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The Evaluation and Follow-up of Patients With Bipolar Disorder

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00001652

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Official title

The Evaluation and Naturalistic Follow-up of Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Brief summary

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The purpose of this research protocol is to screen and enroll individuals who have bipolar disorder and to track each person's course of illness in order to study the long-term course of illness and to elucidate possible clinical and biological predictors of acute and sustained treatment response. As a part of this protocol, subjects will: systematically be administered psychiatric rating scales such as the life-chart method (LCM) for daily assessment of mood, sleep, and behavior; be asked to participate in non-invasive research procedures, such as blood drawing for measurement of thyroid antibodies and intracellular calcium; and be medicated as is clinically appropriate. This protocol also serves as a stepping stone to other protocols such as the comparative acute and long-term efficacy of three antidepressants (#95-M-0129), and the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids (#00-M-0004), for which separate written informed consents are obtained. Patients in this study are participants in the larger NIMH-Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network (SFBN), which involves six academic sites focused on better understanding the long-term course and treatment of the illness. The current protocol thus serves as an entry point for individuals with bipolar disorder for screening and detailed longitudinal assessment both prior to and in between more formal blind randomized IRB approved treatment protocols.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00001652
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
150 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
Not listed
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 1996 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Dec 2002 (Type not available)
Last update posted
Mar 4, 2008

1996 – 2002

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Bethesda Maryland 20892 —

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