Status:

COMPLETED

Bergen Psychosis Project 2 - The Best Intro Study

Lead Sponsor:

Haukeland University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Helse Vest

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Psychotic Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

16+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

In the Bergen Psychosis Project 2 the antipsychotic drugs aripiprazole, amisulpride, and olanzapine will be compared head-to-head in patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses and followed for ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A:The observational cohort
  • Patients 16 years old or older
  • Active psychosis as determined by a score of 4 or more on one or more of the items Delusions, Hallucinatory behavior, Grandiosity, Suspiciousness/ persecution, or Unusual thought content in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).
  • Or ICD-10 diagnosis corresponding to psychotic disorders or other mental disorders with psychotic features (F10-F19: .5 (psychotic disorder); F20-F29, F30.2, F31.2, F31.5, F32.3, F33.3). From which eligible patients are recruited to the B:The pragmatic, randomized, controlled trial (The Best Intro Study)
  • Patients 18 years and older
  • Schizophrenia spectrum and delusional disorder
  • Symptoms of psychosis as determined by a score of 4 or more on one or more of the items Delusions, Hallucinatory behavior, Grandiosity, Suspiciousness/ persecution, or Unusual thought content in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

Exclusion

  • Inability to understand spoken Norwegian.
  • Patients with organic psychosis due to limbic encephalitis detected by antibodies in serum obtains at inclusion (such as NMDAR, VGKC and paraneoplastic antibodies performed at the Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital) Pregnant or breast feeding women.
  • Aripiprazole: Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients
  • Amisulpride: Hypersensitivity to the active ingredient or to other ingredients of the medicinal product; concomitant prolactin-dependent tumours e.g. pituitary gland prolactinomas and breast cancer; phaeochromocytoma; lactation, combination with the following medications which could induce torsade de pointes: Class Ia antiarrhythmic agents such as quinidine, disopyramide, procainamide. Class III antiarrhythmic agents such as amiodarone, sotalol. Other medications such as bepridil, cisapride, sultopride, thioridazine, methadone, IV erythromycin, IV vincamine, halofantrine, pentamidine, sparfloxacin. Combinations with levodopa.
  • Olanzapine: Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients. Patients with known risk of narrow-angle glaucoma.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

151 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01446328

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2017

Last Update

June 19 2020

Active Locations (4)

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1

Medizinische Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria, 6020

2

Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, Norway, 5223

3

Stavanger University Hospital

Stavanger, Norway

4

St. Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

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