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2742 – A Prospective Comparative Study of Risperidone Long-Acting Injection For Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia with Dopamine Supersensitivity Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

H. Kimura ,
N. Kanahara ,
N. Komatsu ,
M. Ishige ,
K. Muneoka ,
M. Yoshimura ,
H. Yamanaka ,
T. Suzuki ,
H. Komatsu  and
Y. Sekine
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H. Kimura
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
N. Kanahara
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
N. Komatsu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Dowa-Kai Chiba Hospital, Chiba, Japan
M. Ishige
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Satsuki-Kai Sodegaura-Satsukidai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
K. Muneoka
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Gakuju-Kai Kimura Hospital, Chiba, Japan
M. Yoshimura
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Dojin-Kai Kisaradzu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
H. Yamanaka
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chiba Psychiatric Medical Center, Chiba, Chiba, Japan
T. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Koutoku-Kai Sato Hospital, Yamagata, Chiba, Japan
H. Komatsu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Choshi-Kokora Clinic, Chiba, Japan
Y. Sekine
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
H. Watanabe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
M. Iyo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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Although treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is a highly heterogeneous disorder, an established and efficacious treatment for those patients to date is pharmacotherapy with clozapine. Dopamine supersensitivity psychosis (DSP) is characterized by profound unstable positive symptoms and tardive dyskinesia, and its mechanism is related to up-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors (DRD2) which can be induced by long-term treatment with antipsychotics. Patients with DSP take generally excessive high dosages of neuroleptics and thus meet easily the criteria of TRS. A drug with secure and stable pharmacokinetic, which can keep an appropriate blockade of DRD2, may contribute to amelioration and prevention of the dopamine supersensitivity state. Risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) is a candidate agent which meets this hypothesis.

Methods:

For 115 patients with TRS, we divided them into two groups; the one is those with a history of DSP and the other is without DSP, and treatment with RLAI was conducted for 12-month duration. This is an observational study which did not control concomitant medications or dosage of RLAI.

Results:

Clinical symptomatology and medications at baseline did not differ between the two groups. The results from the final analysis for remaining 95 patients revealed that the group with DSP showed greater improvements in the change of BPRS total score than the group without DSP.

Conclusions:

These results suggested strongly that the dopamine supersensitivity state could be related partly with the etiology of TRS. An atypical agent with long half-life time such as RLAI, can provide beneficial effect for patients with DSP.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1630
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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