# Maintenance Treatment vs. Stepwise Drug Discontinuation in First-Episode Schizophrenia

> **NCT00159120** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf** · enrollment: 71 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Schizophrenia
- Psychoses

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** maintained antipsychotic treatment vs. stepwise drug discontinuation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00159120
- **Lead sponsor:** Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2001-11
- **Primary completion:** 2006-06
- **Final completion:** 2006-06
- **Target enrollment:** 71 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2008-01-30

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00159120

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00159120, "Maintenance Treatment vs. Stepwise Drug Discontinuation in First-Episode Schizophrenia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00159120. Licensed CC0.

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