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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2011-005218-13-GB
EUCTR2011-005218-13-GB
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1

Rationalisation of antipsychotic drug use in older people, using [18F]-Fallypride PET - Optimisation of amisulpride prescribing in older people

Kings College London0 sites40 target enrollmentFebruary 28, 2012

Overview

Phase
Phase 1
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Alzheimer's Disease and schizophrenia likeillness
Sponsor
Kings College London
Enrollment
40
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 28, 2012
End Date
February 4, 2016
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Kings College London

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Healthy participants will be included if they
  • (i)are aged between 60 and 95 years of age
  • (ii)are male or female
  • (iii)score \<6 on the Geriatric depression scale (GDS)
  • (iv)score \>26/30 on the Mini Mental State Examination
  • Patients with SLP will be included if they
  • (i)meet diagnostic criteria for SLP (a non\-affective, non\-organic psychosis)
  • (ii)are aged between 60 and 95 years of age
  • (iii)are male or female
  • (iv)score \<6 on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Healthy participants will be excluded for the following reasons:
  • (i)current or past psychiatric illness (such as schizophrenia), addiction (drug or alcohol), traumatic brain injury or epilepsy
  • (ii)prescribed psychotropic or other oral medication that might interfere with brain dopamine function in the past 2 weeks (6 weeks for depot medication).
  • (iii)medical conditions that might affect a person’s ability to tolerate a brain scan, such as significant respiratory or cardiac disease or severe kyphosis, or needle phobia (the latter because the scan required intravenous cannulation).
  • (iv)unable to give informed consent
  • Patients with SLP will be excluded for the following reasons
  • (i)past history of addiction (drug or alcohol), traumatic brain injury or epilepsy
  • (ii)prescribed an antipsychotic or other oral drug that interferes with brain dopamine function within the past 2 weeks (6 weeks for depot medication)\*
  • (iii)medical conditions that might affect a person’s ability to tolerate a brain scan, such as significant respiratory or cardiac disease or severe kyphosis, or needle phobia (the latter because the scan required intravenous cannulation).
  • (iv)unable to give informed consent

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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