A Study of Ziprasidone for the Treatment of Psychosis in Patients Who Had Already Had Benefits From Ziprasidone Treatment in a Previous Study

An Open Label, Extension Study To Assess The Efficacy And Tolerability Of Oral Ziprasidone In Patients Successfully Completing A Previous Study With Ziprasidone

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of ziprasidone in patients who successfully completed a study of ziprasidone treatment of psychosis (Protocol A1281074).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Psychotic disorder
• Completion of previous study of intramuscular ziprasidone
• Ability to continue with oral ziprasidone

Exclusion Criteria:

• Concomitant treatment with other anti-psychotic agents within 12 hours prior to the enrollment; for depot agents, a period of two weeks or a cycle, whichever is longer, should occur between the last administration and the patient's enrollment.
• Treatment with antidepressants or mood stabilizers within seven days prior to the enrollment; for MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) and moclobemide, this period should be of two weeks; for fluoxetine, five weeks.
• Resistance to conventional psychotic agents. (Resistance is defined as a failure to present a therapeutic response during the acute exacerbation after proper attempts of treatment with marketed antipsychotic agents in two or more occasions during the two years prior to the enrollment in the study.)