Schizophrenia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Augmentation of Antipsychotics With L-Dopa (Sinemet)
Dopamine, a chemical in the brain, has been linked to schizophrenia for a number of years.
More recently, there is evidence that certain areas affected in schizophrenia (e.g.
motivation, cognition) may reflect too little dopamine, whereas symptoms like hallucinations
and delusions have been linked to too much dopamine.
This study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of giving L-dopa
(Sinemet) to see if it will improve those symptoms related to too little dopamine. L-dopa
has been approved for other medical conditions (e.g. Parkinson's disease) and works to
increase levels of dopamine.
The investigators are linking this study with neuroimaging (fMRI) which will allows us to
link any changes the investigators might find in clinical symptoms with changes in the
brain. This information can prove useful in better understanding the mechanisms that account
for these symptoms, as well as possible new treatments.
At present , treatments for these other symptoms that seem important in functional measures
of outcome (i.e. deficit symptoms, including amotivation; cognitive symptoms) in
schizophrenia have not proven particularly effective. It is hoped that L-dopa may provide a
treatment that is more effective; going forward, this information would also be useful in
drug development and future lines of investigation.
1. L-dopa will prove effective in improving deficit (also called 'primary negative' e.g.
amotivation) and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia.
2. It will be well tolerated and not increase risk of psychotic symptoms when administered
in conjunction with their regular antipsychotic medications.
Pharmacological (and non-pharmacological) strategies that may significantly improve the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia represent a critical unmet therapeutic need. There is wide acceptance of the notion that both negative and cognitive symptoms are best understood as features of hypo- rather than hyperdopaminergic activity. The primary negative and cognitive symptoms appear central to schizophrenia and predate the neurodevelopmental changes that subsequently give rise to the hyperdopaminergic state underlying positive symptoms. In using L-Dopa specifically, we avoid the abuse potential of agents such as the psychostimulants, or perturbations in pharmacological action as a function of dose, as observed with dopamine agonists. Further, more recent neuroimaging studies have provided in vivo evidence in keeping with the underlying rationale. First, imaging studies have demonstrated that L-dopa induces shifts in activity in both cortical and subcortical structures linked to reward, affect and cognition. Along similar lines, L-dopa-induced changes have been associated with improvement in motivation, cognitive tasks, and affect. ;
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
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