Status:
COMPLETED
Brexpiprazole in Patients With Acute Schizophrenia
Lead Sponsor:
H. Lundbeck A/S
Collaborating Sponsors:
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
To determine the efficacy and safety of brexpiprazole for the treatment of adults experiencing an acute episode of schizophrenia.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The patient has schizophrenia, diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR™ and confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
- The patient has an acute exacerbation of psychotic symptoms and marked deterioration of usual function.
- The patient is willing to be hospitalised from the Screening Visit through Week 6.
- The patient will benefit from hospitalisation or continued hospitalisation for treatment of a current acute relapse of schizophrenia at study entry.
- The patient has a history of relapse and/or exacerbation of symptoms when not receiving antipsychotic treatment, excluding the current episode.
- The patient agrees to protocol-defined use of effective contraception.
Exclusion
- The patient has a current Axis I diagnosis (DSM-IV-TR™ criteria) other than schizophrenia established as primary diagnosis.
- The patient suffers from a current Axis II diagnosis (DSM-IV-TR™ criteria).
- The patient suffers from mental retardation, organic mental disorders, or mental disorders due to a general medical condition (DSM-IV-TR™ criteria).
- The patient, in the opinion of the investigator or according to Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), is at significant risk of suicide.
- The patient has clinically significant tardive dyskinesia or severe akathisia at enrolment.
- The patient has a history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
- The patient has any relevant medical history or current presence of systemic disease.
- The patient has, at the Screening Visit an abnormal ECG or other abnormal ECG tests that are, in the investigator's opinion, clinically significant.
- The patient has a history of cancer, other than basal cell or Stage 1 squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, that has not been in remission for \>5 years prior to the first dose of brexpiprazole.
- The patient is, in the investigator's opinion, unlikely to comply with the protocol or is unsuitable for any reason.
- Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
468 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01810380
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
March 16 2017
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Escondido, California, United States, 92025