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CompletedNCT00181883

Quetiapine for Mania In Preschool Children 4 to 6 Years of Age With Bipolar Disorder

Open-Label Study of Quetiapine for Mania In Preschool Children 4 to 6 Years of Age With Bipolar and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (actual)
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
4 Years – 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This is an 8-week open-label study aimed at assessing the effectiveness and tolerability of Quetiapine, in the treatment of preschool children aged 4 to 6 years with bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder. This is an exploratory, pilot study, seeking to determine whether Quetiapine is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of preschoolers with pediatric bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder in this age group. The study results will be used to generate hypotheses for a larger randomized controlled clinical trial with explicit hypotheses and sufficient statistical power.

Detailed description

Seroquel is a psychotropic agent that affects multiple neurotransmitter receptors in the brain: serotonin 5HT1A and 5HT2, dopamine D1 and D2, histamine H1 (IC50=30nM), and adrenergic receptors. This is an 8-week open-label study aimed at assessing the effectiveness and tolerability of Quetiapine, in the treatment of preschool children aged 4 to 6 years with bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder. This is an exploratory, pilot study, seeking to determine whether Quetiapine is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of preschoolers with pediatric bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder in this age group. The study results will be used to generate hypotheses for a larger randomized controlled clinical trial with explicit hypotheses and sufficient statistical power.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGquetiapine2.5 - 5.0mg/kg PO BID quetiapine

Timeline

Start date
2005-02-01
Primary completion
2009-04-01
Completion
2009-04-01
First posted
2005-09-16
Last updated
2012-04-06
Results posted
2012-04-06

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00181883. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.