Ondansetron Augmentation in Treatment-resistant OCD

NCT01303536 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2011-02-24

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Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether ondansetron augmentation to SSRI will improve and ondansetron discontinuation will result in worsening of obsessive compulsive symptoms among obsessive compulsive disorder resistant patients.

Conditions

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

DRUG

Ondansetron

obsessive compulsive patients resistant to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy, in addition to their continued stable dose of FDA approved selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, received oral ondansetron 0.25 mg in two daily administrations (0.5 mg daily) for 2 weeks. Subsequently, the dose was titrated to 0.5 mg in two daily administrations (1 mg/day total) for another 10 weeks. ondansetron was discontinued and the patients were followed for an additional 4 week with biweekly

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institute of Neuroscience, Florence, Italy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefano Pallanti, MD · University of Florence

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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