Methylphenidate for the Treatment of Acute Mania

Summary

This study aims at evaluating the efficacy and safety of methylphenidate in the initial treatment of acute mania in patients with bipolar affective disorders.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2016-05

Completion

2016-05

Publications

• Background Kluge M, Hegerl U, Sander C, Dietzel J, Mergl R, Bitter I, Demyttenaere K, Gusmao R, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Perez-Sola V, Vieta E, Juckel G, Zimmermann US, Bauer M, Sienaert P, Quintao S, Edel MA, Bolyos C, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Lopez-Garcia P. Methylphenidate in mania project (MEMAP): study protocol of an international randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study on the initial treatment of acute mania with methylphenidate. BMC Psychiatry. 2013 Feb 27;13:71. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-71.
• Hegerl U, Mergl R, Sander C, Dietzel J, Bitter I, Demyttenaere K, Gusmao R, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Zorrilla I, Alocen AG, Sola VP, Vieta E, Juckel G, Zimmermann US, Bauer M, Sienaert P, Quintao S, Edel MA, Bolyos C, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Lopez-Garcia P, Kluge M. A multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of methylphenidate in the initial treatment of acute mania (MEMAP study). Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2018 Jan;28(1):185-194. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.11.003. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

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