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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00320671
Date of registration: 01/05/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Northwell Health
Public title: Comparison of Aripiprazole and Risperidone for the Treatment of People With First-Episode Psychosis
Scientific title: Preventing Morbidity in First Episode Schizophrenia, Part II
Date of first enrolment: December 2005
Target sample size: 198
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00320671
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Canada United States
Contacts
Name:     Delbert Robinson, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) diagnosis of
schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or similar
psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, as assessed using the Structured Clinical
Interview for Axis I DSM-IV Disorders (SCID-I/P)

- History of previous antipsychotic medication treatment for a duration of 2 weeks or
less

- Current positive symptoms rated 4 (moderate) or more on one or more of the following
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-A) items: conceptual disorganization;
grandiosity; hallucinatory behavior; or unusual thought content

- Agrees to use an effective form of contraception

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any serious neurological or endocrine disorder, or any medical condition or treatment
known to affect the brain

- Any current medical condition that requires treatment with a medication with
psychotropic effects

- At significant risk for suicidal or homicidal behavior

- Cognitive or language limitations, or any other factor that would interfere with a
participant's ability to provide informed consent or safely participate in study
procedures

- Diagnosis of diabetes, defined as a fasting plasma glucose level of at least 126
mg/dL, or metabolic syndrome, defined as three or more of the following: high blood
pressure (greater than 135/85 mmHg); truncal obesity (having a waist circumference
greater than 40 inches for men and greater than 35 inches for women); elevated fasting
glucose (greater than 110 mg/dL); low HDL-cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL for men and
less than 50 mg/dL for women); or elevated triglycerides (defined as greater than 150
mg/dL)

- Requires treatment with an antidepressant or mood stabilizing medication

- Meets DSM-IV criteria for a current substance-induced psychotic disorder, a psychotic
disorder due to a general medical condition, delusional disorder, brief psychotic
disorder, shared psychotic disorder, or a mood disorder (major depression or bipolar)
with psychotic features

- Any medical conditions that would make treatment with risperidone or aripiprazole
medically inadvisable



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Risperidone
Drug: Aripiprazole
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of Participants That Responded to Treatment [Time Frame: this outcome was assessed throughout the study.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
R01MH060004-02
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 31/08/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00320671
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