Condition 1: Schizophrenia. Condition 2: Schizoaffective,. Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders
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Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: All enrolled patients will have normal IQ ; systolic blood pressure more than 100 mmHg ; diastolic blood pressure more than 60 mmHg ; at least 2 years diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-V diagnostic criteria. Exclusion Criteria: patients with any other comorbidity of psychiatric or neurologic disorders ; history of lifetime substance abuse ; any sensitivity to drugs ; history of head trauma or loss of consciousness ; resistant high blood pressure ; resistance in treatment of schizophrenia or beginning Clozapine ; renal, liver or cardiac failure ; women' s pregnancy or breast feeding ; any abnormality in ECG ; suicide idea ; history of dementia ; breast cancer ; tromboemboli events ; dementia ; endocrine disease ; history of receiving ECT during last 12 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attention. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: The Stroop Color and Word test.;Executive Function. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST).;Processing Speed. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Wechsler Digit Coding Task, Symbol III.;Memory. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Wechsler, Verbal Memory test.;Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-V (SCID). Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Psychiatry resident will interview to confirm diagnosis for inclusion into study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PT, PTT, INR. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Blood sample.;LH, FSH, Vit D3. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: blood sample.;Side effect self report form. Timepoint: Up to 6 weeks. Method of measurement: Patient report.;Change in ECG. Timepoint: Baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: ECG to confirm inclusion into study and compared at week 6 to baseline.;Change in chemistry panel ( TSH, T3, T4). Timepoint: Baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Blood sample.;AST, ALT, ALKP. Timepoint: baseline and week 6. Method of measurement: Blood sample. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences