks in both groups. The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) was used to evaluate the conditions of the children before and after treatment, and the adverse events during the treatment were recorded.

resultsThe haloperidol group had a significantly better treatment outcome than the clonidine group after one week of treatment (P<0.05); the treatment outcome showed no significant difference between the two groups after 3, 5, and 8 weeks of treatment (P>0.05). The clonidine group had significantly less reductions in the motor tics, vocal tics, and function impairment scores and total score of YGTSS than the haloperidol group after one week of treatment (P<0.05); there were no significant differences in YGTSS score reductions between the two groups after 3, 5, and 8 weeks of treatment (P>0.05). The clonidine group had a significantly lower overall incidence of adverse events than the haloperidol group (8% vs 37%; P<0.01).

conclusionsClonidine transdermal patch and haloperidol are both effective in the treatment of moderate to severe tic disorders in children. The clonidine transdermal patch, despite slow action, has comparable efficacy and fewer adverse effects compared with haloperidol.

Indexed as

Transdermal PatchChildChild, PreschoolClonidineFemaleHaloperidolHumansMaleSeverity of Illness IndexTic DisordersClonidineHaloperidol

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PMID28697832
PMCPMC7389911
OpenAlexW2980583595

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