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ipid changes in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/08/035496
Lead Sponsor
Shivaprakash G
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Cases: Objective 1

1. All diagnosed schizophrenia cases who are antipsychotic drug-free defined as 1 month for oral drugs and 3 months for injectable depots at the time of recruitment.

2. Drug-naïve schizophrenia cases diagnosed as per DSM- 5 by the psychiatrist, presenting at psychiatry department will be included.

Control: The healthy control group, matched for age, gender [among the hospital staff and their family members and friends of same community with no personal and family history [I and II degree relatives] of psychotic illness.

Objective 2 &3 :

Inclusion

All drug-naïve and drug-free SCZ patients diagnosed as per DSM 5 who were started with antipsychotic drugs

Exclusion Criteria

Objective 1

•Metabolic syndrome and other medical disorders, acutely ill cases, cancer

•Patient on history of taking antipsychotics within last 1 month for oral drugs and 3 months for depot formulation, cholesterol lowering agents, substance abuse, immunomodulatory treatment

•Dietary supplementation with Polyunsaturated fatty acids or other lipids as therapy.

Objective 2 and 3:

•Metabolic syndrome and other medical disorders, acutely ill cases, cancer

•Patient on cholesterol lowering agents, substance abuse, immunomodulatory treatment

•Dietary supplementation with Polyunsaturated fatty acids or other lipids as therapy

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood for Lipidomics of Extracellular Vesicles in both cases and control groups at V0 and V2; <br/ ><br>BPRS, Cognition assessments in cases at V2Timepoint: Baseline V0 and V2 at 8±2 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ilTimepoint: Nil
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