Heart monitoring for kids starting psychiatric drugs
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study is for children and teens in a hospital psychiatric ward who are starting a new medicine that might affect their heart's rhythm. It will check your heart with an ECG (electrocardiogram) to make sure it stays safe.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are currently a patient in a psychiatry unit.
- You are starting a new psychiatric medicine that can affect how your heart beats.
- You are under 18 years old.
- You haven't taken similar heart-affecting medications in the last 3 months.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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