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A Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Ziprasidone and Risperidone for the Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenia

NCT00645515 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2021-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety of ziprasidone and risperidone for the treatment of chronic schizophrenia. The primary purpose is to differentiate the effects of ziprasidone and risperidone on extrapyramidal side effects and the secondary purpose is to compare their tolerability and efficacy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ziprasidone

Initial dose of 40 mg capsules twice daily on Days 1-3; dose could be flexibly changed within the range of 40 to 80 mg twice daily for the remainder of the study; treatment duration was 24 weeks.

DRUG

Risperidone

Initial dose of 10 mg once daily on Days 1-3; dose could be flexibly changed within the range of 3 to 9 mg twice daily for the remainder of the study; treatment duration was 24 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Pfizer CT.gov Call Center · Pfizer

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-06-30
Completion
2003-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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Diseases

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