Schizophrenic Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Schizophrenic disorder
Brief summary
The purpose of this 6-week study is to determine whether treatment with Seroquel® Sustained Release (SR) is more effective than placebo in the treatment of acute schizophrenia. PLEASE NOTE: Seroquel SR and Seroquel XR refer to the same formulation. The SR designation was changed to XR after consultation with FDA.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* To be considered for this study the patients should be aged between 18 to 65 years, need to suffer from schizophrenia and must be willing to participate.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients that suffer from psychiatric disorders other than schizophrenia including drug abuse and dependence, or medical conditions such as specific kidney, heart or thyroid problems, and patients with a known lack of response to drugs for schizophrenia will not be considered for this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome variable will be the change from baseline of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score at the end of treatment at Day 42. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Efficacy | — |
| To demonstrate a higher PANSS response rate | — |
| To demonstrate superior Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) response | — |
Countries
Bulgaria, Greece, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa