Movement Disorders Caused by Antipsychotic Drugs in Older Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will assess the risk of experiencing tardive dyskinesia and other movement disturbances associated with three atypical antipsychotic drugs among middle-aged and elderly psychiatric patients.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Antipsychotic Agents; Olanzapine; Quetiapine Fumarate; Risperidone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• DSM-IV diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder for which an antipsychotic medication is needed

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A