Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT01324297
The Topical Niacin Skin Flush Test in First Episode Psychosis
The Topical Niacin Skin Flush Test: A Means for Longitudinal Monitoring of Two Different Biological Subgroups of Patients With First Episode Psychosis
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 107 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 19 Years – 30 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to gather normative data from healthy adults and to determine a sensitive and specific cut-off value for responders and non-responders to the Niacin Skin Flush Test in a sample of first episode psychosis patients.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | skin test | four patches of 2 x 3cm thin blotting paper will be soaked with an equivalent amount (0.1 mL) of aqueous methyl nicotinate in four different concentrations: 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001 M. The four patches will then be applied at the same time to the inner forearm for 60 seconds. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-07-01
- Completion
- 2016-07-01
- First posted
- 2011-03-29
- Last updated
- 2016-07-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01324297. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.