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CompletedNCT00182507

Olanzapine in the Treatment of Hair Pulling (Trichotillomania)

A 12-Week, Double-Blind Trial of Olanzapine and Placebo in the Treatment of Trichotillomania

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34 (planned)
Sponsor
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Trichotillomania (TTM) or hair-pulling has been considered as part of the obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) spectrum, although treatment with OCD medications has largely been unsuccessful. Tics/Tourrettes' Syndrome (TS) is a disorder, which appears to be related to TTM, but is treated with a different class of medications than used in OCD, namely antipsychotics such as olanzapine. This is a study of the safety and efficacy of olanzapine in the treatment of hair pulling.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGOlanzapine

Timeline

Start date
2000-06-01
Completion
2006-03-01
First posted
2005-09-16
Last updated
2006-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00182507. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.