Active clinical trials for "Bipolar Disorder"

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the safety and potential efficacy of sustained-release bupropion (Zyban®) for the treatment of nicotine dependence in patients with bipolar affective illness. It is hypothesized that bupropion will produce a significant enhancement of smoking abstinence compared to placebo and will be safe for use in these patients.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate effect of risperidone as a long-term combination therapy to mood stabilizers in the treatment of bipolar mania

To demonstrate the efficacy and safety of co-administration of Abilify(aripiprazole) with Depakote(divalproate) in the acute phase of 6-week treatment of acute mania in patients with bipolar disorder.

This study evaluates the efficacy of sleep deprivation treatment in accelerating antidepressant responses when administered during the first week of medications and augmenting a sustained response with chronobiological interventions. Sleep deprivation and chronobiological augmentation may offer a rapid and sustained antidepressant response in mood disorder patients treated with medication, sleep deprivation, bright light therapy and sleep phase advance compared with medication only. The chronobiological treatment is rapid, non-invasive and has few side effects and could be of significant clinical benefit.

Having a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and being treated with certain of the newer antipsychotics are risk factors for development of diabetes. Subjects with these risk factors plus obesity and/or family history of diabetes who agree to study participation will undergo an oral glucose tolerance test. If the oral glucose tolerance test demonstrates that the subject is pre-diabetic (elevated glucose levels, but below the diabetic range), he/she will have his/her insulin resistance level measured, prior to random assignment to either stay on current antipsychotic medication or switch to ziprasidone. Insulin resistance will be measured again after four months. The primary hypothesis is that insulin resistance will decrease in those switched to ziprasidone relative to those continuing on their same antipsychotic medication.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate efficacy and safety of quetiapine fumarate (SEROQUEL) compared with placebo in the treatment of children and adolescent patients with Bipolar I mania.

The primary aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of long-acting injectable naltrexone administration in a clinical trial in patients with SMI who also have a diagnosis of alcohol dependence. Secondary aims include providing a preliminary assessment of the tolerability and safety of long-acting injectable naltrexone as compared with oral naltrexone in patients with SMI who also have a diagnosis of alcohol dependence. An additional aim is to provide a preliminary assessment of the efficacy of long-acting injectable naltrexone as compared with oral naltrexone in reducing alcohol use from baseline levels

This study will determine the effectiveness of a peer support system in increasing physical activity and effecting health behavior change in people with serious mental illnesses.

The purpose for this study is to determine whether psycho-education in groups is more effective than individual psycho-education for patients with bipolar disorder.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy (how well the drug works), safety, and any side effects of olanzapine compared to placebo in the treatment of mania in bipolar disorder in adolescents. Both the potential benefits and side effects of olanzapine will be evaluated throughout this trial.