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Filter by:This study will investigate the efficacy of Escitalopram, a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant, in the treatment of Bipolar II Disorder. The use of antidepressants for those with bipolar disorder appears common in clinical practice but is not countenanced - at least as monotherapy - in formal treatment guidelines. This view reflects concerns about the possibility of antidepressant drugs inducing switching and rapid cycling in those with Bipolar Disorder. Although the effectiveness of treating Bipolar II patients with SSRIs has received very little attention in the literature, observations of Bipolar II patients treated with SSRIs suggest they may have general mood stabilising properties. Many patients have reported improvements not only in their depressed mood, but also a reduction in the severity, duration and frequency of hypomanic episodes. In this proof of concept study we specifically assess whether a standard dose of an SSRI antidepressant is more effective than placebo in reducing the frequency, severity and duration of both depressive and hypomanic episodes.
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric illness with clinical characteristics of mixed mania, grandiose delusions, and suicidality. This study will investigate the efficacy a safety of oxcarbazepine in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder type I or II.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of SPD417 when given with other psychotropic medications to treat bipolar I disorder.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of SPD417 in treating bipolar manic symptoms, when given once daily in the evening vs. twice daily.
The primary objective of this trial was to characterize the long-term (up to 40 weeks) safety and tolerability of asenapine in bipolar I disorder subjects who had not completely responded to continuing treatment with lithium or valproic acid (VPA) for the treatment of an acute manic or mixed episodes upon enrollment into the 12-week lead-in trial, A7501008 (NCT00145470). The safety comparison was between the group receiving lithium or VPA and placebo against the group receiving lithium or VPA and asenapine, with the caveat that all subjects may have received benzodiazepine and/or antidepressant rescue medication as needed.
This is a 12-week study that will test the safety and efficacy of asenapine when used in addition to lithium or valproate for subjects with acute manic or mixed episodes of Bipolar I Disorder.
Bipolar disorder is characterized by mood swings that range from high (manic) to low (depressed) states. Sometimes, symptoms of both depression and mania are present (mixed episodes). Asenapine is an investigational medication for the treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. Patients who completed the 3 week trial (A7601004 or A7501005) continued on the same treatment that they received in the short term study: asenapine or olanzapine (a medication already approved for the treatment of bipolar mania) for 9 additional weeks. The short term studies (A7501004 and A7501005) were not unblinded until the 9 week extension study was unblinded. Patients treated with placebo in the 3 week short term study were crossed over and treated with Asenapine in the 9 week extension study. Patients who complete the 9 week extension study were eligible to continue in another extension (A7501007) study for an additional 40 weeks.
This is a 6-week trial that evaluates the efficacy and safety of Geodon (ziprasidone) in outpatient subjects ages 18 and older with Bipolar Disorder type I, depressed. Subjects are required to undergo a washout period of at least 7 days of any prior med.
This study is to assess the tolerability of bifeprunox with the progressive elimination of titration steps to achieve the shortest tolerated titration dosing to a dose of 40 mg/day in either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder subjects. Study duration is 2 months with an optional open-label 26-week extension study.
This extension study is designed to assess the long-tem tolerability and safety of licarbazepine in patients who completed the 6-week double-blind study CLIC477D2303.