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Awarded Trial: 03-RC-005-2

Grant ID

03-RC-005-2

Illness

Schizophrenia

Primary Drug/Intervention

Azithromycin

Primary Dosage

600 mg/day

Secondary Drug Intervention

N/A

Secondary Dosage

N/A

Other Drug/Intervention

N/A

Other Dosage

N/A

Status

Completed

Investigator

Dickerson

Sample Size

56

Duration of Study Period for Each Subject

16 weeks

Outcome Measurements

PANSS

Results

Fifty six patients with schizophrenia who were seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii were randomized to receive adjunctive azithromycin or placebo (600 mg per day for 16 weeks). There was no significant improvement in psychiatric symptoms with this treatment.

Publication

N/A

Link

N/A

PI Name

Faith Dickerson

Degree

MD

Center

N/A

Institution

Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc.

Address

6501 N. Charles Street, P.O. Box 6815

City or Town

Baltimore

State or Province

MD

Zip or Postal Code

21285

Country

USA

Email Address

fdickerson@sheppardpratt.org