To examine the feasibility of molecular imaging markers in clinical psychopharmacology
Clinical evaluation of patients with psychiatric disorders is mainly dependent on patients' reports and clinicians' observations. In order to develop objective and quantifiable measures of psychopathology, molecular imaging techniques will be used in patients receiving clozapine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
C-11 clozapine
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
RECRUITINGpharmacodynamics of F-18 artanserin
PET imaging with F-18 altanserin infusion
Time frame: 84 days
serum level of clozapine and metabolites
dose-response relationship between clozapine and receptor occupancy
Time frame: 84 days
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