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NCT Number: NCT00634348

A Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole for the Treatment fo Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder in Hospitalized Patients

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of ziprasidone and aripiprazole in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

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Key information

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Pfizer Investigational Site, Anaheim, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
  • At least a 6th grade reading level
  • Males or females, between 18 and 70 years of age at the time of consent
  • Subjects must have been hospitalized for no more than 14 consecutive days immediately prior to screening

Exclusion criteria

  • Psychiatric disorder other than schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
  • History of arrhythmia, heart attack, or heart failure

Treatment and study plan

Aripiprazole

Drug

Oral aripiprazole capsules 15 mg once daily from Days 1-14; thereafter, doses could be adjusted on Days 14 and 21 to 10, 15, or 30 mg once daily; patients treated for 28 days

Ziprasidone

Drug

Oral ziprasidone capsules 40 mg twice daily on Day 1, 60 mg twice daily on Day 2, 80 mg twice daily on Days 3-14; thereafter, doses could be adjusted on Days 14 and 21 to 40, 60, or 80 mg twice daily; patients treated for 28 days

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline to endpoint in Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  2. Change from baseline to endpoint in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale derived (BPRSd) total scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) positive subscale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  2. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in PANSS negative subscale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  3. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in PANSS Depression factor scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  4. Change from baseline to endpoint in Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  5. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in COVI Anxiety Scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  6. Change from baseline to endpoint in Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  7. Change from baseline to endpoint in Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI) scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  8. Change from baseline to endpoint in Personal Evaluation of Transition in Treatment (PETiT) scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  9. Change from baseline to endpoint in Patient Preference Scale (PPS) scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  10. Change from baseline to endpoint in Life Skills Profile (LSP).

    Time frame: 28 days

  11. Change from baseline in Outcome Resource Discharge Questionnaire (ORDQ) scores on Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28.

    Time frame: 28 days

  12. Change from baseline to endpoint in Cognitive Battery.

    Time frame: 28 days

  13. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in PANSS total scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  14. Change from baseline to Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 in Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

  15. Adverse events, laboratory evaluations, vital signs, electrocardiograms at baseline and on Days 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28.

    Time frame: 28 days

  16. Change from baseline to Day 28 in movement disorder rating scale scores.

    Time frame: 28 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Four-Week Double Blind Multicenter Study Comparing The Efficacy And Safety Of Ziprasidone To Aripiprazole In Subjects With Schizophrenia Or Schizoaffective Disorder Needing Inpatient Care

Important dates

Study start
2004
Study completion
2005
First posted
Mar 13, 2008
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2021

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