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Background: . Bipolar disorders and tobacco use disorder are top of the causes of disability and mortality worldwide Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) as an adjunctive treatment in patients with bipolar .disorders and tobacco use disorder (TUD)

, to determine whether NAC reduces alterations in biomarkers of inflammatory and oxidative stress Methods: This study will be conducted as a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlles add NAC or placebo for .bipolar disorders and tobacco use disorder at Londrina State University, Brazil.


Clinical Trial Description

Tobacco use disorder and bipolar disorders are top of the causes of disability and mortality worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) as an adjunctive treatment in patients with Tobacco use disorder with comorbid bipolar disorder ( (N=72 NAC/placebo ) recruited from outpatients smoking cessation unit at Londrina State University, Brazil.

The design was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of 12 weeks of adjunctive treatment with N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC), 1800mg/day. Participants will be patients with bipolar disorders with and without TUD, they will allocated to one of two groups at random to receive NAC or placebo For the evaluation of oxidative stress biomarkers will be assess among others malondialdehyde (MDA), lipid hydroperoxide,nitric oxide metabolites (NOx), antioxidant potential total plasma (TRAP), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, the total glutathione (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG), paraoxonase (PON 1) activity thiol group (SH-group).For the evaluation of inflammation biomarkers will be analyze : BDNF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, IL-1RA, IL-2, IL-2R, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6,IL-6R, IL-7, IL-8, Leptin, TNF-α, TNF-RI, TNF-RII, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR), homocysteine, haptoglobin, albumin , uric acid and fibrinogen. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT02420418
Study type Interventional
Source Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Contact Décio Sabbatini Barbosa, PhD
Phone +554399966381
Email sabbatini2011@hotmail.com
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date July 2015
Completion date May 2017

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