Back to resultsEfficacy of Pimozide Augmentation for Clozapine Partial Response
Primary Purpose
Schizophrenia
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Pimozide
placebo
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Schizophrenia focused on measuring schizophrenia, pimozide, clozapine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
- A minimum Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) score of 35 and a BPRS psychotic symptom cluster score of at least 8.
- Currently taking clozapine with a blood level between 350-1000 ng/ml and on a stable dose of clozapine for the past 2 weeks.
- Able to give informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- A history of significant medical/neurological disease such as thyroid, renal, hepatic abnormality, seizure disorder.
- History of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
- Current substance abuse determined by urine toxicology.
- Cardiac arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia (heart rate less than 60/min), sinus tachycardia (heart rate greater than 110/min), supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, first, second, third degree atrioventricular (AV) block, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and junctional complexes. in baseline electrocardiogram (EKG). Study doctors will examine the EKGs and consult with an internist/cardiologist as needed.
- on EKG: QTc > 450 ms.
- Current use of macrolide antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin), azole antifungal agents (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole), protease inhibitors (e.g., ritonavir, indinavir), nefazodone, and other medications that are associated with prolonged QTc.
- Current use of antipsychotics other than clozapine.
- Current use of sertraline.
- IQ level below 70.
- At high risk for suicidal/homicidal behavior.
- Pregnancy, lack of birth control for females of childbearing age (female patients must report use of effective method for birth control such as birth control pills, condoms, barrier methods, abstinence or have written statement from their doctors that they are medically sterile).
- Non-English speaking.
Sites / Locations
- Connecticut Mental Health Center
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Active Comparator
Arm Label
1
2
Arm Description
placebo pimozide
active pimozide
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Total Score
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is an 18-item instrument. The items are anchored on a 7-point scale (higher rating: greater severity). Total scores range from 18 to 126 (higher score: greater severity). The instrument covers areas including: somatic concerns, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness, hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, blunted affect, excitement and disorientation.
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Total Score
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is an 18-item instrument. The items are anchored on a 7-point scale (higher rating: greater severity). Total scores range from 18 to 126 (higher score: greater severity). The instrument covers areas including: somatic concerns, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness, hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, blunted affect, excitement and disorientation.
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) is a rating scale to measure negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale has 25 items (20 individual and 5 global) rated on scale of 0-5 (higher rating: greater severity). SANS is split into 5 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). Domains include: Affective Flattening or Blunting, Alogia, Avolition - Apathy, Anhedonia - Asociality, Attention. The total range of the SANS is from 0 to 120.
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) is a rating scale to measure negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale has 25 items (20 individual and 5 global) rated on scale of 0-5 (higher rating: greater severity). SANS is split into 5 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). Domains include: Affective Flattening or Blunting, Alogia, Avolition - Apathy, Anhedonia - Asociality, Attention. The total range of the SANS is from 0 to 120.
Secondary Outcome Measures
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S)
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S) assesses severity of illness on 1-7 scale. Clinicians' experience is used to gauge the severity of illness from 'normal' (value=1) to 'among the most extremely ill patients' (value=7). The higher rating correlates with more severely ill.
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S)
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S) assesses severity of illness on 1-7 scale. Clinicians' experience is used to gauge the severity of illness from 'normal' (value=1) to 'among the most extremely ill patients' (value=7). The higher rating correlates with more severely ill.
CGI Improvement Scale (CGI-I)
CGI Improvement Scale (CGI-I) higher rating correlates with worsening of condition (vs. improvement with lower rating). The CGI-I is scored from 1 to 7 where 1 = 'very much improved' and 7 = 'very much worse'. Clinicians are asked to rate total improvement in the following manner: "...in your judgement, it is due entirely to drug treatment. Compared to his condition at admission to the project, how much has he changed?"
Verbal Fluency
Verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT). There is no range for this measure, as it is not a scale. The subjects can generate as many new words as they can, so there is no maximum. The greater the number of words one generates indicates better performance.
Verbal Fluency
Verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT). There is no range for this measure, as it is not a scale. The subjects can generate as many new words as they can, so there is no maximum. The greater the number of words one generates indicates better performance.
QTc
The QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart. ECG machines calculate a corrected QT (QTc). QTc is the corrected QT interval in the EKG. Normal range is from 430-470ms.
QTc
The QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart. ECG machines calculate a corrected QT (QTc). QTc is the corrected QT interval in the EKG. Normal range is from 430-470ms.
Processing Speed
Processing speed was assessed using using Digit Symbol Coding from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Revised (WAIS-R). The tool is used for the assessment of processing speed. The range of scores is 0 to 100- with the higher number indicating greater performance.
