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This is a Observational study (also classified as: Human Clinical Trial).

August 17, 2025Open Access

Antipsychotics Lower Peripheral Markers of Inflammation in Drug-naive Early Psychosis: A Pilot Study

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Higher cumulative chlorpromazine exposure is linked to lower neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, monocyte/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune-inflammation index.
In a dose-related manner, significant associations remain after adjusting for sex, age, duration of untreated psychosis, and clozapine use.
In this pilot analysis of 33 drug-naive patients, male sex predicted increased inflammatory marker ratios, highlighting biological sex as a factor.
Observational findings suggest the need for larger studies to confirm antipsychotic-related inflammation effects in schizophrenia's pathophysiology.

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Pilot study shows antipsychotics lower inflammatory markers in first-episode psychosis, suggesting anti-inflammatory effects.

Safarova et al. (2025) studied this question.

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