Are you concerned about your child’s worrying?

Brian Barash, MD / Dynamic Clinical Research is conducting a research study to find out if an investigational medication works and if it is safe in children and teens with generalized anxiety disorder, also known as GAD.

Unlike adults with generalized anxiety disorder, children and teens with anxiety disorders often don’t realize that their anxiety is excessive or out of proportion for the situation. Therefore, it is important for parents to recognize the difference between “normal” worry and generalized anxiety disorder.

“Normal” worry is when your child’s worries:

• Do not get in the way of his/her daily activities and responsibilities.
  
• Are able to be controlled.
  
• Do not cause significant distress.
  
• Are limited to a specific, small number of realistic concerns.
  
• Last for only a short time period.
  

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is when your child’s worries:

• Significantly interfere in his/her daily life, including: performance in school, extracurricular activities, or social life.
  
• Make it hard to control the amount of time that he/she spends worrying.
  
• Are extremely upsetting and stressful. Your child may tend to expect the worst.
  
• Are about a broad variety of events – past, present, and future – such as past conversations or actions, upcoming events, school, family health, their own health, competence in sports or academics, and world events.
  
• Occur almost every day for several months.
  

About The Children’s Anxiety Research Study:

• Approximately 260 children around the world will be participating in this research study.
  
• Study participation will last up to 8 months. During that time, you and your child will visit the study doctor’s office up to 14 times.
  
• Children who participate will be randomly assigned to receive either the investigational medication or placebo for the first part of the study (approximately 10 weeks or 2.5 months). After this time, all children who participate in the study will receive the investigational medication until the study ends.
  

Eligibility information:
In order to participate, your child must:

• Be 7 – 17 years old
  
• Be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, as determined by the study doctor
  
• Be generally healthy
  
• Weigh at least 44 pounds
  
• Be able to attend up to 14 clinic visits in 8 months with their parent and/or guardian
  

Your child cannot:

• Be currently taking a research medication for a clinical trial
  
• Be pregnant or breast-feeding
  
• Have a previous or current diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
  

For More Information
If your child’s worrying sounds like generalized anxiety disorder, please speak with Patience Chambers, and consider our research study as an option. Patience will be able to tell you more about the study and determine if your child is eligible to participate.

Patience Chambers
816-942-2626