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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00612079
Date of registration: 23/01/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Zurich
Public title: The Effect of Sertindole on Sensory Gating and Cognition in Healthy Volunteers
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: September 2007
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00612079
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Franz X. Vollenweider, Prof. Dr. med.
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Affiliation:  University Hospital of Psychiatry, Department Neuropsychopharmacology and Brain Imaging
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age: 18-40

- Gender: male

Exclusion Criteria:

- Axis I Disorders: lifetime DSM IV diagnosis according to DIA-X of alcohol or illicit
drug dependence. No life-time DSM IV diagnosis according to DIA-X of a major
affective, psychotic, anxiety disorder, eating-disorder as defined above.

- Axis II Disorders: lifetime DSM IV diagnosis of personality disorder according to
SCID-II.

- Family history: lifetime history of 1st degree relative (parents and siblings) of a
major affective, psychotic, or anxiety disorder as defined above.

- ECG: QTc-interval >450 msec.

- Systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg

- Bradycardia (Hf < 50/Min) und Arrhythmias

- Hypokalemia or Hypomagnesemia



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Healthy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Sertindole
Primary Outcome(s)
Sensory (EEG: P50 suppression) and sensorimotor gating (EMG: PPI) [Time Frame: after placebo and and after medical treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cognitive performances [Time Frame: after placebo and and after medical treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
2007DR1251
97_PPI-P50
E-07/2007
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
H. Lundbeck A/S
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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