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- Clinical Trial NCT02176044
The Effect of Nitric Oxide on Spatial Working Memory in Patients With Schizophrenia - Pilot Study
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 1
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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London, United Kingdom, SE5
- Clinical Research Facility, King's College Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, currently experiencing an exacerbation of symptoms (a score > 20 for PANSS-Positive subscale), currently taking antipsychotics and who have given informed consent to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
History of hypertension or current resting systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mmHg. Relevant medical illness (renal, hepatic, cardiac), prior history of intolerance to sodium nitroprusside, presence of a seizure disorder, any change in psychotropic medication in previous 6 weeks, diagnosis of substance abuse, pregnancy (as determined by urine test) or breastfeeding.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Basic Science
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Glucose infusion
Placebo infusion of sterile 5% glucose - 500ml infused over 4 hours.
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Active Comparator: Sodium Nitroprusside infusion
Sodium nitroprusside dissolved in 5% glucose solution.
Infused at 0.5mcg/kg/min for 4 hours.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Spatial Working Memory
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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performance on Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery spatial working memory task
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4 hours post-infusion
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Symptoms rated on PANSS
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4 hours post-infusion
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Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Symptoms rated on BPRS
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4 hours post-infusion
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Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Symptoms rated on QIDS
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4 hours post-infusion
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Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32)
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Rating of symptoms on HCL-32
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4 hours post-infusion
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Blood pressure
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Measurement of blood pressure.
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4 hours post-infusion
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Heart rate
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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Heart rate change from baseline
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4 hours post-infusion
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Respiratory rate
Time Frame: 4 hours post-infusion
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change in respiratory rate from baseline.
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4 hours post-infusion
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: James Stone, MBBS PhD, King's College London
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
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 (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- NOSMEM01
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