Conditions: Bipolar Disorder
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 25
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This research study is designed to determine if replacing your current antipsychotic and/or mood stabilizer with ziprasidone (Geodon) will impact weight. This research is being conducted because Geodon has a documented effect on mood. Additionally, we believe Geodon to be an effective medication for overweight or obese patients with bipolar disorder. There will be approximately 25 patients enrolled in this study.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Ziprasidone/Geodon up to 320 mg per day

Interventions: intervention 1: Ziprasidone/Geodon
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Ziprasidone/Geodon

Protocol document: