Ziprasidone Switching in Response to Adherence and Psychotropic-Related Weight Gain Concerns Among Patients With Bipolar Disorder (Zip Ad)

NCT01293825 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2014-12-30

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Summary

Psychotropic-related weight gain is a common concern among patients with bipolar disorder (BD). This concern affects an individual's satisfaction with treatment and may lead to reduced adherence and illness relapse. Patient-focused care is attentive to patient concerns while at the same time utilizing evidence-based treatments. Ziprasidone is currently FDA approved for the maintenance treatment of BD. Ziprasidone may be associated with less weight gain compared to some alternative BD maintenance treatments. The proposed project will evaluate how switching to ziprasidone may affect patient adherence, drug attitudes, satisfaction with care and clinical outcomes (psychiatric symptoms, functional status, weight) among BD patients concerned with weight gain.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

ziprasidone

Patients will identify which psychotropic they currently receive that causes the most weight-gain concern. For individuals on multiple drugs, one drug must be identified as the "offending agent". Study psychiatrist will switch the "offending agent" to ziprasidone. Participants will be switched to ziprasidone per package insert. Patients will be maintained on ziprasidone for 12 weeks (active part of study). After the active part of the study they will return to the care of their normal clinical provider who will determine whether they will continue on ziprasidone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pfizer

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martha Sajatovic, M.D. · Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

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