Observational Study to Evaluate Bipolar Disorder Symptoms in Patients Presented With Schizophrenia or Depression


Tracking Information

Start Date  ICMJENovember 2009
Primary Completion Date 
Current Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE 
Original Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE 
Change HistoryComplete list of historical versions of study NCT01028196 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Descriptive Information

Brief Title  ICMJEObservational Study to Evaluate Bipolar Disorder Symptoms in Patients Presented With Schizophrenia or Depression
Official Title  ICMJEEpidemiological Observational Non-interventional Study to Research the Prevalence of Bipolar Criteria of Hospital In-patients With Schizophrenia and Patients With Recurrent Depression
Brief Summary

This study is aimed to evaluate the bipolar disorder symptoms in patients presented with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or recurrent depression.

Bipolar disorder is a group of mood disorders characterised by elevated or irritable mood episodes in patient's lifetime history accompanied by some additional symptoms. In this study modern bipolar disorders screening/assessment instruments will be used to explore the prevalence of bipolarity symptoms in patients who never been diagnosed with bipolar disorders. The results of this study could be useful for more accurate assessment of bipolar disorders prevalence in psychiatric patient population, could help to improve the diagnostics of bipolar disorders and management of bipolar patients.

Detailed Description 
Study Phase 
Study Type  ICMJEObservational
Study Design  ICMJECase-Only, Cross-Sectional
Condition  ICMJE
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Recurrent Depression
Intervention  ICMJE 
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
  • 1 - schizophrenia
    Psychiatrists will enrol patients meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria with schizophrenia as they routinely attend the clinic or are examined in hospital in a consecutively manner.
  • 2 - recurrent depression
    Psychiatrists will enrol patients meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria with recurrent depression as they routinely attend the clinic or are examined in hospital in a consecutively manner.

Recruitment Information

Estimated Enrollment  ICMJE750
Estimated Completion DateDecember 2010
Primary Completion Date 
Eligibility Criteria  ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

  • signed patient informed consent
  • In-patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia with episodic course or schizoaffective disorder, OR in-patients and out-patients with the diagnosis of recurrent depression.
  • The duration of the disease is 3 years and longer and two or more episodes of the disease in the patients history.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
  • Severe and unspecified forms of schizophrenia (schizophrenia with continuous course, hebephrenic schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, undifferentiated schizophrenia, unspecified schizophrenia) and organic affective disorder or intoxication induced affective disorder.
  • Any other concomitant conditions which, in the judgment of investigator, will not allow the patient to complete the study procedures
GenderBoth
Ages18 Years to 65 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
Contacts  ICMJE
Contact: AstraZeneca Russia Clinical Study Information+7-495-799-56-99 ext 571Andrey.Yakovlev@AstraZeneca.com
Location Countries  ICMJERussian Federation

Administrative Information

NCT ID  ICMJENCT01028196
Responsible PartyMCMD, AstraZeneca
Study ID Numbers  ICMJENIS-NRU-DUM-2009/1
Study Sponsor  ICMJEAstraZeneca
Collaborators  ICMJE 
Investigators  ICMJE
Principal Investigator:Sergey N. Mosolov, Prof.Mental Disorders Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry
Information Provided ByAstraZeneca