Improving Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder by Supplementing Medications With Pravastatin

NCT00177580 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2008-01-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study supplements patients' current medications with Pravastatin, a cholesterol-lowering medication, to try to improve residual symptoms of schizophrenia, and also to improve cognitive functioning.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Pravastatin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stanley Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jaspreet S Brar, MD, MPH · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-01-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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