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UnknownNCT00252044

Pergolide for Cognitive Symptoms in Schizotypal Personality Disorder

The Dopaminergic System in Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Pergolide for Cognitive Symptoms in Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
Sponsor
Bronx VA Medical Center · Federal
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Schizotypal personality disorder patients will show cognitive improvements in 1) working memory 2) learning and memory 3) sustained attention 4) enhanced performance on the AX-CPT, N-back and Eriksen during pergolide treatment. There will be a significant diagnosis by drug administration of 0.3 mg of oral pergolide interaction for performance on the cognitive tasks, with the schizotypal personality disorder group demonstrating significantly improved peformance compared to the other personality disorder group after pergolide compared with placebo. Design: Randomized, double-blind, crossover study of pergolide vs. placebo. Half of subjects receive pergolide for eight weeks; half of subjects receive placebo for four weeks followed by pergolide for four weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGPergolide

Timeline

Start date
2000-10-01
First posted
2005-11-11
Last updated
2005-11-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00252044. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.