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Lead
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Age
18–55
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patient's age is 18 to 55
Patient meets DSM-IV/DSM-IV-TR criteria for a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia
The duration of the patients schizophrenia diagnosis must be greater than 1 year
Patient has an acute exacerbation of psychotic symptoms (of at least 3 days but no longer than 6 weeks) and marked deterioration of function
You may not be if
Patient currently has a clinically significant neurological, metabolic, hepatic, renal, hematological, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and/or urological disorder that would pose a risk to the patient in the opinion of the investigator if they were to participate in the study or that might confound the results of the study
The patient has evidence of acute hepatitis, clinically significant chronic hepatitis, or impaired hepatic function
The patient has a chronic organic disease of the central nervous system (other than schizophrenia) such as, tumors, inflammation, active seizure disorder, vascular disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, myasthenia gravis, or other degenerative processes. In addition, patients must not have a history of mental retardation or persistent neurological symptoms attributable to serious head injury
Patient has a history of alcohol/drug dependence within 3 months or alcohol/drug abuse within 1 month of screening. Exceptions include caffeine and nicotine abuse/dependence
Patient has a history of hypersensitivity to olanzapine OR poor response to olanzapine in the last 2 years OR intolerable side effects due to olanzapine OR patients current psychotic relapse occurred while consistently taking a therapeutic dose (10 mg or more) of olanzapine OR olanzapine is medically contradicted
