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Clinical and neurobiological characterisation of muscarinic receptor-deficit schizophrenia (MRDS)

Completed
Conditions
10039628
MRDS
psychosis
Registration Number
NL-OMON41528
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

Patients with first-episode psychosis as defined by the standardised criteria of the CASH
-Medication free
-Duration of untreated psychosis no more than 1 year.
-18 years and older

Exclusion Criteria

-Use of antipsychotics and 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
NameTimeMethod
<p>-M1 receptor binding: ROI*s will be the hippocampus and the dorsolateral<br /><br>prefrontal cortex.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>-BOLD signal activation during cognitive tasks PAL (40) and ER -40 (62) under<br /><br>cholinergic challenge and in placebo. (ROI*s DLPFC and the hippocampus).<br /><br>-Neuropsychological tests: CANTAB battery for schizophrenia.<br /><br><br /><br>Additional study parameters:<br /><br>-DTI, RSfMRI, MRS<br /><br>-(Epi)genetics</p><br>
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