- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00056498
Risperidone Treatment in Schizophrenia Patients Who Are Currently Taking Clozapine
Clozapine Treatment of Schizophrenic Patients
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Clozapine is the only antipsychotic drug that has been approved for treatment resistant patients with schizophrenia. However, up to 50% of patients treated with clozapine fail to respond and continue to exhibit clinically significant residual positive and negative symptoms and cognitive impairments. An emerging trend in treatment is the addition of a second antipsychotic drug. This study will determine if risperidone when given as adjunctive treatment is more effective than placebo in treating schizophrenic patients failing clozapine therapy.
Participants are randomly assigned to add either adjunctive risperidone or placebo to their current clozapine treatment in a single, daily dose for 16 weeks. Positive and negative symptoms, cognitive impairments, side effects of the treatment, anxiety, depression, hostility symptoms, and quality of life are assessed. Neurological tests, self administered questionnaires, and interviews are used to assess patients.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Catonsville, Maryland, United States, 21228
- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
- Current clozapine treatment
- Moderate illness severity and inadequate positive symptom response to clozapine treatment
- 6 month period of clozapine treatment with documented clozapine blood level greater than or equal to 350 ng/ml or clozapine and norclozapine blood level greater than or equal to 450 ng/ml
Exclusion Criteria:
- Organic brain disorder
- Mental retardation
- Medical condition whose pathology or treatment could alter the presentation or treatment of schizophrenia or significantly increase the risk associated with the proposed treatment protocol
- Pregnancy
- DSM-IV criteria for current alcohol or substance dependence within the last 6 months or DSM-IV criteria for alcohol or substance abuse within the last month
- Previously received adjunctive risperidone (at doses greater than or equal to 8 mg/day) with their clozapine treatment for greater than or equal to 6 weeks
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: QUADRUPLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Active
Participants assigned to risperidone
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Risperdal 4 mg per day for 16 weeks
Other Names:
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PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo
Participants assigned to placebo
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Placebo capsule daily for 16 weeks
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Positive Symptom Item Scores by Week and Treatment Group
Time Frame: Baseline and every two weeks for 16 weeks.
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The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) positive symptom items are: conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, unusual thought content, and suspiciousness.
The total score is calculated by adding the scores for each item.
Each scale ranges from "1=Not Present" to "7=Very Severe".
The minimum score is 4 and the maximum score is 28.
A higher score indicates a more severe positive symptom rating.
A mixed model for unbalanced repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), in which follow-up symptom score = baseline symptom score + treatment + week + treatment x week, and week is treated as a categorical, rather than a continuous measure.
The treatment term estimates the average across weeks of the week-specific group differences, and is used as the main test for treatment effects on symptom change.
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Baseline and every two weeks for 16 weeks.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Neuropsychological Testing - Overall Composite Z-score
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 16
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The neuropsychological testing measured attention, executive function/problem solving, motor speed, processing speed/response generation, and verbal, visual, and working memory.
The individual test raw scores were converted to z-scores and an overall composite z-score was computed from the average of the individual test z-scores.
Z-scores range from -3 standard deviations up to +3 standard deviations.
Higher scores indicate better test performance.
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Baseline and Week 16
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Negative Symptom Total Score by Week and Treatment Group
Time Frame: Baseline and every two weeks for 16 weeks.
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The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) total score, minus the global items, inappropriate affect, poverty of content of speech, and attention items, used to measure negative symptoms.
SANS total score range = 0-85.
Higher scores indicate more severe negative symptoms.
A mixed model for unbalanced repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), in which follow-up symptom score = baseline symptom score + treatment + week + treatment x week, and week is treated as a categorical, rather than a continuous measure.
The treatment term estimates the average across weeks of the week-specific group differences, and is used as the main test for treatment effects on symptom change.
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Baseline and every two weeks for 16 weeks.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Antipsychotic Agents
- Tranquilizing Agents
- Psychotropic Drugs
- Serotonin Agents
- Dopamine Agents
- Serotonin Antagonists
- Dopamine Antagonists
- Risperidone
Other Study ID Numbers
- R01 MH045074 H-21270
- DSIR 83-ATAP (NIMH/DSIR)
- R01MH045074 (NIH)
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