Energy Homeostasis Under Treatment With Atypical Antipsychotics

NCT ID: NCT00148564

Last Updated: 2008-09-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-03-31

Study Completion Date

2007-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of different atypical antipsychotics on weight changes, energy homeostasis, metabolism, energy intake as well as activity.

Patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders will be randomly assigned to be treated with ziprasidone or olanzapine for 24 weeks.

Primary outcome parameter are the weight changes after 24 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Keywords

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weight gain schizophrenia atypical antipsychotics

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Olanzapine

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

olanzapine

Intervention Type DRUG

treatment with either Olanzapine or Ziprasidone

Zpirasidone

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ziprasidone

Intervention Type DRUG

treatment with either Olanzapine or Ziprasidone

Interventions

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olanzapine

treatment with either Olanzapine or Ziprasidone

Intervention Type DRUG

Ziprasidone

treatment with either Olanzapine or Ziprasidone

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Zyprexa Zeldox

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of schizophrenia or related disorders(DSM-IV)
* Indication for long-term treatment with antipsychotics
* BMI between 20 to 30
* Weight changes less than 3kg in the last 3 months before inclusion
* Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Psychiatric comorbidity
* Depot antipsychotic in the last 2 months
* Antipsychotics in the last 2 weeks
* Treatment with olanzapine, clozapine or ziprasidone in teh last 3 months
* Treatment with drugs, that may lead to weight changes
* Significant endocrine, neurological, cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, metabolic, or other medical diseases or any clinically relevant abnormalities in laboratory tests
* Female subjects during pregnancy and breastfeeding
* Female subjects within childbearing years who were not using adequate birth control
* Patients who are judged by the investigator to be at serious suicide risk
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Principal Investigators

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Martin Schaefer, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Charite Campus Mitte; Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Department of Psychiatry, Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Locations

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Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; Campus Charité Mitte; Dept. for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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Energy

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id