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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of lamotrigine augmentation of Haloperidol decanoate in the treatment of Resistant Schizophrenia predominantly by verbal resistant hallucinosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, study. Nadir A.Aliyev & Zafar N.Aliyev Central Mental Clinic for Outpatients of Baku city of Azerbaijan Republic Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The current paper reports on a double-blind, randomized study of the role of lamotrigine as an augmentation agent to haloperidol decanoate in the treatment of out patient's schizophrenia with verbal resistant hallucinosis.
The study will assess the use of paliperidone palmitate compared with oral risperidone in delaying time to relapse in patients recently diagnosed with schizophrenia who are at high risk of relapse.
The primary objective of this study is to compare the effect of two different antipsychotic compounds which are used in the treatment of schizophrenia (paliperidone ER and risperidone) at their target sites in two specific areas of the brain in patients with schizophrenia. A specialized X-ray known as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging is used to assess the areas of the brain targeted by both compounds.
DESCRIPTION: (Verbatim from the Applicant's Abstract) Abnormalities of eye movement control and spatial cognition are well-established deficits in schizophrenia. However, the regional disturbances in brain function causing these deficits are not yet known. This application proposes a series of integrated behavioral studies designed to identify causes of deficits in schizophrenia.
The purpose of this study is to understand safety and tolerability of the drug GSK1018921 after 14 days of dosing in healthy volunteers and then in patient volunteers.
Cognition is one of the core symptoms of schizophrenia. This study is a head-to-head trial between olanzapine and sertindole with cognition as primary outcome. The design is a 12-week double-blinded randomized controlled flexible dose study.
The purpose of this study is to provide access to bifeprunox for patients, who have completed previous studies with bifeprunox, and require continued treatment with bifeprunox, other treatment not being adequate. A further purpose is to investigate the safety and side-effects of bifeprunox during long-term treatment.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar I disorder who also have metabolic syndrome have a larger decrease in fasting non-high density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol levels with aripiprazole than with their current atypical antipsychotic treatment (olanzapine, risperidone, or quetiapine).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Seroquel XR in schizophrenia patients with acute worsening symptoms. Consequently, to assess whether the study drug is safe and acceptable on the daily dose basis, orally given, up to 600 mg once a day for 42 days.
This study will test whether transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) can be used safely in children with schizophrenia and if it can improve memory and attention span or auditory hallucinations in these children, at least temporarily. TDCS has temporarily improved memory and attention span in healthy adults and a similar method called TMS has relieved auditory hallucinations in adults with schizophrenia. For the TDCS procedure, the child sits in a chair and two soft sponge electrodes are placed on the child s forehead and held in place with a soft wrapping. One sponge electrode is placed on an arm. The electrodes are attached to a stimulator with a wire. Children with schizophrenia who meet the following criteria may be eligible for this study: - Are 10 yrs or older age. - Are participating in NIH protocol 03-M-0035. - Are on a stable medication regimen for at least 6 months. - Have problems with memory and attention span or have auditory hallucinations. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either real or sham TDCS on an inpatient or outpatient basis in 20-minute sessions daily, except weekends, for 10 days. For real TDCS, patients receive stimulation to the front of the brain. For sham stimulation, the children have electrodes placed on the forehead, but no actual stimulation is delivered. In addition to TDCS, patients have the following procedures: - Checks of blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate before, during and right after each stimulation and again 8 hours later. - Electrocardiogram (EKG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) before starting stimulation and after completing the 10 days of TDCS. - Interviews and examinations to check for side effects of TDCS. - Pen-and-paper or computer tests of learning, attention and memory. - At the end of the 10 sessions, children who were in the sham TDCS group are offered the same number of sessions of active TDCS. - Follow-up telephone call 1 month after the end of stimulation to see how the child is doing. - 1- to 2-day outpatient visit 6 months after the stimulation. This visit includes interviews with the parent and the child, rating of the child s psychiatric symptoms, and pen-and-paper or computer tests of thinking, attention and memory.