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UnknownNCT00937261

Contrasting the Brain Effects of Risperidone and Invega With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning

Contrasting the Brain Effects of Risperidone and Invega With fMRI and PET Scanning

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
96 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, Irvine · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand brain function and psychiatric and neurological illness when taking Invega or Risperdal. The objective is to compare the brain effects of Invega to Risperdal in patients with Schizophrenia. This comparison will be evaluated with PET imaging, fMRI, and neurological ratings and assessments.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGRisperidone2mg - 8mg per day, for the duration of participation in the study
DRUGPaliperidone6mg - 12mg per day, for the duration of participation in the study

Timeline

Start date
2009-07-01
Primary completion
2010-07-01
Completion
2011-01-01
First posted
2009-07-10
Last updated
2010-10-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00937261. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.