Antipsychotic Treatment Effects in Growing Youth

Strategies to Reduce Antipsychotic Treatment in Effects in Growing Youth-Antipsychotic Naïve Population (STRATEGY-ANP) (GAC 0151)

Protocol ID

07.04.010

Protocol Description

This study will evaluate the use of a healthy lifestyle guide, either alone or together with a medication called metformin (Glucophage®; used to control high blood sugar), for the prevention of weight gain and changes in how the body uses food (called metabolic changes) that often occur when children and adolescents are treated with antipsychotic medications.

Eligibility Criteria

Children and adults being treated with antipsychotic medications

Primary Investigator(s)

  • Christoph Correll, MD

Contact Information

Eva-Maria Schenk, MD
(718) 470-4391
eschenk@nshs.edu

Last Update

March 29, 2010
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