Table 2. Summary of analyses completed.
Outcome | Treatment durations analyzed | Type of measure | No. of trials* | No. of participants | Duration (range, wk) |
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BENEFITS£ | |||||
Patient-reported clinical response | ≥12 wk | Continuous | 9 | 1462 | 12–52 |
Dichotomous | 4 | 322 | 12–24 | ||
Clinician-reported clinical response | ≥12 wk | Continuous | 15 | 3365 | 12–52 |
Dichotomous | 8 | 1902 | 12–24 | ||
Quality of Life† | ≥12 wk | Continuous | 5‡ | 1862 | 12–26 |
Executive Function† | Any duration** | Continuous | 11 | 3024 | 2–10 |
HARMS | |||||
Serious adverse events† | ≥12 wk | Dichotomous | 5 | 1380 | 12–24 |
Any duration | Dichotomous | 33 | 7161 | 1–24 | |
Withdrawals due to adverse events† | ≥12 wk | Dichotomous | 16 | 3650 | 12–52 |
Any duration | Dichotomous | 52 | 10726 | 2–52 | |
Treatment discontinuation† | ≥12 wk | Dichotomous | 16 | 3568 | 12–26 |
Any duration | Dichotomous | 51 | 9959 | 3–26 |
* Data are for trials included in analyses. Two included publications each reported data from two unique trials, thus, the number of trials is greater than the number of included publications.
£ Patient and clinician-reported clinical response were analyzed by both pairwise meta-analysis and Bayesian network meta-analysis; quality of life and executive function were analyzed by pairwise meta-analysis only.
†Analyzed by pair-wise meta-analysis.
‡All studies involved atomoxetine.
**No studies with a treatment duration of at least than 12 weeks assessed executive function.