Status:
COMPLETED
Prevalence of Clinical and Laboratory Markers of Hypofibrinolysis in Psychotic Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Collaborating Sponsors:
Rio de Janeiro State Research Supporting Foundation (FAPERJ)
Conditions:
Insulin Resistance
Thrombophilia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Brief Summary
At the Thrombophilia Clinic of the Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro there is a high prevalence of acute psychotic episodes, which allows the investigators to raise the suspi...
Detailed Description
If the thrombotic tendency plays a significant role in the etiology of psychosis, one would expect to find ischemic brain injuries in neuroimaging studies, but it does not happen. Therefore, if there ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder by the Semi-structured Interview MINI 5.0.
Exclusion
- Inability to provide information.
- Use of illicit drugs.
- Infections such as cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV seropositive or tertiary syphilis. Patients with "recurrent syphilis" will not be excluded, because false positive tests are common in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
176 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01487291
Start Date
January 1 2013
End Date
May 1 2013
Last Update
December 16 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Institudo de Psiquiatria da UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22290-140