Protocol for a new study on Low Dose Aripiprazole at Charité Berlin:
This is a phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Approximately 138 participants with PAIS will be enrolled. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment sequences. One group will receive low-dose aripiprazole for 8 weeks followed by placebo for 8 weeks. The other group will receive placebo first, followed by low-dose aripiprazole. The two treatment periods will be separated by a 2-week washout period. Neither the participants nor the study team will know which treatment is being given during each treatment period.
The primary objective is to determine whether low-dose aripiprazole improves fatigue after the first 8-week treatment period compared with placebo. Fatigue will be assessed using the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire. Secondary objectives include evaluating the effects of treatment on physical functioning, quality of life, memory and cognitive performance, mood, post-exertional malaise, illness-related anxiety and distress, and fatigue in participants who meet diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Safety will be assessed throughout the study by monitoring adverse events.
Link to the protocol: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07714213
This is a phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Approximately 138 participants with PAIS will be enrolled. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment sequences. One group will receive low-dose aripiprazole for 8 weeks followed by placebo for 8 weeks. The other group will receive placebo first, followed by low-dose aripiprazole. The two treatment periods will be separated by a 2-week washout period. Neither the participants nor the study team will know which treatment is being given during each treatment period.
The primary objective is to determine whether low-dose aripiprazole improves fatigue after the first 8-week treatment period compared with placebo. Fatigue will be assessed using the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire. Secondary objectives include evaluating the effects of treatment on physical functioning, quality of life, memory and cognitive performance, mood, post-exertional malaise, illness-related anxiety and distress, and fatigue in participants who meet diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Safety will be assessed throughout the study by monitoring adverse events.
Link to the protocol: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07714213
