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Main ID:  NCT04639960
Date of registration: 03/11/2020
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Public title: Neuroprotective Effects of Risperdal on Brain and Cognition in 22q11 Deletion Syndrome
Scientific title: Effects of Modulation of the Dopaminergic System Using Risperidone on Memory and Executive Processes in Individuals With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: September 29, 2017
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04639960
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Stephan Eliez, Professor
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University of Geneva, faculty of medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female with confirmed 22q11DS diagnosis.

- Minimum age of 8 years or maximum age of 25 years and 11 months.

- Sufficient verbal expression and comprehension skills to understand and follow
instructions based on initial interview.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Participants younger than 8 years and older that 25 years and 11 months.

- Previous adverse experience with risperidone

- Psychotic symptoms requiring sustained antipsychotic treatment

- Corrected QT (QTc) distance at baseline electrocardiogram above 460 milliseconds or
elongation at control electrocardiogram (Day 6 of treatment) superior to 30
milliseconds with functional complaint.

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.



Age minimum: 11 Years
Age maximum: 25 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Risperdal
Primary Outcome(s)
15 signs & 15 words [Time Frame: 15 signs & 15 words six month after treatment]
Electroencephalography (EEG) resting state [Time Frame: EEG resting state one week after treatment]
Electroencephalography (EEG) resting state [Time Frame: EEG resting state six month after treatment]
MRI Diffusion weighted images [Time Frame: MRI DSI six month after treatment]
MRI Resting State [Time Frame: MRI resting state one week after treatment]
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) [Time Frame: CANTAB six month after treatment]
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) [Time Frame: CANTAB one week after treatment]
EEG auditory [Time Frame: EEG Auditory pre-treatment]
Letter-number sequencing [Time Frame: Letter-number Sequencing one week after treatment]
Color Trails test (CTT) [Time Frame: CTT flexibility ratio pre-treatment]
Conners' Continuous performance test, third edition (CPT-3) [Time Frame: CPT-3 six month after treatment]
Letter-number sequencing [Time Frame: Letter-number Sequencing six month after treatment]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) T1-weighted [Time Frame: MRI T1-weighted one week after treatment]
EEG visual [Time Frame: EEG Visual one week after treatment]
EEG visual [Time Frame: EEG Visual six month after treatment]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) T1-weighted [Time Frame: MRI T1-weighted six month after treatment]
Stroop Task [Time Frame: Stroop inhibition ratio pre-treatment]
Conners' Continuous performance test, third edition (CPT-3) [Time Frame: CPT-3 One week after treatment]
EEG auditory [Time Frame: EEG Auditory six month after treatment]
EEG visual [Time Frame: EEG Visual pre-treatment]
15 signs & 15 words [Time Frame: 15 signs & 15 words on week after treatment]
EEG auditory [Time Frame: EEG Auditory one week after treatment]
15 signs & 15 words [Time Frame: 15 signs & 15 words pre-treatment]
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) [Time Frame: CANTAB pre-treatment]
Color Trails test (CTT) [Time Frame: CTT flexibility ratio six month after treatment]
Conners' Continuous performance test, third edition (CPT-3) [Time Frame: CPT-3 pre-treatment]
Letter-number sequencing [Time Frame: Letter-number Sequencing pre-treatment]
Stroop Task [Time Frame: Stroop inhibition ratio six month after treatment]
Electroencephalography (EEG) resting state [Time Frame: EEG resting state pre-treatment]
MRI Diffusion weighted images [Time Frame: MRI DSI one week after treatment]
MRI Diffusion weighted images [Time Frame: MRI DSI pre-treatment]
MRI Resting State [Time Frame: MRI resting state pre-treatment]
MRI Resting State [Time Frame: MRI resting state six month after treatment]
MRI Spectroscopy [Time Frame: MRI Spectroscopy one week after treatment]
MRI Spectroscopy [Time Frame: MRI Spectroscopy six month after treatment]
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) T1-weighted [Time Frame: MRI T1-weighted pre-treatment]
Stroop Task [Time Frame: Stroop inhibition ratio one week after treatment]
Color Trails test (CTT) [Time Frame: CTT flexibility ratio one week after treatment]
MRI Spectroscopy [Time Frame: MRI Spectroscopy pre-treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) questionnaire [Time Frame: BRIEF pre-treatment]
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) questionnaire [Time Frame: BRIEF one week after treatment]
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) questionnaire [Time Frame: BRIEF six month after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
PB_201601540
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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