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CompletedNCT00866645Updated Dec 3, 2010

A Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of Intramuscular Levosulpiride In Patients With Agitation Of Schizophrenia

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Intramuscular Haloperidol and Intramuscular Levosulpiride in Agitation, sponsored by Shanghai Mental Health Center. Completed at 5 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-12-03.

Sponsored by Shanghai Mental Health Center · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Intramuscular Levosulpiride in the treatment of Chinese patients with Agitation Of Schizophrenia compared with Intramuscular Haloperidol by evaluating the change of PANSS-EC total scores at end of study (72 hours after first dosing) from baseline.

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Secondary Outcome Measures:

To evaluate the change of Agitation Calmness Evaluation Scale(ACES), Clinical Global Impression(CGI, including CGI-S and CGI-I),PANSS total scores,Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS) total scores and every item of PANSS-EC from baseline to the end of study (Time Frame: 72 hours) [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

To evaluate the change of patients' main complain, physical examination, lab and ECG tests, AE、Rating Scale for Extrapyramidal Side Effect(RSESE) and Barnes Akathisia Scale(BAS)from baseline to the end of study (Time Frame: 72 hours) [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

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Conditions studied

  • Agitation

Keywords

  • Agitation
  • Schizophrenia
  • Randomized
  • Blind
  • Parallel
  • Intramuscular Haloperidol
  • Controlled
  • Multicenter
  • Clinical Trial
  • Efficacy
  • Safety
  • Intramuscular Levosulpiride
  • Chinese
  • PANSS-EC
  • ACES
  • CGI
  • BPRS
  • PANSS
  • RSESE
  • BAS
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In context

Psychomotor Agitation

500 studies on the registry are indexed under Psychomotor Agitation; 55 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 90 across 413 interventional studies indexed under Psychomotor Agitation.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Mental Health Center is the lead sponsor of 267 studies on the registry; 93 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female Chinese inpatients(are required to stay at hospital during the study) aged 18-65 years
  • Patients meeting the DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia or schizophreniform psychosis
  • Agitated with a minimum total score of ≧ 15 on the five items of the PANSS-EC and at least one individual item score of ≧ 5 or two item score of ≧ 4 using the 1-7 scoring system
  • ACES≤3
  • Written informed consent provided by patients' legal representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Investigator and his/her relatives
  • Participation in another drug trial within 3 months prior enrolment into this study
  • Female patients during their pregnant and lactation period
  • Any currently severe unstable medical illness or disease would affect assessment for this study, including epilepsy, angle closure glaucoma, disease of liver, kidney, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system, cardiovascular system(including Ischemic Heart Disease), endocrine system, nervous system, immune or hematological system etc.
  • A significantly clinical abnormal value in ECG or lab results,ALT and AST values in the liver function test exceeding two times of the upper limits of normal values, urea nitrogen value arising up to 1.2 times of the upper limits of normal values, creatinine or serum potassium exceeding normal values
  • With a family history of sudden death
  • Meet the DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse within 1 year prior enrolment
  • Regularly use antipsychotics(clozapine within 90 days), antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-epileptics or prolonged-action preparations within 2 weeks prior enrolment
  • Use of Electroconvulsive therapy within 30 days prior enrolment
  • Systematically use of sulpiride, levosulpiride or haloperidol therapy within 30 days prior enrolment
  • History of or current neuroleptic malignant syndrome, severe EPS, significant tardive dyskinesia
  • Severe suicide attempt
  • Known hypersensitivity to sulpiride, levosulpiride or haloperidol, or history of severe drug hypersensitivity or hypersensitivity to more than 2 drugs
  • Use of psychotropics(except permitted drugs) within 12 hours prior enrolment
  • Known lack of efficacy to levosulpiride or haloperidol by formal treatment before
  • Organic mental disorders, including Mental retardation
  • History of psychosurgery treatment
  • Patients can not comply with study protocol
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    Intramuscular Levosulpiride

    Drug: Intramuscular Levosulpiride

  • Active comparator
    2

    Intramuscular Haloperidol

    Drug: Intramuscular Haloperidol

Interventions

  • DrugIntramuscular Haloperidol

    1ml:5mg/ampoul the recommended dose is 10 mg per day administered. Doses of 10 mg may be administered 5mg bid with an interval longer than 4 hours for 3 days.

    Also known as: Intramuscular Haloperidol parenteral solution

  • DrugIntramuscular Levosulpiride

    2ml:50mg/ampoul the recommended dose is 100 mg per day administered. Doses of 100 mg may be administered 50mg bid with an interval longer than 4 hours for 3 days.

    Also known as: Intramuscular Levosulpiride parenteral solution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the change of PANSS-EC total scores

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study(72 hours after first dosing)

Secondary outcomes

  1. the change of Agitation Calmness Evaluation Scale(ACES)

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  2. The Change of Clinical Global Impression(CGI, including CGI-S and CGI-I)

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  3. the change of PANSS total scores

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  4. the change of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS) total scores

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  5. the change of every item of PANSS-EC

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  6. the change of Rating Scale for Extrapyramidal Side Effect(RSESE)

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

  7. the change of Barnes Akathisia Scale(BAS)

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of study (72 hours after first dosing)

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Study locations

5 sites
  • Hebei Mental Health Center
    Baoding, Hebei 071000, China
  • Nanjing Brain Hospital
    Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
  • Xi'an Mental Health Center
    Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, China
  • Shanghai Mental Health Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200030, China
  • The First Affilliated Hospital Of Kunming Medical College
    Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 3, 2010, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00866645
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Collaborators
Shanghai Hotmed Sciences Co.,LTD
First posted
Mar 20, 2009
Start date
Feb 2009
Primary completion
Jul 2010
Completion
Jul 2010
Last update
Dec 3, 2010

Study contacts

Huafang LI, MD,PhD
study director · Drug Clinical Trial Office, Shanghai Mental Health Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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