Galantamine-CR and Cognitive Dysfunction in Bipolar Disorder

Mass General Brigham

Status

Completed

Conditions

Bipolar Disorder

Treatments

Drug: Galantamine-CR

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00181636

2003P-000030/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the investigational drug galantamine-CR (Reminyl- Controlled Release capsule) is useful in improving problems with memory in bipolar patients with stable mood. This study is being done because a large proportion of patients with bipolar disorder experience significant memory problems, even when their mood is stable, after adequate treatment. These memory problems have been associated with poor daily social functioning. Studying galantamine-CR in this population may provide a new clinical way to combat memory problems in stable patients with bipolar disorder.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder
men or women aged 18-65
a baseline Hamilton-D17 score of < 10 at screen visit
a baseline YMRS score of < 10 at screen visit
no acute episodes of depression or mania for the previous 12 weeks.
written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Subjects with current suicidal ideation
Pregnant women or women of childbearing potential
Serious or unstable medical illness, including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, neurologic or hematologic disease; History of seizure disorder, brain injury, any history of known neurological disease (multiple sclerosis, degenerative disease such as ALS, Parkinson disease and any movement disorders, etc)
History or current diagnosis of any of the following DSM-IV psychiatric illnesses: organic mental disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, psychotic disorders not otherwise specified, major depressive disorder, patients with mood congruent or mood incongruent psychotic features, patients with substance dependence disorders, including alcohol, active within the last 12 months
History of multiple adverse drug reactions
Patients with mood congruent or mood incongruent psychotic features Subjects who are active smokers or who stopped smoking less than 3 months prior to enrollment; Clinical or laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism
Patients who have had an episode of acute depression or mania during the 12 weeks prior to enrollment
Patients who have had electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within the 6 months preceding enrollment
Patients with physical contraindications to magnetic resonance spectroscopy (ferrous surgical clips, cardiac pacemakers, ferrous prosthesis)
Patients taking any of the following medications: other cholinesterase inhibitors, succinylcholine, neuromuscular blocking agents, cholinergic agonists (e.g., bethanechol), cimetidine, ketoconazole, erythromycin, fluoxetine, paroxetine, and fluvoxamine