Pilot Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Open-Label Olanzapine Monotherapy in Treatment Refractory Bipolar Disorder Mania

Inpatient Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Open-Label Olanzapine Monotherapy in Treatment Refractory Bipolar Mania: This study recruits adult subjects who are diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and presently experiencing an episode of mania. Patients must be willing to spend initial 7 days in the hospital to observe response to medication. Patients must be refractory (intolerant or...

Date First Received: September 13, 2005

Last Updated: December 5, 2007

Verified by: University Hospitals of Cleveland, December 2007

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 3 | Start Date: July 2002

Overall Status: Terminated

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Pilot Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Open-Label Olanzapine Monotherapy in Treatment Refractory Bipolar Disorder Mania”

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Inpatient Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Open-Label Olanzapine Monotherapy in Treatment Refractory Bipolar Mania: This study recruits adult subjects who are diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and presently experiencing an episode of mania. Patients must be willing to spend initial 7 days in the hospital to observe response to medication. Patients must be refractory (intolerant or non-responsive) to treatment with lithium and valproate or carbamazepine. Patients receive study-related care at no cost. This study is sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: Olanzapine

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The subject satisfied DSM-IV criteria for a primary diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, most recently manic
  • The patient is willing to be hospitalized on an inpatient psychiatric unit for a minimum of seven (7) days.
  • Subject has been treated with lithium in the past.
  • Subject has been treated with divalproex or carbamazepine in the past.
  • The subject has not be treated with Haldol or haloperidol in the past.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects lacks the capacity to provide informed consent
  • Subject is a serious suicide risk or has medically unstable conditions as judged by the investigators
  • Subject has been dependent on a druh (other than nicotine or caffeine) in the last three (3) months.

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 16 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 65 Years

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: University Hospitals of Cleveland

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Joseph R Calabrese, MD Principal Investigator Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals of Cleveland  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on August 28, 2008

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00194064

Study ID Number: F1DMC-X136

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00194064

Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

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