Second-generation long-acting injections anti-psychotics improve executive functions in patients with schizophrenia: a 12-month real-world study
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Background: The main purpose of this study was to assess possible modifications of cognitive performance among schizophrenia patients treated with long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) of second generation anti-psychotics (SGAs). Our hypothesis is that the shift from the oral formulation to the LAI formulation of SGAs drugs improves the cognitive performance. The secondary objective was to carry out a head to head comparison of two different SGA-LAI treatments [i.e., 1-month Paliperidone Palmitate (PP1M), monthly Aripiprazole (Ari-LAI)] in our study with an independent and real-world setting.Methods: The sample comprised 32 participants who were consecutively recruited over 12 months. Seventeen patients treated with Ari-LAI and 10 treated with PP1M completed psychopathological, neuropsychological and functional assessments. Group differences were explored through chi-squared and t-tests, as appropriate. GLM Repeated Measures were used to study variations of cognitive performance along 12 months and to test differences between drugs.Results: We found an effect of time on the outcomes investigated but this did not depend on the type of LAI used.Conclusions: In comparison with the previous oral treatment with SGAs, patients...Continue Reading
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