The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the relationship of selected glutamate gene variants with cognitive and negative symptom response to the antipsychotic risperidone in first episode patients with schizophrenia who have little or no prior antipsychotic treatment history. Schizophrenia is a highly prevalent (-1% of population) and costly disease associated with marked and persistent cognitive dysfunction. Psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions that occur with this disease often respond well to antipsychotic agents like risperidone. However, cognitive and negative symptom improvement after treatment is modest and highly variable from person to person. Variable responses to treatment are likely in part related to inter-individual genetic differences in drug response and neurotransmitter activity that affect a patient's likelihood of benefiting from a given medication. Characterizing these sources of variability and investigating ways to optimize treatments for individual patients will improve long term outcomes. This will be a pharmacogenetic study of 100 first episode schizophrenia subjects who have been treated with risperidone monotherapy for 4-6 weeks. Selected variants within two glutamate genes will be assessed for their relationships to change in cognitive biomarkers, neuropsychological performance, and clinical symptoms over the course of treatment. Changes in performance will be compared across selected genotype groups while controlling for population stratification assessed with genome wide markers. This research will be conducted in conjunction with a training program in cognitive neuroscience and genetics to prepare the PI for future pharmacogenetic studies using intermediate cognitive phenotypes and clinical symptoms to investigate sources of response variability and novel mechanisms of drug action.

Public Health Relevance

The goal of this application is to generate new scientific knowledge that will improve the treatment of patients with schizophrenia by advancing the field of personalized medicine in psychiatry. Through the investigation of relationships between sensitive measures of brain function with common variations in genes related to drug treatments and disease we will advance our ability to predict response in individual patients.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) (K08)
Project #
5K08MH083888-02
Application #
7788833
Study Section
Neural Basis of Psychopathology, Addictions and Sleep Disorders Study Section (NPAS)
Program Officer
Wynne, Debra K
Project Start
2009-04-01
Project End
2013-12-31
Budget Start
2010-01-01
Budget End
2010-12-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$180,791
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Pharmacy
DUNS #
098987217
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60612
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