[Studies on cardio-circulatory effects of carpipramine. Results of a double-blind study (author's transl)]

Arzneimittelforschung. 1977;27(1):148-52.
[Article in German]

Abstract

For eight weeks 30 psychotic patients with a healthy cardiovascular system received 3 X 50 mg 1-[3-(10,11-dihydro=5H-dibenz[b,f]-azepin-5-yl]-propyl]-4-piperidiono-piperdine-4-carboxamide dihydrochloride-monohydrate (carpipramine) per day with a placebo phase of three weeks either previous to the medication of succeeding it. In addition there was a group of similar patients without any medication. From this study it was concluded that carpipramide has no depressive effect on the cardiovascular system. The differences in blood pressure and heart rate after the change from medication to placebo indicate a certain vegetative lability in this phase. In the ECG, no irregularities of the atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction and its repolarisation in form of a lengthening were observed; only the WPW-syndrome noticed with one patient might be related to the medication since it occurred at the end of the three weeks during which carpipramine had been administered.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / adverse effects*
  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Depression / drug therapy
  • Dibenzazepines / adverse effects*
  • Dibenzazepines / therapeutic use
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart / drug effects*
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperidines / adverse effects
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / chemically induced

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
  • Dibenzazepines
  • Piperidines