Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:21 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:21 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01541605
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Inpatients
2. Written informed consent by patients who are competent to consent to study participation.
3. Diagnosis: manic episode according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10): F30.0, F30.1, F31.0 or F31.1
4. Male or female of at least 18 years of age
5. YMRS total score ≥ 20 and ≤ 45 points
6. Body mass index (BMI) \> 17
7. Patients must be able to swallow tablets (study drug).
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Any other current major psychiatric ICD-10 disorder is an exclusion criterion except for the following F90, F17.1, F17.2, F40-F59, F60-F69
2. Contraindications for treatment with methylphenidate except as noted otherwise
3. Serious non-psychiatric disease, that may interfere with the objectives of the study or with the safety or compliance of the subject, as judged by the investigator
4. Oral administration of monoaminooxidase (MAO)-inhibitors within two weeks, fluoxetine within 6 weeks and of any other antidepressant or primarily psychotropic substance except for those specified below within one week before study entry.
5. Stable treatment with mood stabilisers including lithium, anticonvulsants (e.g. valproate, carbamazepine) or antipsychotics (e.g. risperidone, olanzapine) or benzodiazepines is NOT an exclusion criterion and will be continued; however, patients receiving more than 2 of these substances are NOT eligible for inclusion
6. Medical history of other disorders of CNS including tics or dyskinesia
7. Medical history of cardiovascular diseases, severe hypertension, glaucoma, hyperfunction of the thyroid
8. Patients with congenital or acquired long QT syndrome, or with a familiy history of QT prolongation, sudden cardiac death or other significant inherited cardiac disorders (e.g. family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).
9. History of Electroconvulsive therapy within the last 3 month
10. Known alcohol and drug addiction or abuse, except for patients with abstinence \> 3 month. Patients with sporadic abuse of cannabis (products) will not be excluded from the study. That is even true with a positive Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) screen in urine.
11. Pregnant or nursing woman
12. Concomitant participation in other clinical trials or participation during the 30 days prior to screening
13. Prior participation in this study
14. Suicidality
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT01541605
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01541605