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CompletedNCT00159081

One Year Drug Treatment in First-Episode Schizophrenia

One Year Maintenance Treatment With Low Dose Haloperidol vs. Risperidone in First-Episode Schizophrenia

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
159 (actual)
Sponsor
Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study on 1 year course and treatment outcome under low-dose typical (haloperidol) vs. atypical neuroleptics (risperidone) in first-episode schizophrenia.

Detailed description

The objective of this multi-center study is to optimize the long-term treatment of patients with first episode schizophrenia. This investigation should contribute to the issue of effective relapse prevention in first-episode patients. 1-year maintenance neuroleptic treatment is done with low dose haloperidol or risperidone (target dose 2-4 mg/die).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGHaloperidol, Risperidone (drug)targeted dose of 2-4 mg/day over 1 year

Timeline

Start date
2000-11-01
Primary completion
2005-06-01
Completion
2005-06-01
First posted
2005-09-12
Last updated
2008-02-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00159081. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.