High Dose D-Serine as Adjuvant Treatment for Recent Onset Schizophrenia

NCT01459029 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2011-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare efficacy and safety of add-on treatment with a moderately high dose of D-serine, an NMDA-glycine site agonist, in young, recent onset schizophrenia patients who suffer from significant symptoms despite treatment with antipsychotics.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

D-serine

Adjuvant treatment with D-serine up to 6000 mg/day vs. placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Herzog Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amit Lotan, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

  • Bernard Lerer, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

  • Uriel Heresco-Levy, MD · Ezrath Nashim - Herzog Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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