Clinical and neurobiological characterisation of muscarinic receptor-deficit schizophrenia (MRDS)
- Conditions
- MRDSpsychosis10039628
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38703
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
-Patients with first-episode psychosis as defined by the standardised criteria of the CASH
-Antipsychotic naïve
-Duration of untreated psychosis no more than 1 year.
-16 years and older
-Use of antipsychotics or anticholinergics
-Contraindications for MRI
-Severe neurological, endocrine or psychiatric disorders
-Pregnancy
-Current use of recreational drugs; participants must be abstinent of recreational drugs such as cannabis at least 4 weaks prior to participation.
-Tardive dyskinesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-M1 receptor binding: ROI*s will be the hippocampus, striatum and dorsolateral<br /><br>prefrontal cortex.<br /><br><br /><br>-BOLD signal activation during cognitive tasks PAL (40) and ER -40 (62) under<br /><br>cholinergic challenge and in placebo. (ROI*s DLPFC, hippocampus, and striatum).<br /><br><br /><br>-Neuropsychological tests: CANTAB battery for schizophrenia.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-DTI<br /><br>-RSfMRI<br /><br>-MRS placebo & biperideen<br /><br>-(Epi)genetics</p><br>