Trial Outcomes & Findings for D-serine and Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia (NCT NCT02156908)

NCT ID: NCT02156908

Last Updated: 2020-10-08

Results Overview

An MMN event is evoked by a discernible change in the pitch of a repetitive auditory stimulation. The stronger the response to a difference (i.e., the more negative the amplitude of the MMN), the better the outcome. MMN was obtained to pitch deviant stimuli pre-post auditory plasticity training, utilizing deviants to the same base frequencies as the auditory plasticity sessions, (i.e. 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz), with \~10 minutes of each base frequency. MMN will be conducted at baseline and after the final session. Reported outcome is change in MMN between baseline and final within session.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE2

Target enrollment

8 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

3 weeks

Results posted on

2020-10-08

Participant Flow

Please see NCT01474395 for a related parallel study involving 13 schizophrenia patients and 13 healthy controls. Participants in NCT01474395 were not enrolled in the current study, i.e., both studies included separate groups of participants

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
D-serine
D-serine D-serine: D-serine 60 mg/kg (3 sessions, open label)
No Intervention
3 sessions without D-serine
Overall Study
STARTED
5
3
Overall Study
COMPLETED
5
3
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

D-serine and Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
D-serine
n=5 Participants
D-serine D-serine: D-serine 60 mg/kg
No Intervention
n=3 Participants
Total
n=8 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
43.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.4 • n=5 Participants
45.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.3 • n=7 Participants
44.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.5 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=7 Participants
7 Participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 weeks

An MMN event is evoked by a discernible change in the pitch of a repetitive auditory stimulation. The stronger the response to a difference (i.e., the more negative the amplitude of the MMN), the better the outcome. MMN was obtained to pitch deviant stimuli pre-post auditory plasticity training, utilizing deviants to the same base frequencies as the auditory plasticity sessions, (i.e. 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz), with \~10 minutes of each base frequency. MMN will be conducted at baseline and after the final session. Reported outcome is change in MMN between baseline and final within session.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
D-serine
n=5 Participants
D-serine D-serine: D-serine 60 mg/kg
no Intervention
n=3 Participants
Mismatch Negativity (MMN)
.086 micro volts
Standard Deviation 0.36
0.31 micro volts
Standard Deviation .29

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: three weeks

Change tone matching threshold (the percent difference in pitch of two consecutively played tones that can be distinguished), higher numbers represent better outcomes. D-serine outcomes are for 2 consecutive D-serine sessions

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
D-serine
n=5 Participants
D-serine D-serine: D-serine 60 mg/kg
no Intervention
n=3 Participants
Tone Matching Threshold
11 percentage of difference in pitch
Standard Deviation 3.6
2.3 percentage of difference in pitch
Standard Deviation 0.7

Adverse Events

D-serine

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

no Intervention

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Joshua Kantrowitz

Nathan Kline Institute

Phone: 646-774-6738

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place