Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of the Usefulness to Doctors of the Risperdal Consta Treatment Guidebook Over a Three-month Period During Which Adult Patients With Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder Are Switching From Daily Doses or Risperidone Tablets to Long-acting Risperidone by Injection
Lead Sponsor:
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Collaborating Sponsors:
Janssen, LP
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Psychotic Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the usefulness of the Risperdal® Consta® Treatment Guidebook in helping the doctor switch the adult patient from taking risperidone tablets daily by mouth to t...
Detailed Description
Many patients who take oral medication to treat schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder have trouble taking their medication every day. They may not want to take it, or they may just forget. Risperi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
- stable with respect to disease symptoms and other medical conditions
- taking oral risperidone at doses of 2 to 6 milligrams per day for 4 weeks before start of study
- if female, using birth control.
Exclusion
- Hospitalized within past 4 weeks to treat exacerbation of symptoms of schizophrenia
- at risk for injury to self or others
- had electroconvulsive therapy within past year
- presence of liver or kidney impairment
- use of oral antipsychotics (other than risperidone) within past 4 weeks, of injected antipsychotics within past 3 months, of clozapine within past 60 days, or of long-acting risperidone in an earlier study
- pregnant or breast-feeding
- not using birth control
- abusing drugs or alcohol.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
1 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00236548
End Date
January 1 2003
Last Update
May 18 2011
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