Status:

COMPLETED

A Definitive Estrogen Patch Study (ADEPT)

Lead Sponsor:

The Alfred

Collaborating Sponsors:

Stanley Medical Research Institute

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Schizoaffective Disorder

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-50 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

OBJECTIVE: To test the use of adjunctive estrogen in a 8 week, three-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in the treatment of psychotic symptoms in women with schizophrenia. HYPOTHESIS: That...

Detailed Description

This research protocol outlines a multi-site clinical trial of adjunctive estradiol in women with Schizophrenia. We propose to recruit 180 women into this study from 3 Australian sites - The Alfred Ho...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female participants of potential child-bearing age (Pre-menopausal and Post-menarche)
  • Female participants who meet the MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria for current psychotic disorder or have a current DSM-IV diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorder, or Schizoaffective Disorder (not in manic phase).
  • Female participants with a PANSS positive score greater than 15 and/or a PANSS negative score greater than 15.
  • Female participants who are able to give informed consent
  • Female participants receiving 2-20mg daily Risperidone equivalents for at least 4 weeks.

Exclusion

  • Female participants who are pregnant or lactating.
  • Female participants with known severe abnormalities in the hypothalamo-pituitary gonadal axis, thyroid dysfunction, central nervous system tumours, history of thromboembolic disorders, severe renal failure, severe hepatic failure, cardiac disease, epilepsy or other serious medical conditions which would contraindicate estrogen use.
  • Female participants already taking oral estrogen preparations containing greater then 30mcg estradiol.
  • Post-menopausal or pre-menarche female participants.
  • Female participants whose psychotic illness meets DSM-IV criteria for substance-induced psychotic disorder.
  • Female participants who have a current diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder and are in a manic phase.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

180 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00357006

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

May 12 2015

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Bayside Health - The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3181