Clinical Trial: Changes in Auditory Verbal Hallucination During Atypical Antipsychotic Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Naturalistic Multicenter Study of Changes in Auditory Verbal Hallucination During Atypical Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in various aspects of auditory verbal hallucinations during 24-week antipsychotic treatment in naturalistic condition.

Detailed Summary:

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH), meaning the experience of hearing voices, occur in 60-75% of patients with schizophrenia. Patients experiencing persistent AVH tend to be interrupted in their daily routines and have trouble keeping regular jobs due to the intrusiveness or abusive contents of voices. In addition, auditory hallucinations are reported to remain even after disappearance of other psychotic symptoms in many patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders after treatment with typical antipsychotics.

The study involves detailed phenomenological assessments of AVH and other psychotic symptoms, as well as side effects of atypical antipsychotics.

Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital

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Information By: Seoul National University Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: May 22, 2006
Date Started: August 2004
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Last Updated: September 15, 2009
Last Verified: September 2009