POC Study of Pipamperone Added to Stable Treatment With RIS or PAL in Chronic Schizophrenia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This Phase I/IIa Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trial is designed to assess the effect of adding a
single and repeated low dose (15mg/d) of pipamperone (PIP) for 6 weeks to stable treatment
with an effective dose of risperidone (RIS) or paliperidone (PAL) on functional MRI tests and
clinical outcome of chronic schizophrenic patients with residual, so-called 'positive'
symptoms, as well as on cognition, motivation, subjective well-being of patients, negative
symptoms, general psychopathological symptoms and safety/tolerability.