Treatment of Bipolar Mania in Older Adults

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

224

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2005

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2011

Conditions
Bipolar DisorderMania
Interventions
DRUG

Lithium (LI)

The starting LI dose will be 150 mg in the morning and evening. The dose of medication will be adjusted to achieve plasma LI level ranges between 0.40 and 0.99 mEq/L (target 0.80 to 0.99 mEq/L).

DRUG

Divalproex (DV)

Dosage of DV will be 250 mg in the morning and evening. The dose of medication will be adjusted to achieve plasma DV level ranges between 40 and 99 mcg/mL (target 80 to 99 mcg/ml).

Trial Locations (8)

10605

Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains

15213

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

19104

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

27710

Duke University Medical Center, Durham

39232

Precise Research Centers, Flowood

44106

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland

77030

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

M6J1H4

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

OTHER

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