Status:
COMPLETED
Maintenance Treatment vs. Stepwise Drug Discontinuation in First-Episode Schizophrenia
Lead Sponsor:
Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Collaborating Sponsors:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
German Research Network On Schizophrenia
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Psychoses
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
After one year neuroleptic maintenance treatment in patients with first episode schizophrenia, neuroleptic treatment will be continued vs. stepwise discontinued (randomized design) over a period of 1 ...
Detailed Description
After one year neuroleptic maintenance treatment in patients with first episode schizophrenia, neuroleptic treatment will be continued vs. stepwise discontinued (randomized design) over a period of 1 ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients after 1 year of maintenance treatment after their first-episode in schizophrenia (according ICD-10 F20)
- Age between 18 and 55
- Informed consent
- One year neuroleptic maintenance treatment
- Reaching stable course
Exclusion
- Residence outside of the catchment area
- Legal reasons
- Insufficient knowledge of the german language
- Substance abuse or addiction
- Pregnancy
- Serious physical illness
- Organic brain disease
- Contraindication to neuroleptic treatment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
71 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00159120
Start Date
November 1 2001
End Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
January 30 2008
Active Locations (1)
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1
German Research Network on Schizophrenia, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40629