Inositol for Comorbid Anxiety in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder

Summary

This is an open trial that seeks to determine the safety and tolerability of using inositol for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders with an exploration of efficacy and dose-response.

Timeline

Start

2023-08

Primary completion

2023-10-04

Completion

2023-10-04

Publications

• Background Benjamin J, Agam G, Levine J, Bersudsky Y, Kofman O, Belmaker RH. Inositol treatment in psychiatry. Psychopharmacol Bull. 1995;31(1):167-75.
• Background Benjamin J, Levine J, Fux M, Aviv A, Levy D, Belmaker RH. Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of inositol treatment for panic disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1995 Jul;152(7):1084-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.152.7.1084.
• Background Eden Evins A, Demopulos C, Yovel I, Culhane M, Ogutha J, Grandin LD, Nierenberg AA, Sachs GS. Inositol augmentation of lithium or valproate for bipolar depression. Bipolar Disord. 2006 Apr;8(2):168-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2006.00303.x.
• Background Fux M, Levine J, Aviv A, Belmaker RH. Inositol treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Sep;153(9):1219-21. doi: 10.1176/ajp.153.9.1219.
• Background Levine J. Controlled trials of inositol in psychiatry. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1997 May;7(2):147-55. doi: 10.1016/s0924-977x(97)00409-4.
• Background Levine J, Barak Y, Gonzalves M, Szor H, Elizur A, Kofman O, Belmaker RH. Double-blind, controlled trial of inositol treatment of depression. Am J Psychiatry. 1995 May;152(5):792-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.152.5.792.
• Background Palatnik A, Frolov K, Fux M, Benjamin J. Double-blind, controlled, crossover trial of inositol versus fluvoxamine for the treatment of panic disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2001 Jun;21(3):335-9. doi: 10.1097/00004714-200106000-00014.
• Background Silverstone PH, McGrath BM, Kim H. Bipolar disorder and myo-inositol: a review of the magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings. Bipolar Disord. 2005 Feb;7(1):1-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2004.00174.x.

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