Quetiapine Fumarate Bipolar Maintenance Monotherapy

Summary

This is a multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of quetiapine and lithium (comparator in the study) for up to 104 weeks of maintenance treatment in adult patients with Bipolar I Disorder. PLEASE NOTE: Seroquel SR and Seroquel XR refer to the same formulation. The SR designation was changed to XR after consultation with FDA.

Timeline

Start

2005-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Time to recurrence of any mood event was significantly longer for quetiapine versus placebo (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.29; 95% CI, 0.23-0.38; P < .0001) PMID 22054050 ↗

Publications

• Weisler RH, Nolen WA, Neijber A, Hellqvist A, Paulsson B; Trial 144 Study Investigators. Continuation of quetiapine versus switching to placebo or lithium for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder (Trial 144: a randomized controlled study). J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;72(11):1452-64. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m06878.

Drugs

Indications