Clozapine for treatment-refractory mania



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Am J Psychiatry 1996; 153:759-764
Copyright © 1996 by American Psychiatric Association

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Clozapine for treatment-refractory mania

JR Calabrese, SE Kimmel, MJ Woyshville, DJ Rapport, CJ Faust, PA Thompson and HY Meltzer
Mood Disorders Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

OBJECTIVE: The efficacy of clozapine for treatment-resistant mania was examined in a prospective trial for patients with bipolar or schizoaffective disorder. METHOD: The subjects were 25 acutely manic patients with either bipolar disorder (N = 10) or schizoaffective disorder-bipolar subtype (N = 15) for whom lithium, anticonvulsants, and neuroleptics had been ineffective, had produced intolerable side effects, or both. After a 7-day washout, the patients were treated with clozapine monotherapy. They were evaluated over 13 weeks with the Young Mania Rating Scale and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). RESULTS: Of the 25 patients, 18 (72%) exhibited marked improvement on the Young Mania Rating Scale, and eight (32%) exhibited marked improvement on the BPRS. The bipolar patients as compared to schizo- affective patients, and the nonrapid as compared to rapid cyclers, had significantly greater improvement in total BPRS score. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that clozapine is an effective therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar and schizoaffective mania.

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