LIU Fang,XIE Li-qin,ZHANG Bing-kui,A double-blind,randomized,controlled trial of minocycline combined with risperidone in the treatment of negative symptoms in early-phase schizophrenia[J].SICHUAN MENTAL HEALTH,2014,27(2):128-131
A double-blind,randomized,controlled trial of minocycline combined with risperidone in the treatment of negative symptoms in early-phase schizophrenia
DOI:10.11886/scjsws201402011
English keywords:Schizophrenia  Negative symptom  Minocycline  Cytokine
Fund projects:国家卫生部行业专项基金(201002003);国家自然科学基金项目(81071093、30900485和81270019);国家科技部科技重大专项“重大新药创制”(2012ZX09303014-001)
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LIU Fang Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 
XIE Li-qin Mental Health Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Hunan Province 
ZHANG Bing-kui First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University 
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      Objective Our study explore the efficacy and mechanism of minocycline combining with risperidone in the treatment of negative symptom in early-phase schizophrenia.Methods Ninety-two patients with early stage schizophrenia treated with risperidone were randomly assigned to receive minocycline or placebo.Two treatment group both take 1 6-weeks.The clinical effectand immune factor were assessed with the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS),the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS),concentration of IL-1β,TNF-α,NObefore the treatment and the end.Results Sub-jects receiving minocycline had greater improvements on PANSS negative subscale scores and PANSS total score (P〈0.01) when compared with those receiving placebo.Minocycline have no effect on the concentration of IL-1β,TNF-αexcept for NO.Conclusion The addition of minocycline to atypical antipsychoticdrugs in early schizophrenia had significant efficacy on neg-ative symptoms.The mechanism is still unknown and is speculated to be related to inhibited the concentration of NO
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