Fixed Dose Efficacy and Safety Study of Asenapine for the Treatmentof Schizophrenia in Adolescents
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Schizophrenia, ParanoidSchizophrenia, DisorganizedSchizophrenia, UndifferentiatedHealth Condition 2: F209- Schizophrenia, unspecifiedHealth Condition 3: F209- Schizophrenia, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/07/001909
- Lead Sponsor
- Merck Sharp and Dohme
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Each participant must have schizophrenia.
- Each participant must be greater than or equal to 12 years of age and less than 18 years of age.
- Each participant must have a minimum Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score of 80.
- Each participant must have a score of at least 4 (moderate) on two or more of the five items in the positive subscale of the PANSS (delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior,
grandiosity, suspiciousness/ persecution) at Screening and Baseline.
- Each participant must have a Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) scale score of greater than or equal to 4 at Screening and Baseline.
- Each participant must taper off all prohibited psychotropic medications (including antipsychotics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizers)
- A participant must not have a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder; schizophrenia of residual subtype; schizophrenia of catatonic subtype, or schizophrenia with continuous, single episode in
partial remission, or single episode in full remission course specifiers.
- A participant must not have a primary Axis I diagnosis other than schizophrenia and must not have a comorbid Axis I diagnosis that is primarily responsible for current symptoms and functional impairment.
- A participant must not have a known or suspected diagnosis of mental retardation or organic brain disorder.
- A participant must not currently (within the past 6 months) meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for substance abuse or dependence (excluding nicotine).
- A participant must not be at imminent risk of self-harm or harm to others, in the investigators opinion based on clinical interview and responses provided on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total scoreTimepoint: Day 56
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline in Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) scoreTimepoint: Day 56;Proportion of total PANSS 30 percent respondersTimepoint: Day 56