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Paliperidone and Lithium in the Treatment of Suicidality - Treatment Indication and Epigenetic Regulation

NCT01134731

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

The study aims to use a combined clinical and translational approach to identify an efficient pharmacotherapy for the acute management of suicidality and the epigenetic regulation associated with the treatment.The primary objective is a clinical trial to compare the efficacy of paliperidone versus lithium and placebo as adjunctive therapy to the standard of care antidepressants in the acute management of suicidality in depressed subjects. Specific Aims 1 and 2 are described in detail below. Analysis for Specific Aim 2 is still underway.

Timeline

Start
2010-05
Primary completion
2014-02
Completion
2014-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Lithium Unknown 300 mg
Comparator Lithium Unknown 600 mg
Comparator Lithium Unknown 900 mg
Comparator Lithium Unknown 1200 mg
Comparator Lithium Unknown 1500 mg
Subject Paliperidone Unknown 1 mg
Subject Paliperidone Unknown 2 mg
Subject Paliperidone Unknown 3 mg
Subject Paliperidone Unknown 4 mg
Subject Paliperidone Unknown 5 mg