Treatment of Geriatric Bipolar Mood Disorders: A Pilot Study

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Bipolar Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to collect pilot data on the feasibility of recruiting, eliciting informed consent, assessing, treating, and following patients aged 60 and older with bipolar mood disorders.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00177567

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

60

Starts

2001-07-01

Expected to finish

2004-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-09-15

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• DSM-IV diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
• Folstein Mini-Mental Status Exam score of 18 or higher

You may not qualify if…

• Medical condition that precludes the use of both lithium and depakote
• If mood disturbance is deemed an organic mood disorder (i.e., iatrogenic, secondary to medication)
• If refuse to designate someone who the study staff can contact about bipolar symptoms, concerns about the subject's health, in an emergency, and/or inability to reach the subject.

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pittsubrgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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