Kuvan in People With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

NCT01706965 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2017-09-13

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Summary

Rater blinded trial of six weeks of Kuvan vs. multivitamin in 60 outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The aims are to evaluate an anticipated clinical response to Kuvan treatment including negative symptom and cognitive deficits, evaluate safety of Kuvan treatment for schizophrenic patients and evaluate the relationship of changes in plasma Kuvan levels and efficacy outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Kuvan

20mg/kg using a daily dosing schedule. To increase tolerability, treatment will be initiated at 10mg/kg for the first week of the study. Given the short length of the trial, no dose adjustments will be made for changes in weight

DRUG

Multivitamin

Multi-vitamin will be used as an active control in this study. Will be dosed daily

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stanley Medical Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey A Lieberman, M.D. · New York State Psychiatric

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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