NCT00861003

An Adherence Study of Antipsychotic Medication in Outpatients With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder

An Exploratory Study on Comparison of Electronic Monitoring and Other Measures of Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication in Outpatients With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 57 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Korea University Guro Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This prospective study examines the differences among several measures of adherence to antipsychotic medications in outpatients with schizophrenia. Adherence is assessed by using self-report, physician report, pill count and electronic monitoring. The rates of adherence/non-adherence with various tools will be manifested. The association between antipsychotic adherence/non-adherence and various clinical status, including psychotic symptoms, depressive symptoms, side effects, neurocognitive function and insight are analyzed. Participants are assessed at baseline during a visit to their outpatient clinic and followed up for 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS)	MEMS is a medication vial cap that electronically records the date and time of bottle opening.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2010-08-01
• First posted: 2009-03-13
• Last updated: 2009-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea