Conditions: Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder
Keywords: Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder Cognition Cognitive Impairment Galantamine Memantine
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 3
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Aim: To examine the efficacy of the combination of galantamine and memantine for the treatment of cognitive deficits in outpatients with schizophrenia.

Hypothesis: A combination of galantamine and memantine will improve cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia.

This is an open-label study to evaluate whether a six week course of galantamine ER and memantine XR is effective in improving the cognitive performance of patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The primary outcome measure will be the change in level of cognition as measured by the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB). The results of the MATRICS collaborative project recommended the need for standardized cognitive tests that better distinguish the different facets of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. The MCCB will assess the following seven domains: attention/vigilance, reasoning and problem solving, processing speed, social cognition, verbal learning and memory, visual learning and memory, and working memory. The MCCB will be administered at baseline and at the end of the study. We will report total score and each domain score in the MCCB at baseline and six weeks.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Week 1, Galantamine ER 8 mg HS \& Memantine XR 7 mg HS Week 2, Galantamine ER 16 mg HS \& Memantine XR 14 mg HS Weeks 3-6, Galantamine ER 24 mg HS \& Memantine XR 21 mg HS

Interventions: intervention 1: Galantamine ER intervention 2: Memantine XR
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: