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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03043001
Date of registration: 26/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Public title: Memantine in Bipolar Patients With Alcoholism
Scientific title: Using Memantine in Treating Bipolar Disorder Comorbid With Alcoholism
Date of first enrolment: January 1, 2014
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03043001
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Ru-Band Lu, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female patient aged ?18 and ?65 years.

2. Signed informed consent by patient or legal representative.

3. The Chinese version of the modified Structural Interview of Affective Disorder and
Schizophrenia-L(SADS-L), a semi-structured interview aimed at formulating the main
bipolar II diagnoses based upon DSM-IV-TR criteria

4. A 2-day minimum for hypomania to diagnose BP.

5. Patient or a reliable caregiver was expected to ensure acceptable compliance and visit
attendance for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Females who are pregnant or nursing.

2. Women of childbearing potential not using adequate contraception as per investigator
judgment or not willing to comply with contraception for duration of study.

3. Patient has received memantine, other anti-inflammatory medication within 1 week prior
to first dose of double-blind medication, such as cyclo-oxygenase 2 (Cox-2)
inhibitors.

4. Clinically significant medical condition e.g., cardiac, hepatic and renal disease with
current evidence of poor controlled.

5. Patient has received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 4 weeks prior to the first
dose of double-blind medication.

6. Increase in total SGOT, SGPT, BUN and creatinine by more than 3X upper limit of
normal.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
AOD Effects and Consequences
Intervention(s)
Drug: Memantine
Primary Outcome(s)
plasma BDNF change [Time Frame: baseline, week1, week2, week4, week8, week12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Side effect change [Time Frame: baseline, week1, week2, week4, week8, week12]
cytokine level change [Time Frame: baseline, week1, week2, week4, week8, week12]
attention change [Time Frame: baseline, 12-week]
Secondary ID(s)
BP_ALC_MM
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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