Processing Speed
Processing speed was assessed using using Digit Symbol Coding from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Revised (WAIS-R). The tool is used for the assessment of processing speed. The range of scores is 0 to 100- with the higher number indicating greater performance.
Verbal Learning and Memory: List A
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List A: Total Trials (1-5). This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Verbal Learning and Memory: List A
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List A: Total Trials (1-5). This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Verbal Learning and Memory: List B
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List B: Single Trial. This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Verbal Learning and Memory: List B
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List B: Single Trial. This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Trail Making Test: Trail A
Working memory by Digit Span and Letter Number Sequencing, and attention/executive functions were measured by the Trail Making Test (Parts A and B). This is an assessment of attention/executive function, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Subjects makes trails on paper against time.
Trail Making Test: Trail A
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Trail Making Test: Trail B
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Trail Making Test: Trail B
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT00374244
First Posted
September 7, 2006
Last Updated
February 4, 2016
Sponsor
Yale University
Collaborators
Stanley Medical Research Institute
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00374244
Brief Title
Efficacy of Pimozide Augmentation for Clozapine Partial Response
Official Title
Efficacy of Pimozide Augmentation for Clozapine Partial Response
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
February 2016
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
January 2004 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
June 2011 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 2011 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Yale University
Collaborators
Stanley Medical Research Institute
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
This is a 12 week outpatient study for patients with schizophrenia who are on Clozapine, but continue to experience symptoms. The purpose of this project is to find out if small doses of pimozide (an antipsychotic medication, taken by mouth) will be helpful in reducing symptoms (such as hearing voices, having trouble in organizing your thoughts, lack of interest in life events and social activities), compared to placebo (an inactive substance, "sugar pill"), when added to clozapine in patients with schizophrenia.
The participant will be asked to come in once a week to meet with the research staff and study doctor. The participant will continue to see your regular clinician during this study for all normal appointments. The participant will remain on your current medications throughout the study. During the study you will be randomly selected to be put on a small dose of Pimozide or placebo.
Detailed Description
If you choose to participate, you will first have screening tests to find out if you are eligible. The study physician will do a number of tests including a physical examination, a routine medical history, lab tests for blood and urine, and EKG (to monitor your heart) and interviews about your physical and mental health.
At each visit you will complete an EKG (to monitor your heart), vital signs, and discuss how you are feeling with the research staff and doctor. Once a month, we will also conduct a slightly longer interview with you about your symptoms and draw one tube of blood to check your Clozapine level. At the beginning and end of the study, you will do some pencil and paper games called "Neurocognitive tests".
If you are interested in participating in this study, we will go over it in greater detail with you, including the possible benefits and risks associated with participating. We will make sure you understand the study before you begin. This study is completely voluntary, which means that you can choose to stop participating in the study at any time.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Schizophrenia
Keywords
schizophrenia, pimozide, clozapine
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
ParticipantInvestigatorOutcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
28 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
1
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Arm Description
placebo pimozide
Arm Title
2
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
active pimozide
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
Pimozide
Intervention Description
half of the subjects are randomized to the active drug group
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
placebo
Intervention Description
half of the subjects are randomized to placebo group
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Total Score
Description
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is an 18-item instrument. The items are anchored on a 7-point scale (higher rating: greater severity). Total scores range from 18 to 126 (higher score: greater severity). The instrument covers areas including: somatic concerns, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness, hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, blunted affect, excitement and disorientation.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Total Score
Description
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is an 18-item instrument. The items are anchored on a 7-point scale (higher rating: greater severity). Total scores range from 18 to 126 (higher score: greater severity). The instrument covers areas including: somatic concerns, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness, hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, blunted affect, excitement and disorientation.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
Description
The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) is a rating scale to measure negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale has 25 items (20 individual and 5 global) rated on scale of 0-5 (higher rating: greater severity). SANS is split into 5 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). Domains include: Affective Flattening or Blunting, Alogia, Avolition - Apathy, Anhedonia - Asociality, Attention. The total range of the SANS is from 0 to 120.
Time Frame
baseline
Title
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
Description
The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) is a rating scale to measure negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale has 25 items (20 individual and 5 global) rated on scale of 0-5 (higher rating: greater severity). SANS is split into 5 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). Domains include: Affective Flattening or Blunting, Alogia, Avolition - Apathy, Anhedonia - Asociality, Attention. The total range of the SANS is from 0 to 120.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S)
Description
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S) assesses severity of illness on 1-7 scale. Clinicians' experience is used to gauge the severity of illness from 'normal' (value=1) to 'among the most extremely ill patients' (value=7). The higher rating correlates with more severely ill.
