[The use of acatinol in the treatment of stable patients with schizophrenia with predominance of behaviour disorganization and subcatatonic features]

Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2014;114(1):35-41.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Our study was based on the hypothesis that a non competitive antagonist of NMDA receptors can improve clinical effects of antipsychotic therapy in a subgroup of patients with schizophrenia with clinical signs of glutamatergic hyperfunction such as catatonic symptoms and disorganization. The study design was open and non-comparative. The duration of the study for each patient was 6 months, the target dosage of acatinol was 20 mg. Forty stable patients with schizophrenia with predominance of signs of disorganization and subcatatonic symptoms were included. The following instruments were used: PANSS, NSA, CGI, BACS, UKU. Adding of acatinol to the antipsychotic treatment improved clinical symptoms, cognitive functioning and social functioning and decreased the number of side effects. The drug was well-tolerated.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Dopamine Agents / administration & dosage
  • Dopamine Agents / adverse effects
  • Dopamine Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Memantine / administration & dosage
  • Memantine / adverse effects
  • Memantine / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia, Catatonic / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia, Catatonic / drug therapy*
  • Schizophrenia, Disorganized / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia, Disorganized / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Dopamine Agents
  • Memantine