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Study to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity of Oral Cariprazine Capsules in Adult Participants With Schizophrenia

Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Schizophrenia
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT05368558
Lead Sponsor
AbbVie
Brief Summary

Schizophrenia is a common and severe psychiatric illness characterized by extreme disturbances of cognition and thought, affecting language, perception and sense of self. This study will assess how safe and effective cariprazine is in treating adult participants with schizophrenia in Japan and Taiwan. Adverse events and change in disease activity will be assessed.

Cariprazine (VRAYLAR) is an approved drug for the treatment of schizophrenia in the United States. In the first 6-week period, participants are placed in 1 of 2 groups, called treatment arms. Each group receives a different treatment. There is a 1 in 2 chance that participants will be assigned to placebo. In the next 18-week period, participants will have the option to receive 1 of 3 doses of cariprazine. Approximately 250 adult participants, 18-65 years of age with schizophrenia will be enrolled in approximately 55 sites across Taiwan and Japan.

Participants will receive oral capsules of cariprazine or placebo for 6 weeks. Upon completion of 6-week treatment period, participants will be eligible to receive oral capsules of cariprazine for additional 18 weeks. The safety follow up period will follow after for an additional 8 weeks.

There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosed with schizophrenia at least 1 year before informed consent.
  • Experienced a persistent psychotic episode within 2 months prior to informed consent requiring treatment modifications as judged by the investigator or sub-investigator.
Exclusion Criteria
  • History of clinically significant medical conditions or any other reason that the investigator (or subinvestigator) determines would interfere with the participant's participation in this study or would make the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboParticipants will receive placebo daily for 6 weeks. Upon completion of 6 week treatment period, participants will have option to receive cariprazine Dose B for 18 weeks.
CariprazineCariprazineParticipants will receive cariprazine Dose A daily for 6 weeks. Upon completion of 6 week treatment period, participants will have option to receive cariprazine Dose B for 18 weeks.
PlaceboCariprazineParticipants will receive placebo daily for 6 weeks. Upon completion of 6 week treatment period, participants will have option to receive cariprazine Dose B for 18 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Structured Clinical Interview for the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (SCI-PANSS) Total ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 6

SCI-PANSS is a 30-item clinician-reported rating scale which assesses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale with responses ranging from "absent" (1) to "extreme" (7).

Number of Participants Experiencing Adverse EventsUp to approximately 32 Weeks

An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. The investigator assesses the relationship of each event to the use of study.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in SCI-PANSS Total ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

SCI-PANSS is a 30-item clinician-reported rating scale which assesses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale with responses ranging from "absent" (1) to "extreme" (7).

Change in SCI-PANSS Positive Symptom ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

SCI-PANSS is a 30-item clinician-reported rating scale which assesses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale with responses ranging from "absent" (1) to "extreme" (7).

Change in 16-Item Negative Symptom Assessment (NSA-16) Total ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

NSA-16 is a 16-item clinician-reported scale covering 5 areas or domains: communication, affect, social involvement, motivation, and retardation. It is designed to assess negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia. Each item or behavior is rated on a 6-point scale ranging from "not reduced" (1) to "severely reduced or absent" (6).

Change in SCI-PANSS Negative Factor ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

SCI-PANSS is a 30-item clinician-reported rating scale which assesses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale with responses ranging from "absent" (1) to "extreme" (7).

Change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

CGI-S is a single, clinician-reported item that measures the clinician's impression of a participant's current anxiety severity considering their total clinical experience with the patient population. The measure uses a 7-point Likert rating scale with responses ranging from "normal, to at all ill" (1) to "among the most extremely ill patients" (5), with higher scores indicating greater anxiety severity.

Change in SCI-PANSS Negative Symptom ScoreBaseline (Week 0) through Week 24

SCI-PANSS is a 30-item clinician-reported rating scale which assesses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale with responses ranging from "absent" (1) to "extreme" (7).

Trial Locations

Locations (52)

Hayakawa Clinic /ID# 242432

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Kure City, Hiroshima, Japan

National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center /ID# 243405

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Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan

Hokkaido University Hospital /ID# 243245

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Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan

Narimasu Kosei Hospital /ID# 243107

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Banqiao Qu, Tokyo, Japan

Nishigahara Hospital /ID# 243312

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Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Taipei City Hospital, Songde Branch /ID# 241600

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Taipei City, Taiwan

Fukuoka University Hospital /ID# 244404

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Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Kuramitsu Hospital /ID# 242511

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Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Shiranui Hospital /ID# 243717

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Omuta-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Goryokai Hospital /ID# 242420

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Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan

Gifu University Hospital /ID# 246238

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Gifu-shi, Gifu, Japan

Taniyama Hospital /ID# 242385

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Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima, Japan

Yokohama City University Hospital /ID# 244944

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Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

Maizuru Medical Center /ID# 243450

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Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan

University Hospital Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine /ID# 242443

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Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan

Asakayama General Hospital /ID# 242732

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Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Rainbow & Sea Hospital /ID# 242699

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Karatsu-shi, Saga, Japan

Tokushima University Hospital /ID# 250056

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Tokushima-shi, Tokushima, Japan

Ongata Hospital /ID# 256975

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Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry /ID# 242677

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Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, Japan

Minamitoyama Nakagawa Hospital /ID# 243616

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Toyama, Japan

Bali Psychiatric Center /ID# 241597

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New Taipei City, New Taipei, Taiwan

Changhua Christian Hospital /ID# 241524

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Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital /ID# 241533

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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital /ID# 241528

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Kaohsiung, Taiwan

New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital (Built and Operated by Chang Gung Medical /ID# 243653

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New Taipei City, Taiwan

Taichung Veterans General Hospital /ID# 246200

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Taichung, Taiwan

Jianan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare /ID# 241540

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Tainan, Taiwan

Taoyuan Psychiatric Center, MOHW /ID# 241691

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Taoyuan, Taiwan

Akita University Hospital /ID# 245941

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Akita-shi, Akita, Japan

Nara Medical University Hospital /ID# 242561

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Kashihara-shi, Nara, Japan

Hizen Psychiatric Center /ID# 243239

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Kanzaki-gun, Saga, Japan

Yuge Hospital /ID# 242849

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Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, Japan

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital /ID# 241520

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Taoyuan City, Taiwan

IUHW Narita Hospital /ID# 243870

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Narita-shi, Chiba, Japan

Holy Cross Hospital /ID# 242673

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Toki-shi, Gifu, Japan

Mie University Hospital /ID# 244710

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Tsu-shi, Mie, Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Okamotodai Hospital /ID# 248855

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Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, Japan

Shin-abuyama Hospital /ID# 243138

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Takatsuki, Japan

National Taiwan University Hospital - Yunlin Branch /ID# 241537

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Douliu City, Taiwan

Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital /ID# 245272

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Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Mental Support Soyokaze Hospital /ID# 242512

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Ueda-shi, Nagano, Japan

Juntendo Univ Koshigaya Hospital /ID# 248502

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Koshigaya-shi, Saitama, Japan

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital /ID# 241543

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Taichung, Taiwan

Tri-Service General Hospital Beitou Branch /ID# 241563

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Taipei, Taiwan

Sapporo Medical University Hospital /ID# 245135

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Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan

Kagawa University Hospital /ID# 243772

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Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan

Inuo Hospital /ID# 243310

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Tosu-shi, Saga, Japan

Numazu Chuo Hospital /ID# 245275

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Numazu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

Wakayama Medical University Hospital /ID# 251105

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Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan

TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, MOHW /ID# 246012

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Nantou, Taiwan

Taipei Veterans General Hospital /ID# 241522

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Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

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