Treatment of Bipolar Mania in Older Adults

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Bipolar Disorder, Mania

In brief

This study will compare the benefits and side effects of lithium and divalproex in the treatment of older adults with bipolar mania.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00254488

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

224

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of DSM-IV Bipolar Disorder, Type I: current manic, mixed, or hypomanic episodes

You may not qualify if…

• Rapid cycling bipolar disorder
• History of substance abuse or dependence within last 3 months
• Diagnosis of schizophrenia or other chronic psychotic conditions
• Acute or unstable medical illness
• Documented intolerance to Lithium, Depakote, Risperidone, or Lorazepam
• Dementia
• Inability to communicate in English

Where it is running

• Precise Research Centers — Flowood, Mississippi, United States
• Weill Cornell Medical College — White Plains, New York, United States
• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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