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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00833456
Date of registration: 29/01/2009
Primary sponsor: AstraZeneca
Public title: NIS to Observe Improvement in Global Assessment of Functioning in Patients With Schizophrenia
Scientific title: Non-interventional Clinical Study to Observe Improvement in Global Assessment of Functioning in Patients With Schizophrenia, Treated With Atypical Antipsychotics
Date of first enrolment: February 2009
Target sample size: 106
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00833456
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Slovenia
Contacts
Name:   Peter Pregelj, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Psihiatricna klinika Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, as defined by DSM-IV-TR

- patients' symptoms are controlled with Seroquel SR started up to 1 month before the
inclusion

- or patients' symptoms are controlled with other atypical antipsychotic in once daily
formulation started up to 1 month before the inclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients who are treated with Seroquel SR or other antipsychotic more than 1 month

- patients with prescribed antipsychotic combinations

- pregnant women or women who are breast-feeding

- patients who have been treated with antipsychotics in depot formulations for the last
two months



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Schizophrenia
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
To compare improvement in global assessment of functioning (using the GAF scale) between the baseline and the final study visit in the Seroquel SR-treated group. [Time Frame: three times: 0, 12 and 24 weeks after inclusion]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To assess improvement in global assessment of functioning (using the GAF scale) between the baseline and the final study visit in the group of patients treated with other atypical antipsychotics [Time Frame: three times: 0, 12 and 24 weeks after inclusion]
Secondary ID(s)
NIS-NSI-SER-2008/1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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