Cognitive Dysfunction and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Agonists

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

21

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2015

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2016

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2016

Conditions
Bipolar DisorderMajor Depressive Disorder
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

Liraglutide

Study participants will received the following study intervention in addition to 'standard of care' treatment: Adjunctive liraglutide will be initiated at 0.6 mg for the first 1 week, then increased to 1.2 mg with the option of increasing to 1.8 mg thereafter based on efficacy/tolerability (n=15 in each group). Liraglutide will be adjunctively administered to a conventional antidepressant, antipsychotic and mood stabilizing agent at guideline-concordant therapeutic plasma levels. Subjects will be randomized to receive liraglutide for a 4 week period. No major change in the pharmacological regimen will be permitted during the 4 week trial unless required for medical reasons.

Trial Locations (1)

M5T 2S8

Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, Toronto

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University Health Network, Toronto

OTHER

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