"Extended" (Alternate Day) Antipsychotic Dosing
Recruiting
Phase 4
Interventional Study
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Therapy
Antipsychotic Agents
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Other
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About This Trial
The study wishes to examine whether "extended" antipsychotic treatment, in this case, antipsychotic treatment every other day, is as effective as daily treatment. It is also evaluating whether there may be differences in terms of side effects.
Participants will be randomly assigned to either the treatment as usual group (i.e., taking antipsychotic daily) or the extended dosing group (i.e., taking…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
(i) A primary diagnosis of a Schizophrenia Spectrum or Other Psychotic Disorder as defined by the DSM-5 diagnosis and confirmed by the MINI (Version 7.0.2)
(ii) age 18 or older
(iii) female participants of childbearing potential must be using a reliable method of contraception…
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