Active clinical trials for "Schizophrenia"

The investigators will investigate the relationships between oxidative stress-, apoptosis-related markers, mitochondria DNA copy numbers and the clinical psychopathology of schizophrenia, including severity of positive and negative symptoms, obesity and metabolic syndrome. the relationships between aberrant mitochondria genes (single nucleotide polymorphism of D-loop region-related genes and haplogroup N9a), DISC1 gene polymorphism, and clinical phenotypes in Taiwanese populations. whether these biological markers could be as clinical markers in schizophrenia for a long-term follow-up study.

In this study the investigators will recruit patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia that are taking atypical neuroleptics and that are willing to participate in an exercise and diet program. The investigators will measure weight and abdomen circumference.

This is a noninterventional observational study lead amongst psychiatrists, to assess the the overall status of schizophrenic outpatients with affective symptoms treated with atypical antipsychotics.

The purpose of this study is to examine the barriers and facilitators of implementing Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in Norwegian mental health services.

THE AIM OF THE PROJECT The main aim lies in the prevention of frequent relapses typical for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder by means of simple, highly cost-effective information technology-aided approach RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS A the end of 18 months study duration, patients in the active group enrolled in ITAREPS will demonstrate statistically significantly reduced risk of hospitalization, decreased number of hospitalization days and reduced direct inpatient costs in comparison to control group not using the program.

The purpose of this study is to build a data repository that can be used to understand pharmaceutical utilization patterns among patients being treated in community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs) for schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.

We propose to recruit 150 case families (i.e., families with a schizophrenia proband), 150 control families, and 45 control subjects who exhibit schizophrenia spectrum personality symptoms in the absence of a family history of schizophrenia. Participants will undergo a number of clinical, electrophysiological, perceptual, and cognitive assessments. These data will be used to identify phenotypes likely to be associated with genetic risk for schizophrenia, and to determine how these phenotypes aggregate in families. Some of the analyses will focus on examining associations between candidate genes and these alternative phenotypes. Thus if we are not able to recruit relatives we may still collect these phenotypic data in probands and their genetic sample for future genotype/phenotype association studies. Testing procedures require a 10-12 hour time commitment and testing will be completed over 2 or more days. Participants will be asked to give a blood (or saliva if difficult to obtain blood sample for instance because of fear of blood draws), which will be stored for future genetic analyses.

Evaluating the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotics in the community - a prospective, multicentre, observational study to evaluate the impact on Quality of Life of GP-based management of antipsychotic treatment in Belgium

In this pilot study, the investigators propose to characterize the pattern of activation of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in peripheral macrophages of patients with schizophrenia. To do this, the investigators will measure the gene expression of several major enzymes in this pathway in macrophages, including the key enzyme involved in tryptophan to kynurenine metabolism, IDO, by means of quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The focus on enzyme mRNA expression as opposed to serum or cerebrospinal fluid levels of metabolites provides a possibly more sensitive characterization of the activation of this metabolic pathway.

AZUR Pharma has received several reports from practicing psychiatrists prescribing FazaClo showing that FazaClo patients start losing body weight instead of keep gaining it, after being switched from other clozapine products or other atypical antipsychotics treatments. Another important clinical observation reported by doctors is a considerable reduction in hypersalivation when FazaClo administration is compared to other antipsychotic treatments. Based on the findings described above, and on the real need for effective and safer treatments for schizophrenia, AZUR Pharma has decided to design and conduct an observational study in a large number of patients taking FazaClo to prove the received clinical reports from physicians. Better understanding and evaluation of these beneficial findings are necessary to provide physicians information for improved treatment decision.