Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis

Individual responses to methylphenidate (MPH) can significantly differ in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of the extent of clinical amelioration, optimal dosage needed, possible side effects, and short- and long-term duration of the benefits. In the present rep...

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Autores principales: Silvia Grazioli, Eleonora Rosi, Maddalena Mauri, Alessandro Crippa, Federica Tizzoni, Arianna Tarabelloni, Filippo Maria Villa, Federica Chiapasco, Maria Reimers, Erika Gatti, Silvana Bertella, Massimo Molteni, Maria Nobile
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:594df80057bf4273b0cda4b23ccc04642021-11-25T17:14:29ZPatterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis10.3390/children81110082227-9067https://doaj.org/article/594df80057bf4273b0cda4b23ccc04642021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1008https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9067Individual responses to methylphenidate (MPH) can significantly differ in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of the extent of clinical amelioration, optimal dosage needed, possible side effects, and short- and long-term duration of the benefits. In the present repeated-measures observational study, we undertook a proof-of-concept study to determine whether clustering analysis could be useful to characterize different clusters of responses to MPH in children with ADHD. We recruited 33 children with ADHD who underwent a comprehensive clinical, cognitive, and neurophysiological assessment before and after one month of MPH treatment. Symptomatology changes were assessed by parents and clinicians. The neuropsychological measures used comprised pen-and-paper and computerized tasks. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy was used to measure cortical hemodynamic activation during an attentional task. We developed an unsupervised machine learning algorithm to characterize the possible clusters of responses to MPH in our multimodal data. A symptomatology improvement was observed for both clinical and neuropsychological measures. Our model identified distinct clusters of amelioration that were related to symptom severity and visual-attentional performances. The present findings provide preliminary evidence that clustering analysis can potentially be useful in identifying different responses to MPH in children with ADHD, highlighting the importance of a personalized medicine approach within the clinical framework.Silvia GrazioliEleonora RosiMaddalena MauriAlessandro CrippaFederica TizzoniArianna TarabelloniFilippo Maria VillaFederica ChiapascoMaria ReimersErika GattiSilvana BertellaMassimo MolteniMaria NobileMDPI AGarticleattention-deficit/hyperactivity disordermethylphenidatenear-infrared spectroscopymachine learningclusteringpersonalized medicinePediatricsRJ1-570ENChildren, Vol 8, Iss 1008, p 1008 (2021)
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topic attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
methylphenidate
near-infrared spectroscopy
machine learning
clustering
personalized medicine
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
spellingShingle attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
methylphenidate
near-infrared spectroscopy
machine learning
clustering
personalized medicine
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Silvia Grazioli
Eleonora Rosi
Maddalena Mauri
Alessandro Crippa
Federica Tizzoni
Arianna Tarabelloni
Filippo Maria Villa
Federica Chiapasco
Maria Reimers
Erika Gatti
Silvana Bertella
Massimo Molteni
Maria Nobile
Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
description Individual responses to methylphenidate (MPH) can significantly differ in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of the extent of clinical amelioration, optimal dosage needed, possible side effects, and short- and long-term duration of the benefits. In the present repeated-measures observational study, we undertook a proof-of-concept study to determine whether clustering analysis could be useful to characterize different clusters of responses to MPH in children with ADHD. We recruited 33 children with ADHD who underwent a comprehensive clinical, cognitive, and neurophysiological assessment before and after one month of MPH treatment. Symptomatology changes were assessed by parents and clinicians. The neuropsychological measures used comprised pen-and-paper and computerized tasks. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy was used to measure cortical hemodynamic activation during an attentional task. We developed an unsupervised machine learning algorithm to characterize the possible clusters of responses to MPH in our multimodal data. A symptomatology improvement was observed for both clinical and neuropsychological measures. Our model identified distinct clusters of amelioration that were related to symptom severity and visual-attentional performances. The present findings provide preliminary evidence that clustering analysis can potentially be useful in identifying different responses to MPH in children with ADHD, highlighting the importance of a personalized medicine approach within the clinical framework.
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author Silvia Grazioli
Eleonora Rosi
Maddalena Mauri
Alessandro Crippa
Federica Tizzoni
Arianna Tarabelloni
Filippo Maria Villa
Federica Chiapasco
Maria Reimers
Erika Gatti
Silvana Bertella
Massimo Molteni
Maria Nobile
author_facet Silvia Grazioli
Eleonora Rosi
Maddalena Mauri
Alessandro Crippa
Federica Tizzoni
Arianna Tarabelloni
Filippo Maria Villa
Federica Chiapasco
Maria Reimers
Erika Gatti
Silvana Bertella
Massimo Molteni
Maria Nobile
author_sort Silvia Grazioli
title Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
title_short Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
title_full Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
title_fullStr Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Patterns of Response to Methylphenidate Administration in Children with ADHD: A Personalized Medicine Approach through Clustering Analysis
title_sort patterns of response to methylphenidate administration in children with adhd: a personalized medicine approach through clustering analysis
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/594df80057bf4273b0cda4b23ccc0464
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