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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00249132
Date of registration: 04/11/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Janssen, LP
Public title: A Study of the Effectiveness and Safety of Risperidone Compared With Haloperidol and Placebo in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia
Scientific title: Risperidone Versus Haloperidol Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenia
Date of first enrolment: December 2003
Target sample size: 523
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00249132
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Janssen, LP Clinical Trial
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Affiliation:  Janssen, LP
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with diagnosis of chronic schizophrenic disorder, according to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases, 3rd edition (DSM-III-R)
criteria and are inpatients at the beginning of study

- total score on the PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia)
rating scale at study entry of >=60 and <=120

- females of childbearing age must demonstrate adequate birth control measures and have
a negative pregnancy test before study entry.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with mental disorders other than chronic schizophrenic disorder

- patients with clinically significant organic or neurological diseases

- patients with epilepsy

- history of alcohol or drug abuse history within the 6 months before study entry.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
Drug: risperidone
Primary Outcome(s)
Percent of patients showing clinical improvement, defined as a >=20% reduction in the total PANSS score from baseline to end of double-blind treatment, and the mean change from baseline to end of double-blind treatment in total PANSS score.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mean PANSS Positive Subscale Score; Mean PANSS Negative Subscale Score; mean PANSS General Psychopathology Subscale Score; CGI severity; CGI overall change from baseline; safety evaluations conducted throughout the study.
Secondary ID(s)
CR006067
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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