A Crossover Study of the Acute Effects of Olanzapine in Healthy Volunteers

Summary

The purpose of this clinical research study is to examine the acute hormonal and metabolic effects of the drug olanzapine, as well as appetite effects, in healthy volunteers. The hypotheses to be tested are that: (1) Olanzapine rapidly attenuates plasma leptin and (2) rapidly alters glucose tolerance in healthy volunteers. These questions will be answered by having volunteers undergo two glucose tolerance tests in a crossover study design.

Timeline

Start

2008-08

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2011-05

Publications

• Background Albaugh VL, Henry CR, Bello NT, Hajnal A, Lynch SL, Halle B, Lynch CJ. Hormonal and metabolic effects of olanzapine and clozapine related to body weight in rodents. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Jan;14(1):36-51. doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.6.
• Background Albaugh VL, Judson JG, She P, Lang CH, Maresca KP, Joyal JL, Lynch CJ. Olanzapine promotes fat accumulation in male rats by decreasing physical activity, repartitioning energy and increasing adipose tissue lipogenesis while impairing lipolysis. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 May;16(5):569-81. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.33. Epub 2010 Mar 23.
• Background Albaugh VL, Vary TC, Ilkayeva O, Wenner BR, Maresca KP, Joyal JL, Breazeale S, Elich TD, Lang CH, Lynch CJ. Atypical antipsychotics rapidly and inappropriately switch peripheral fuel utilization to lipids, impairing metabolic flexibility in rodents. Schizophr Bull. 2012 Jan;38(1):153-66. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbq053. Epub 2010 May 21.
• Results Albaugh VL, Singareddy R, Mauger D, Lynch CJ. A double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover study of the acute metabolic effects of olanzapine in healthy volunteers. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e22662. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022662. Epub 2011 Aug 9.

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