Some people who have what doctors currently call schizophrenia or bipolar disease may actually have a brain disease caused by auto-antibodies. Auto-antibodies are produced when the normal defense mechanism of the body goes wrong and begins to attack the body, similar to "friendly fire." Auto-antibodies attack brain receptors and then the person who has this problem begins to have hallucinations and other manifestations of schizophrenia, like feeling that people can see what they are thinking and also feeling that other people do not like them.
Official registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03971487 · The Methodist Hospital Research Institute · enrollment listed as 40
Phase 2: researchers already know a roughly safe dose (from phase 1). This stage asks whether the treatment actually helps the condition, and watches side effects more closely.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Psychosis and cognitive assessments, Physical and neuro-cognitive evaluations, or Safety labs and electrocardiogram. The registry lists allocation as randomized. Some people who have what doctors currently call schizophrenia or bipolar disease may actually have a brain disease caused by auto-antibodies.
They plan to enroll about 40 people at Houston. Taking part typically means an infusion or injection of a biologic, following a program (exercise, therapy, diet, or an app) plus check-ins.
Ocrelizumab for Psychoses Possibly Caused by Synaptic Autoimmunity
Interventions: Psychosis and cognitive assessments, Physical and neuro-cognitive evaluations, Safety labs and electrocardiogram, Ocrelizumab infusion
Primary outcome (registry wording): Score on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Joseph C Masdeu, MD, PhD
Published on ClinicalTrials.gov. Contact them as a possible participant. They decide eligibility.
We will investigate the clinical manifestations and molecular genetic defects of heritable urologic malignant disorders. Families with urologic malignancy with known or suspected genetic basis will be enrolled.
NCT00001238 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)
This protocol will evaluate patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and their relatives to learn more about how the disease develops and changes over time. It will also study genetic factors that make a person susceptible to SLE.
NCT00001372 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
This study is designed to explore the genetics and pathophysiology of diseases presenting with intermittent fever, including familial Mediterranean fever, TRAPS, hyper-IgD syndrome, and related diseases. The following individuals may be eligible for this natural history study: 1) patients with known or suspected familial Mediterranean fever, TRAPS, hyper-IgD syndrome or related disorders; 2) relatives of these patients; 3) healthy, normal volunteers 7 years of age or older.
NCT00001373 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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Phase 1 / Phase 2. Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
No. The inclusion and exclusion lists on this page are readable extracts of the public eligibility block. Only the study team can screen you.
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