Active clinical trials for "Bipolar Disorder"

Long-term studies have emphasized that depressive symptoms and episodes account for majority of the illness burden experienced by individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). Previous studies have shown that blood levels of proteins called pro-inflammatory cytokines are abnormal in individuals with bipolar depression. The investigators hypothesize that preventing the production or release of pro-inflammatory cytokines will result in improvement of depressive symptoms in individuals with bipolar depression. Minocycline is a medication that inhibits the activation of immune cells (i.e. microglia) in the brain and reduces the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Treatment with minocycline has been shown to have antidepressant-like effects in animal studies and improve symptoms of individuals with schizophrenia. In this study, minocycline (100 mg twice a day) will be administered for 8 weeks to determine if it is an efficacious antidepressant for individuals with bipolar depression.

The purpose of this study is to determine if flexibly-dosed ziprasidone is safe and effective for the treatment of children and adolescents (ages 10-17) with bipolar I disorder (manic or mixed).

This study will determine the effectiveness of three different drug therapies in treating the symptoms of mania.

There are two purposes for this project. Study 1 is intended to study the safety and efficacy of Lamotrigine in stabilizing the mood in all phases of pediatric bipolar disorder (Phases: mixed, manic, hypomanic, or depressed episodes) in 8-17 year old children. These children and adolescents must be treatment resistant (who failed on two adequate trials of mood stabilizing medications) to qualify for this study. Study 2 is aimed at examining brain activity and/or dysfunction before lamotrigine treatment, and to look for any alteration after lamotrigine treatment. Brain systems associated with attention and emotional processing will targeted.

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness and tolerability/safety of aripiprazole (Abilify) in children with subsyndromal symptoms of bipolar disorder who also have a parent with bipolar disorder and other family member with a mood disorder.

The purpose of this research study is to analyze the effectiveness and tolerability of a new medication, aripiprazole (Abilify), in individuals age 50 years and older who have bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness).

The purpose of this research is to compare how safely and how well this medicine works in treating children and teenagers between the ages of 6 and 17 years with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of risperidone (an antipsychotic medication) versus placebo as add-on therapy to mood stabilizers, in the treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder.

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of topiramate compared with placebo in the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes in patients with Bipolar I Disorder.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of a long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone in stable bipolar patients randomly switched from their current add-on oral antipsychotic (olanzapine, risperidone, or quetiapine) therapy to long-acting injectable risperidone. The patients switched to long-acting injectable risperidone will be compared to patients who continue on their oral antipsychotic treatment regimen