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. 2017 Jun 28;2017(6):CD009005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009005.pub2

CTRI‐02‐003397.

Trial name or title Randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial to evaluate the effects of adjunctive treatment with aripiprazole on body weight, metabolic parameters, clinical efficacy, and adverse events in people with psychotic disorders on treatment with Clozapine.
Methods Allocation: randomised.
Blindness: double‐blind.
Duration: 16 weeks.
Country: India.
Participants Diagnosis: schizophrenia and schizoaffective (ICD‐10).
Target sample size: 60.
History: Participants on a stable dose of clozapine (100 mg to 900 mg), with residual positive or negative psychotic or psychiatric symptoms with a minimum score on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) > 31, experiencing troublesome weight gain, and are overweight or obese.
Age: 18 years or above.
Interventions
  1. Combination therapy: clozapine + aripiprazole (10 mg to 20 mg/day).

  2. Monotherapy: clozapine + placebo..

Outcomes
  1. Clinical response: not clinical improved, and CGI (Efficacy index score).

  2. Mental state: BPRS.

  3. Adverse events: weight gain, SAS, sedation, hypersalivation.

  4. Others: BMI, fasting sugars, triglycerides, lipids from baseline, compliance with diet, compliance with exercise.

Starting date First enrolment on February 2013.
Contact information Prince Rajamanickam (princer@cmcvellore.ac.in).
Notes Clinical trial registry India ID: CTRI/2013/02/003397.
Sponsor: Christian Medical College.