Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subjects will be patients meeting all of the following criteria. 1) Patients with F2 criteria meeting the ICD-10 diagnosis 2) Patients who had previously enrolled to the Research on nursing technique in intramuscular injection. 3) Patients who personally give written informed consent to participate in the study. 4) Patients who require treatment with risperidone long acting injection (RLAI), and all of whom being administered RLAI regularly for more than 6 weeks to the the base lined date of the study 5) Inpatients or outpatients 6) Patients who personally give written informed consent to obtain information about CYP2D6 gene polymorphism.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study. 1) PANSS total score over 130 points. 2) Patients who need to be treated with risperidone or paliperidone during this research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Serum concentration of risperidone and 9-OH risperidone | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; PANSS 2) Clinical Global Impression; CGI 3) Drug-induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale; DIEPSS 4) Visual Analogue Scale; VAS 5) Injection Site Reactions 6) Demography 7) Concomitant Medications 8) Cost(i.e. medical remuneration points ) 9) CYP2D6 gene polymorphism 10) Brain-derived neurotorophic factor; BDNF | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Okehazama Hospital Fujita Kokoro Care Center Nursing Division