Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00159120
Maintenance Treatment vs. Stepwise Drug Discontinuation in First-Episode Schizophrenia
Maintenance Treatment vs. Stepwise Drug Discontinuation After One Year of Maintenance Treatment in First-Episode Schizophrenia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 71 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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 year. Under both conditions prodrome based early intervention take place.
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 year. Under both conditions pharmacologic early intervention strategies in case of early sign of relapse will be applied.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | maintained antipsychotic treatment vs. stepwise drug discontinuation | maintained antipsychotic treatment (in low dose) vs. stepwise drug discontinuation; both supplemented by prodrome-based early intervention; 1 year |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2001-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2006-06-01
- Completion
- 2006-06-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-12
- Last updated
- 2008-01-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00159120. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.