Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this clinical research study is to evaluate the overall effectiveness of 8 week of aripiprazole treatment.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder being treated as outpatients,no response to past antipsychotic treatment and patients who symptoms are notoptimally controlled defined as CGI- S\<7
Exclusion criteria
* pregnant or breastfeeding,patients at risk for committing suicide,diagnosis of mood disorders, delirium, dementia and other cognitive disorders,patients treatment resistant to otherantipyschotic medications and treatment with a long acting psychotic in which the last dose was within 3 months of treatment phase
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Global Impression-Improvement at endpoint | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Global Impression scale | — |
| Investigator's Assessment Questionnaire | — |
| Patient preference of medication at endpoint | — |