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Telmisartan as an Adjunctive Treatment for Metabolic Problems in Patients With Schizophrenia

NCT00981526

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

This is a 12-week, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of telmisartan 80 mg/day as an adjunctive to clozapine or olanzapine therapy, in 70 schizophrenia subjects to examine telmisartan's effect on glucose metabolism, weight, food intake, resting energy expenditure, and body composition. In addition, the study will examine insulin's effects on psychopathology and cognition. Potential subjects will be identified by their clinicians at the Freedom Trail Clinic, or Massachusetts General Hospital. Approximately 70 subjects will be enrolled.

Timeline

Start
2009-03
Primary completion
2012-05
Completion
2012-05

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Telmisartan Other / unclassified 80 mg
Background Clozapine Other / unclassified
Background Olanzapine Small molecule