Time Frame
baseline
Title
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S)
Description
CGI Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S) assesses severity of illness on 1-7 scale. Clinicians' experience is used to gauge the severity of illness from 'normal' (value=1) to 'among the most extremely ill patients' (value=7). The higher rating correlates with more severely ill.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
CGI Improvement Scale (CGI-I)
Description
CGI Improvement Scale (CGI-I) higher rating correlates with worsening of condition (vs. improvement with lower rating). The CGI-I is scored from 1 to 7 where 1 = 'very much improved' and 7 = 'very much worse'. Clinicians are asked to rate total improvement in the following manner: "...in your judgement, it is due entirely to drug treatment. Compared to his condition at admission to the project, how much has he changed?"
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Verbal Fluency
Description
Verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT). There is no range for this measure, as it is not a scale. The subjects can generate as many new words as they can, so there is no maximum. The greater the number of words one generates indicates better performance.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Verbal Fluency
Description
Verbal fluency was measured using the Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT). There is no range for this measure, as it is not a scale. The subjects can generate as many new words as they can, so there is no maximum. The greater the number of words one generates indicates better performance.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
QTc
Description
The QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart. ECG machines calculate a corrected QT (QTc). QTc is the corrected QT interval in the EKG. Normal range is from 430-470ms.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
QTc
Description
The QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart. ECG machines calculate a corrected QT (QTc). QTc is the corrected QT interval in the EKG. Normal range is from 430-470ms.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Processing Speed
Description
Processing speed was assessed using using Digit Symbol Coding from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Revised (WAIS-R). The tool is used for the assessment of processing speed. The range of scores is 0 to 100- with the higher number indicating greater performance.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Processing Speed
Description
Processing speed was assessed using using Digit Symbol Coding from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Revised (WAIS-R). The tool is used for the assessment of processing speed. The range of scores is 0 to 100- with the higher number indicating greater performance.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Verbal Learning and Memory: List A
Description
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List A: Total Trials (1-5). This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Verbal Learning and Memory: List A
Description
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List A: Total Trials (1-5). This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Verbal Learning and Memory: List B
Description
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List B: Single Trial. This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Verbal Learning and Memory: List B
Description
Verbal learning and memory were assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) List B: Single Trial. This assessment consists of a list of words that the subject repeats back, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Scores are based on number of words repeated back.
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Trail Making Test: Trail A
Description
Working memory by Digit Span and Letter Number Sequencing, and attention/executive functions were measured by the Trail Making Test (Parts A and B). This is an assessment of attention/executive function, it does not have an interpret-able range of scores like a traditional scale. Subjects makes trails on paper against time.
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Trail Making Test: Trail A
Description
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
Title
Trail Making Test: Trail B
Description
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Time Frame
Baseline
Title
Trail Making Test: Trail B
Description
The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as fast as possible while still maintaining accuracy. ( Arnett, James A.; Seth S. Labovitz (1995). "Effect of physical layout in performance of the Trail Making Test". Psychological Assessment 7 (2): 220-221. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.7.2.220. Retrieved 2012-02-22.)
Part A is used primarily to examine cognitive processing speed. Part B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters, is used to examine executive functioning. (Tombaugh, T.N.T.N (2004). "Trail Making test A and B: Normative Data Stratified by Age and Education". Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology : The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 19 (2): 203-214. doi:10.1016/s0887-6177(03)00039-8. Retrieved 2012-01-10.)
Time Frame
Endpoint (12 weeks)
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
60 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
A minimum Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) score of 35 and a BPRS psychotic symptom cluster score of at least 8.
Currently taking clozapine with a blood level between 350-1000 ng/ml and on a stable dose of clozapine for the past 2 weeks.
Able to give informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
A history of significant medical/neurological disease such as thyroid, renal, hepatic abnormality, seizure disorder.
History of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
Current substance abuse determined by urine toxicology.
Cardiac arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia (heart rate less than 60/min), sinus tachycardia (heart rate greater than 110/min), supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, first, second, third degree atrioventricular (AV) block, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and junctional complexes. in baseline electrocardiogram (EKG). Study doctors will examine the EKGs and consult with an internist/cardiologist as needed.
on EKG: QTc > 450 ms.
Current use of macrolide antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin), azole antifungal agents (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole), protease inhibitors (e.g., ritonavir, indinavir), nefazodone, and other medications that are associated with prolonged QTc.
Current use of antipsychotics other than clozapine.
Current use of sertraline.
IQ level below 70.
At high risk for suicidal/homicidal behavior.
Pregnancy, lack of birth control for females of childbearing age (female patients must report use of effective method for birth control such as birth control pills, condoms, barrier methods, abstinence or have written statement from their doctors that they are medically sterile).
Non-English speaking.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Handan Gunduz-Bruce, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Yale University School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Connecticut Mental Health Center
City
New Haven
State/Province
Connecticut
ZIP/Postal Code
06508
Country
United States
Facility Name
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
City
West Haven
State/Province
Connecticut
ZIP/Postal Code
06516
Country
United States
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