Estradiol as add-on to Antipsychotics

Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of Estradiol patch compared to placebo, as add-on to anti-psychotics in the treatment of women 38 and older with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or schizophreniform disorder.

Timeline

Start

2019-12-02

Primary completion

2020-10-15

Completion

2020-11-01

Publications

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• Results Harrison G, Croudace T, Mason P, Glazebrook C, Medley I. Predicting the long-term outcome of schizophrenia. Psychol Med. 1996 Jul;26(4):697-705. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700037715.
• Results Heringa SM, Begemann MJ, Goverde AJ, Sommer IE. Sex hormones and oxytocin augmentation strategies in schizophrenia: A quantitative review. Schizophr Res. 2015 Nov;168(3):603-13. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.04.002. Epub 2015 Apr 23.
• Results Jeste DV, Lindamer LA, Evans J, Lacro JP. Relationship of ethnicity and gender to schizophrenia and pharmacology of neuroleptics. Psychopharmacol Bull. 1996;32(2):243-51.
• Results Kulkarni J, Gavrilidis E, Worsley R, Hayes E. Role of estrogen treatment in the management of schizophrenia. CNS Drugs. 2012 Jul 1;26(7):549-57. doi: 10.2165/11630660-000000000-00000.
• Results Magharious W, Goff DC, Amico E. Relationship of gender and menstrual status to symptoms and medication side effects in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 1998 Feb 27;77(3):159-66. doi: 10.1016/s0165-1781(97)00137-6.
• Results Melkersson KI, Hulting AL, Rane AJ. Dose requirement and prolactin elevation of antipsychotics in male and female patients with schizophrenia or related psychoses. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Apr;51(4):317-24. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2001.01352.x.
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• Results Pardridge WM, Mietus LJ. Transport of steroid hormones through the rat blood-brain barrier. Primary role of albumin-bound hormone. J Clin Invest. 1979 Jul;64(1):145-54. doi: 10.1172/JCI109433.
• Results Pinals DA, Malhotra AK, Missar CD, Pickar D, Breier A. Lack of gender differences in neuroleptic response in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 1996 Dec 15;22(3):215-22. doi: 10.1016/s0920-9964(96)00067-9.
• Results Seeman MV. Gender differences in the prescribing of antipsychotic drugs. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Aug;161(8):1324-33. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.8.1324.
• Results Szymanski S, Lieberman JA, Alvir JM, Mayerhoff D, Loebel A, Geisler S, Chakos M, Koreen A, Jody D, Kane J, et al. Gender differences in onset of illness, treatment response, course, and biologic indexes in first-episode schizophrenic patients. Am J Psychiatry. 1995 May;152(5):698-703. doi: 10.1176/ajp.152.5.698.
• Results Torgalsboen AK. Full recovery from schizophrenia: the prognostic role of premorbid adjustment, symptoms at first admission, precipitating events and gender. Psychiatry Res. 1999 Nov 8;88(2):143-52. doi: 10.1016/s0165-1781(99)00077-3.
• Results Usall J, Araya S, Ochoa S, Busquets E, Gost A, Marquez M; Assessment Research Group in Schizophrenia (NEDES). Gender differences in a sample of schizophrenic outpatients. Compr Psychiatry. 2001 Jul-Aug;42(4):301-5. doi: 10.1053/comp.2001.24582.
• Results an der Heiden W, Krumm B, Muller S, Weber I, Biehl H, Schafer M. [The Mannheim long-term study of schizophrenia. Initial results of follow-up of the illness over 14 years after initial inpatient treatment]. Nervenarzt. 1995 Nov;66(11):820-7. German.
• Results van der Werf M, Hanssen M, Kohler S, Verkaaik M, Verhey FR; RISE Investigators; van Winkel R, van Os J, Allardyce J. Systematic review and collaborative recalculation of 133,693 incident cases of schizophrenia. Psychol Med. 2014 Jan;44(1):9-16. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712002796. Epub 2012 Dec 17.

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