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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00309413
Date of registration: 30/03/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Cologne
Public title: A Clinical Trial on the Antipsychotic Properties of Cannabidiol
Scientific title: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial on the Antipsychotic Properties of the Endocannabinoid Modulator Cannabidiol
Date of first enrolment: March 2006
Target sample size: 29
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00309413
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     F. Markus Leweke, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University of Cologne
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- DSM-IV Diagnosis of schizophrenic or schizophreniform psychosis

- Minimal initial score of 36 in the BPRS total score and a minimum of 12 in the BPRS
Psychosis Cluster, including items 4 (conceptional disorganisation), 8 (exaggerated
self-esteem), 12 (hallucinatory behaviour), and 15 (unusual thought content)

- Exclusion of pregnancy in female subjects through negative ß-HCG test

Exclusion Criteria:

- Lack of accountability

- Pregnancy or risk of pregnancy or lactation.

- Other relevant interferences of axis 1 according to diagnostic evaluation through
MINI including undifferentiated residual forms of schizophrenia.

- Treatment with depot-antipsychotics during the last three months.

- Severe internal or neurological illness, especially cardiovascular, renal, advanced
respiratory, haematological or endocrinological failures. Positive
Hepatitis-serology.

- QTc-elongation.

- Acute suicidal tendency of or hazard to others by the patient



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo/Cannabidiol
Drug: Cannabidiol/Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
BPRS [Time Frame: 2 x 2 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
PANSS, EPS, Prolactin, ECG etc. [Time Frame: 2 x 2 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
CBD-PT 04-153
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Stanley Medical Research Institute
Coordinating Centre for Clinical Trials Cologne
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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