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HDAC Inhibitor Augmentation to Clozapine

NCT03263533 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2024-10-15

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Summary

The main goal of this pilot study is to test the extent to which adjunctive treatment with the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor vorinostat improves brain plasticity and cognition in a pilot placebo-controlled trial in patients with schizophrenia who are on clozapine.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Vorinostat Oral Capsule Group 1

Following the initial washout and first 4-week period of the trial, all patients will enter a second 1-week washout. After the washout, all patients will then enter a second 4 week alternate treatment (vorinostat or placebo). During the vorinostat sequence, doses will be increased over the first 2 weeks in each phase of the crossover study, starting by 100 mg per day, and increasing to 200 mg by week 2 and 300 mg per day at the start of week 3 until the end of week 4.

DRUG

Vorinostat Oral Capsule Group 2

Following the initial washout and first 4-week period of the trial, all patients will enter a second 1-week washout. After the washout, all patients will then enter a second 4 week alternate treatment (vorinostat or placebo). During the vorinostat sequence, doses will be increased over the first 2 weeks in each phase of the crossover study, starting by 100 mg per day, and increasing to 200 mg by week 2 and 300 mg per day at the start of week 3 until the end of week 4.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Javier Gonzalez-Maeso, PhD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-30
Primary Completion
2019-02-28
Completion
2019-02-28
FDA Drug
Yes

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