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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Nov 10;(11):CD006633. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006633.pub2
Methods Allocation:randomised-dose (cross-over trial).
Blinding: single-blind.
Duration:12 weeks.
Participants Diagnosis:(DSM-III-R) chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
N=20.
Age: mean: 33.8 years (range=22-51).
Gender: 7M-13F.
Setting:19 outpatients and 1 inpatient.
History:mean age at onset of psychosis was 22.7 years (range=15-32)
Interventions
  1. Clozapine:dose 375 mg/day (range=75-800).N=10.

  2. Risperidone:dose 6.1 mg/day (range=1-10). N=10.

Outcomes Leaving the study early: adverse effects.
Global state: severity of illness sub scale of the CGI.
Mental state: PANSS total score and positive and negative subscore.
dverse effects: extrapyramidal (antiparkinson medication use), sedation, weight gain
Notes No report of first arm outcomes (6 weeks).