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临床试验/NCT00438776
NCT00438776已完成3 期

Safety and Efficacy Trial of Olanzapine in Outpatients With Pathological Gambling

Lindner Center of HOPE1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 42 人开始时间: 2007年2月最近更新:
适应症
干预措施
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试验速览

阶段
3 期
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
42
试验地点
1
主要终点
Pathological Gambling Adaptation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (PG-YBOCS)

研究概览

简要总结

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the efficacy (effectiveness) and safety of olanzapine in treating pathological gambling.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 75 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Male and female outpatients aged 18- 75 years of age.
  • Patients will have problematic gambling behavior of at least 6 months duration that meets the DSM-IV definition of pathological gambling and a South Oaks Gambling Screen Score greater than
  • All patients will have a complete medical and psychiatric history, physical examination, laboratories, and ECG before study entry.
  • Baseline laboratory values and ECG must be normal, or abnormalities must be clinically insignificant.
  • Patients will not have received any psychotropic medication for at least one week prior to the first study visit.

排除标准

  • Patients who have any significant and/or unstable gastrointestinal, neurological, endocrine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, immunological or hematological disease; organic brain disease; or cancer as determined by history, physical, ECG, and laboratory examination.
  • Patients who are pregnant, intending to become pregnant, nursing, at risk for pregnancy, or not practicing medically acceptable birth control. (A blood pregnancy test will be performed at the screening visit).
  • Patients who have ever had psychotic symptoms, who have ever met DSM-IV criteria for a manic episode (i.e., have bipolar I disorder), or who have met criteria for DSM-IV psychoactive substance dependence in the past 1 month.
  • Patients who meet DSM-IV criteria for antisocial or borderline personality disorder.
  • Patients who use any medications which, in the judgment of the investigator, might have psychotropic effects, or interact unfavorably with olanzapine. For example, patients taking diet pills or stimulants will not be enrolled.
  • Patients who have taken any psychiatric medication within 7 days prior to the screening assessment.
  • Patients who have a history of hypersensitivity to olanzapine.
  • Patients who display clinically significant suicidal ideation.
  • Patients who have recently (within the past 3 months) begun any type of non-pharmacologic treatment for pathological gambling (including psychotherapy, behavior therapy, group therapy, or family therapy). This does not exclude participation in support groups (e.g., Gamblers Anonymous.) Patients who have been involved in long-standing psychological therapies (e.g., psychotherapy for at least the last 3 months) will be permitted to continue in that therapy provided that no new therapeutic technique or increase in frequency of psychotherapy occurs concurrent with the study.
  • Patients who exhibit or suggest that they may display behavior that will not be conducive to the study procedures.

研究组 & 干预措施

olanzapine

Active Comparator

active zyprexa (olanzapine)

干预措施: olanzapine (Drug)

sugar pill

Placebo Comparator

Placebo (fake pill)

干预措施: sugar pill (Drug)

结局指标

主要结局

Pathological Gambling Adaptation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (PG-YBOCS)

时间窗: per protocol

次要结局

未报告次要终点

研究者

发起方
Lindner Center of HOPE
申办方类型
Other
责任方
Sponsor

研究点 (1)

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