Amantadine as Adjunctive Therapy to Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia

Phase 3UnknownNCT00999505

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre40 enrolled

Overview

Amantadine as add-on therapy to antipsychotics may improve schizophrenia positive, negative and cognitive symptoms.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Amantadine 200mg twice a day over 12 weeks

Placebo capsules twice a day over 12 weeks

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Under antipsychotics with residual symptoms Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Lactation

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

RECRUITING

Scores in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks

Clarissa S Gama, MD, PhD

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