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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN11736448
Date of registration: 25/04/2003
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Imperial College London (UK)
Public title: Neuroleptics in adults with Aggressive CHallenging Behaviour and Intellectual Disability
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: 01/08/2002
Target sample size: 86
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN11736448
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Three-arm double blind parallel placebo controlled trial (Not Specified)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Australia United Kingdom
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Peter    Tyrer
Address:  Imperial College London Room 4.02 The Paterson Centre 20 South Wharf Road W2 1PD London United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7886 1648
Email: p.tyrer@imperial.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who have not taken any depot anti-psychotics in the past three months or oral anti-psychotics in the past week but may have received anti-psychotics in the past.
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

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Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mental and behavioural disorders: Schizophrenia and other psychoses
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
A three-arm double blind parallel design trial of placebo, haloperidol and risperidone. Block randomisation utilised with even distribution of each drug in every block, thus no gross disparity. Assessments at baseline, four weeks, twelve weeks and six months. All patients have the option of other treatments as usual during this period with the exception of any other anti-psychotic drugs.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Multi-axial Classification - multi-axial classification DSM-IV format with ICD10 codes.
2. Mini PAS-ADD - for psychiatric symptoms.
3. Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS) - for aggressive challenging behaviour (ACB). (primary outcome measure)
4. Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC) - Community - for challenging behaviour (ACB). (secondary outcome measure)
5. Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) - Short version for service costs. (secondary outcome measure)
6. Clinical Global Impressions Scale (CGI) - for illness and global improvement.
7. Uplift/Burden Scale - for burden of care of carers.
8. Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL-Q) - client quality of life.
9. Udvalg for Kliniske Undersogelser (UKU) Side Effect Rating Scale - includes extra-pyramidal side effects.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration.
Secondary ID(s)
HTA 01/07/02
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - HTA (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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