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Aripiprazole lai two-injection start in a 16 year-old with Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

B. Marpepa ,
C. Appignanesi ,
L. Orsolini ,
U. Volpe  and
V. Salvi
B. Marpepa*
Affiliation:
Politechnic University of Marche, Department Of Neuroscience/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
C. Appignanesi
Affiliation:
Polytechnic University of Marche, Department Of Clinical Neurosciences/dimsc, School Of Medicine, Unit Of Psychiatry, Ancona, Italy
L. Orsolini
Affiliation:
Polytechnic University of Marche, Department Of Clinical Neurosciences/dimsc, School Of Medicine, Unit Of Psychiatry, Ancona, Italy
U. Volpe
Affiliation:
Politechnic University of Marche, Department Of Neuroscience/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
V. Salvi
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Unit Of Clinical Psychiatry, Department Of Clinical Neurosciences/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Aripiprazole LAI is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. Recently, Europe and Canada approved the use of the two-injection start (TIS) regimen: two separate injections of 400 mg long-acting aripiprazole along with a single 20 mg dose of oral aripiprazole. Aripiprazole showed efficacy in the treatment of adolescents with acute schizophrenia in several controlled trials, leading to its approval for 13-17 year-old adolescents with schizophrenia by the EMA. However, the LAI formulation still remains off-label in adolescents.

Objectives

To demonstrate the efficacy and safety of the TIS regimen of aripiprazole LAI formulation in a 16 year-old adolescent with schizophrenia.

Methods

We evaluated the symptoms of schizophrenia and general severity by means of the PANSS and CGI scales. The scales were administered at hospital admission, after 3 weeks, 5 weeks, and at 4-weeks follow-up.

Results

At the admission the patient PANSS total score was 136, the CGI score of 7. Aripiprazole was started and up-titrated to 30 mg/day. After 3 weeks, the positive symptoms were significantly reduced; due to the persistence of negative symptoms, clozapine 100 mg/day was added. At week 5 the PANSS total score decreased to 81. Due to poor insight we proposed aripiprazole LAI with the two-injection start. One month later, global functioning and illness insight improved; PANSS score was 43, CGI score 2. There was no evidence of akathisia or other side effects.

Conclusions

Aripiprazole LAI showed good efficacy and tolerability in an adolescent with schizophrenia. The two-injection start regimen was a safe and viable option.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

schizophrénialai two-injectionPsychofarmacologyPsychosis
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S796
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