TY - JOUR
T1 - Clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, and haloperidol in the treatment of patients with chronic schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
AU - Volavka, Jan
AU - Czobor, Pal
AU - Sheitman, Brian
AU - Lindenmayer, Jean Pierre
AU - Citrome, Leslie
AU - McEvoy, Joseph P.
AU - Cooper, Thomas B.
AU - Chakos, Miranda
AU - Lieberman, Jeffrey A.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Objective: The authors compared the efficacy and safety of three atypical antipsychotics (clozapine, olanzapine, and risperidone) with one another and with haloperidol in the treatment of patients with chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Method: In a double-blind trial, 157 inpatients with a history of suboptimal treatment response were randomly assigned to treatment with clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, or haloperidol for 14 weeks (an 8-week escalation and fixeddose period followed by a 6-week variable-dose period). Results: Clozapine, risperidone, and olanzapine (but not haloperidol) resulted in statistically significant improvements in total score on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Improvements seen in total and negative symptom scores with clozapine and olanzapine were superior to haloperidol. The atypical drugs, particularly olanzapine and clozapine, were associated with weight gain. Conclusions: The effects of atypical antipsychotics in this population were statistically significant but clinically modest. The overall pattern of results suggests that clozapine and olanzapine have similar general antipsychotic efficacy and that risperidone may be somewhat less effective. Clozapine was the most effective treatment for negative symptoms. However, the differences among treatments were small.
AB - Objective: The authors compared the efficacy and safety of three atypical antipsychotics (clozapine, olanzapine, and risperidone) with one another and with haloperidol in the treatment of patients with chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Method: In a double-blind trial, 157 inpatients with a history of suboptimal treatment response were randomly assigned to treatment with clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, or haloperidol for 14 weeks (an 8-week escalation and fixeddose period followed by a 6-week variable-dose period). Results: Clozapine, risperidone, and olanzapine (but not haloperidol) resulted in statistically significant improvements in total score on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Improvements seen in total and negative symptom scores with clozapine and olanzapine were superior to haloperidol. The atypical drugs, particularly olanzapine and clozapine, were associated with weight gain. Conclusions: The effects of atypical antipsychotics in this population were statistically significant but clinically modest. The overall pattern of results suggests that clozapine and olanzapine have similar general antipsychotic efficacy and that risperidone may be somewhat less effective. Clozapine was the most effective treatment for negative symptoms. However, the differences among treatments were small.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.2.255
DO - 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.2.255
M3 - Article
C2 - 11823268
AN - SCOPUS:0036159250
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 159
SP - 255
EP - 262
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -