TY - JOUR
T1 - Double-blind study of clozapine dose response in chronic schizophrenia
AU - Simpson, George M.
AU - Josiassen, Richard C.
AU - Stanilla, Joseph K.
AU - De Leon, Jose
AU - Nair, Chand
AU - Abraham, George
AU - Odom-White, Aruby
AU - Turner, Ralph M.
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - Objective: This study explored the relative efficacy of three different doses of clozapine. Method: Fifty patients who met Kane et al.'s criteria for treatment-refractory schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were studied. All subjects were randomly assigned to 100, 300, or 600 mg/day of clozapine for 16 weeks of double-blind treatment. Forty-eight patients completed this first 16 weeks. Of the 50 patients, 36 went on to second and third 16-week trials of double-blind treatment at the remaining doses. Results: Four subjects (8%) responded to the first 16-week condition, and one subject (2%) responded to the next 16-week crossover condition. A chi-square comparison of the response rates from the three dose groups failed to show a significant effect. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparison of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale - Anchored (BPRS-A) total change scores from baseline to last observation carried forward showed a significant dose effect (600>300>100 mg/day) at 16 weeks of treatment. A crossover ANOVA of the BPRS-A total scores from the 48-week study also showed that the main effect for dose was highly significant; the 100-mg/day dose gave the higher (poorer) values, and the 300- and 600-mg/day doses gave equal (better) values. Gender played a role in clinical response to treatment at 100 mg/day. Conclusions: Clozapine treatment at 100 mg/day was less effective than at 300 or 600 mg/day. At 100 mg/day, women responded better than did men. The 600 mg/day group had the best results, but an occasional patient required up to 900 mg/day. Overall response rates were lower than expected.
AB - Objective: This study explored the relative efficacy of three different doses of clozapine. Method: Fifty patients who met Kane et al.'s criteria for treatment-refractory schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were studied. All subjects were randomly assigned to 100, 300, or 600 mg/day of clozapine for 16 weeks of double-blind treatment. Forty-eight patients completed this first 16 weeks. Of the 50 patients, 36 went on to second and third 16-week trials of double-blind treatment at the remaining doses. Results: Four subjects (8%) responded to the first 16-week condition, and one subject (2%) responded to the next 16-week crossover condition. A chi-square comparison of the response rates from the three dose groups failed to show a significant effect. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparison of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale - Anchored (BPRS-A) total change scores from baseline to last observation carried forward showed a significant dose effect (600>300>100 mg/day) at 16 weeks of treatment. A crossover ANOVA of the BPRS-A total scores from the 48-week study also showed that the main effect for dose was highly significant; the 100-mg/day dose gave the higher (poorer) values, and the 300- and 600-mg/day doses gave equal (better) values. Gender played a role in clinical response to treatment at 100 mg/day. Conclusions: Clozapine treatment at 100 mg/day was less effective than at 300 or 600 mg/day. At 100 mg/day, women responded better than did men. The 600 mg/day group had the best results, but an occasional patient required up to 900 mg/day. Overall response rates were lower than expected.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10553738
AN - SCOPUS:0032730108
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 156
SP - 1744
EP - 1750
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -