B Gallhofer1, P Jaanson, A Mittoux, P Tanghøj, S Lis, S Krieger. 1. Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Psychiatry, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Bernd.Gallhofer@psychiat.med.uni-giessen.de
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of sertindole and haloperidol on cognitive function in patients suffering from schizophrenia. METHODS: In a 12 week trial, of the 40 patients randomised to treatment, 34 (17sertindole and 17 haloperidol) were included in the analysis set. Cognitive sub-processes were investigated with the Reaction Time Decomposition (RTD) method and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), at baseline, Week 4 and Week 12. RESULTS: In executive function, i.e. set shifting tasks, sertindole reversed cognitive deficits significantly more than haloperidol. It was demonstrated that this atypical drug improved cognitive processing independently of motor function. Patients receiving sertindole markedly improved on the RTD task at Week 4 and continued to improve (although at a slower rate) at Week 12, those patients receiving haloperidol showed marked impairment at Week 4 with partial recovery by Week 12. CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated two distinct processes of action on cognition between sertindole and haloperidol and the marked beneficial effects of sertindole, particularly in parameters that are regarded as schizophrenia-related cognitive disturbances.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of sertindole and haloperidol on cognitive function in patients suffering from schizophrenia. METHODS: In a 12 week trial, of the 40 patients randomised to treatment, 34 (17 sertindole and 17 haloperidol) were included in the analysis set. Cognitive sub-processes were investigated with the Reaction Time Decomposition (RTD) method and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), at baseline, Week 4 and Week 12. RESULTS: In executive function, i.e. set shifting tasks, sertindole reversed cognitive deficits significantly more than haloperidol. It was demonstrated that this atypical drug improved cognitive processing independently of motor function. Patients receiving sertindole markedly improved on the RTD task at Week 4 and continued to improve (although at a slower rate) at Week 12, those patients receiving haloperidol showed marked impairment at Week 4 with partial recovery by Week 12. CONCLUSION: The study demonstrated two distinct processes of action on cognition between sertindole and haloperidol and the marked beneficial effects of sertindole, particularly in parameters that are regarded as schizophrenia-related cognitive disturbances.
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