Ginkgo Biloba Extract for Schizophrenia

NCT01524380 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2016-07-12

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Summary

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of ginkgo biloba extract (Egb-761) as an add-on therapy to risperidone compared to risperidone plus placebo in the treatment of 200 treatment-naive first-episode patients with schizophrenia. The study addresses an immune dysfunction hypothesis of schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ginkgo biloba extract

400mg/day, twice a day, 10 weeks

DRUG

Placebo

twice a day, 10 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xiang Y Zhang, MD/PhD · Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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