Quetiapine vs Haloperidol Decanoate for the Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder - Tabular View

Tracking Information
First Received Date ^ICMJE	July 3, 2001
Last Updated Date	January 20, 2009
Start Date ^ICMJE	April 1997
Primary Completion Date
Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Change History	Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00018642 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information
Brief Title ^ICMJE	Quetiapine vs Haloperidol Decanoate for the Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
Official Title ^ICMJE	Predicting the Optimal Pharmacotherapy for Outpatients With Schizophrenia
Brief Summary	The purpose of this research study is to determine whether a new drug for schizophrenia is better for the maintenance treatment than a standard drugs currently prescribed. The new medication is called quetiapine and it will be compared with a standard medication called haloperidol decanoate. The study will determine if quetiapine causes fewer problems than haloperidol with side effects such as stiffness and restlessness and whether it costs the VA more or less to treat patients with quetiapine. In addition, blood samples will be collected every three months to determine if certain chemicals in the blood can influence the outcome of the subjects' illness.
Detailed Description
Study Phase
Study Type ^ICMJE	Interventional
Study Design ^ICMJE	Treatment, Randomized, Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Condition ^ICMJE	Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder
Intervention ^ICMJE	Drug: quetiapine Drug: haloperidol decanoate
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Publications *
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Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status ^ICMJE	Completed
Enrollment ^ICMJE
Completion Date	March 2002
Primary Completion Date
Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE	Inclusion Criteria Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder diagnosed by DSM-IV Between the ages 18-60. A candidate for maintenance antipsychotic therapy. This means that patients will have had at least two documented episodes of acute schizophrenic illness or at least two years of continuing psychotic symptoms. Exclusion Criteria Organic brain disease. Mental Retardation Chronic medical illness which would make antipsychotic medication inappropriate.
Gender	Both
Ages	18 Years to 60 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
Contacts ^ICMJE	Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Location Countries ^ICMJE	United States

Administrative Information
NCT ID ^ICMJE	NCT00018642
Responsible Party
Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE	MHBS-042-96F
Study Sponsor ^ICMJE	Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborators ^ICMJE
Investigators ^ICMJE
Information Provided By	Department of Veterans Affairs
Verification Date	December 2004
^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP