Eye test may predict schizophrenia drug success
NCT ID NCT04986072
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if a simple eye scan could predict which people with early schizophrenia would benefit from a drug called sodium nitroprusside. The drug was given to reduce psychosis symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Only one person enrolled before the study was stopped, so no clear conclusions can be drawn.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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1 person
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Having a DSM-V diagnosis of Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder with \<5 years from the onset of psychosis * Having up to 2 years of lifetime exposure to antipsychotics * Having total score of \>65 on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) with a score of \>4 on 1 or more PANSS items (delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, suspiciousness, or unusual thought content) * Having English proficiency * Being competent and willing to give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Having substance dependence or abuse within the past 6 months * Having history of retinal disease; myopia \>4.0 diopters; symptomatic orthostatic hypotension * Any change of psychotropic medications within the previous 4 weeks * Currently taking clozapine * Having prior history of intolerance to Sodium Nitroprusside * Having treatment with medications that may interfere with the metabolism or excretion or effects of Sodium Nitroprusside * Being pregnancy/breast feeding * Having unstable major medical (renal, hepatic, or cardiac) or neurologic illness * Having significant inflammatory or immune conditions * Having treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs, hormones or immunosuppressant agents in the 6 months before study entry.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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