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Filter by:The purpose of the present study is to examine whether cognitive behavior therapy will reduce depressive symptoms and increase self-esteem for patients with a first episode psychosis.
The results of the study "schizophrenia, related disorders and glutathione" conducted at the Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroscience (LUNEP) DUPA of Lausanne, reinforce the hypothesis proposed that a deficit intracerebral glutathione is a vulnerability factor for Schizophrenia at least for a subgroup of patients. While pursuing the baseline study, it is appropriate now to try to restore a higher level of glutathione in patients to see if this increase is accompanied by an improvement in symptoms, particularly negative symptoms and disorders cognitive, particularly resistant to current therapy. N-acetyl-cystein (NAC) is a precursor of glutathione which is used clinically for various indications, well tolerated even at high doses. The investigators propose a double-blind cross-over with the aim to study if the N-acetyl-cystein (at a dose of oral 2g/day) leads on the one hand a rising glutathione brain (measured in resonance magnetic spectroscopic) and also improved patients' conditions (determined by clinical assessments, psychopathological, neuropsychological, biochemical and physiological), while recording any side effects. As a first step, this study should include at least thirty patients and last for two to three years. It is important to note that this is not a study of medication suggested by a pharmaceutical industry, but a medical search.
The purpose of study is to determine whether dietary supplement sarcosine is effective in treatment of schizophrenia. The investigators will assess impact of sarcosine on quality of life and sexual functioning. In this project the investigators will also measure glycine, sarcosine, BDNF, MMP-9 levels and oxydative stress parameters in blood, brain glutamatergic metabolism parameters in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and oculomotoric changes in electrooculography.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether ITI-007 is effective in reducing symptoms associated with schizophrenia in patients who are having an acute worsening of their psychosis. Patients will be randomly assigned to receive one of two doses of ITI-007, placebo, or a positive control. The primary goal will be to assess the effects of ITI-007 on psychosis. The safety of ITI-007 will also be assessed.
The PACS study aims to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of pregabalin for schizophrenic patients that suffer from comorbid anxiety. The study design is an 8 week flexible dosage, randomized placebo controlled. The study population is patients diagnosed with ICD-10 schizophrenia and age 18-65. Patients are recruited from outpatient clinics from entire Denmark.
This study will assess asenapine (Sycrest®) use in participants with bipolar disorder; comparison will be made to the use of risperidone (RISPERDAL®CONSTA®) and olanzapine (Zyprexa®). The occurrence of identified and potential clinically important risks will also be assessed.
Deficits in working memory (WM) performance are the most significant cognitive impairments in schizophrenia (SCZ). It has also been shown that WM performance is contingent on the cortex synchronization, a process that relies on brain inhibition. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been demonstrated as an effective treatment for patients with SCZ and has been shown to increase brain inhibition and improve cognitive performance. In this study the investigators intend to: - evaluate rTMS as a treatment for WM deficits in SCZ - evaluate rTMS as a method to increase WM performance in healthy individuals - determine if improvements in WM performance are related to enhanced synchronization of brain networks - determine whether genetic polymorphisms predict cortical function and treatment response - evaluate the influence of rTMS treatment on brain structure.
This study will determine the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, and tolerability of ALKS 9072 (also known as ALKS 9070) after 4 monthly doses in adults with chronic stable schizophrenia.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether minocycline are effective in the treatment of negative and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia.
This is an observational study describing the real-life antipsychotic treatment during the hospitalisation of the patients due to acute psychotic episode. In this NIS subject's data will be collected at one visit at the moment of discharge from the hospital. The results of the study would help to characterise the discrepancy between current clinical practice and treatment guidelines, indicating that atypical antipsychotics are preferable and should be used in monotherapy during acute psychotic episodes in subjects with schizophrenia. Available evidence have revealed a frequent use of first-generation antipsychotics, polypharmacy, intramuscular route of administration and use of atypical antipsychotics in doses lower than recommended in registered summary of product characteristics.