2006
Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Olanzapine Versus Placebo in Patients Prodromally Symptomatic for Psychosis
McGlashan TH, Zipursky RB, Perkins D, Addington J, Miller T, Woods SW, Hawkins KA, Hoffman RE, Preda A, Epstein I, Addington D, Lindborg S, Trzaskoma Q, Tohen M, Breier A. Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Olanzapine Versus Placebo in Patients Prodromally Symptomatic for Psychosis. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2006, 163: 790-799. PMID: 16648318, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.5.790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlanzapine patientsPlacebo patientsProdromal symptomsPsychosis ratesDouble-blind treatment periodEfficacy of olanzapineFurther treatment researchOlanzapine Versus PlaceboOlanzapine-treated patientsDouble-blind trialPhase of illnessPositive prodromal symptomsInduced Weight GainHazard of conversionSignificant differencesNorth American clinicsSignificant treatment differencesOlanzapine groupVersus PlaceboPlacebo groupSymptom scoresEfficacy measuresWeek 8Treatment periodPatients
2003
Randomized trial of olanzapine versus placebo in the symptomatic acute treatment of the schizophrenic prodrome
Woods SW, Breier A, Zipursky RB, Perkins DO, Addington J, Miller TJ, Hawkins KA, Marquez E, Lindborg SR, Tohen M, McGlashan TH. Randomized trial of olanzapine versus placebo in the symptomatic acute treatment of the schizophrenic prodrome. Biological Psychiatry 2003, 54: 453-464. PMID: 12915290, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00321-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrapyramidal symptomsPlacebo-controlled trialShort-term efficacyTrial of olanzapineTreatment x time interactionGreater symptomatic improvementSymptom total scoreX time interactionGreater weight gainRepeated-measures analysisOlanzapine patientsSchizophrenic prodromeOlanzapine treatmentPlacebo patientsSymptomatic improvementAcute treatmentMore patientsOlanzapine 5Prodromal symptomsRoutine treatmentProdromal patientsProdromal phaseWeek 8Week 6Placebo