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What is the influence on the amount of clozapine in a patient's blood when clozapine is used once daily instead of twice daily?

Phase 1
Conditions
Schizophrenia
MedDRA version: 20.0 Level: HLGT Classification code 10039628 Term: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders System Organ Class: 10037175 - Psychiatric disorders
Therapeutic area: Psychiatry and Psychology [F] - Mental Disorders [F03]
Registration Number
EUCTR2017-004834-26-NL
Lead Sponsor
Albert Schweitzer hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria

?Age =18 – 65 years
?Clozapine use BID or OID
?Capacity to speak and read the Dutch language.
?Mental competency and decisional capacity with regard to participation in the current study
?Absence of active suicidality
?Clozapine use in ‘steady state’ (i.e. same dose and frequency for =7 days)
?Signed Informed consent
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 50
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 0

Exclusion Criteria

?‘inbewaringstelling’ (IBS)
?‘rechterlijke machtiging’ (RM)
?Pregnancy (if known)
?Initiation, cessation or dose change of the following co-medication within 7 days prior to blood sampling:
oFluvoxamine
oHormonal anti-conceptive,
oCiprofloxacin,
oPhenytoin,
oValproic acid,
oCarbamazepine
oRifampicin.
?Acute inflammation / infection (derived from having fever (i.e. body temperature >38.0 degrees Celsius and/or using an antibiotic at time of blood sampling).
?Smoking (of tobacco containing products) initiation or cessation < 7 days before participation

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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