Lurasidone HCl: A Phase 3 Study of Patients With Acute Schizophrenia

Summary

Lurasidone HCl is a compound being developed for the treatment of schizophrenia. This clinical study is designed to test the hypothesis that lurasidone is more efficacious than placebo. The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of lurasidone as compared to placebo.

Timeline

Start

2007-10

Primary completion

2010-10

Completion

2010-10

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Treatment with lurasidone 80 mg/day resulted in significantly greater improvement in PANSS total score compared with placebo (-23.4 versus -17.0; p < 0.05) at study endpoint (MMRM); PMID 23421963 ↗

Publications

• Results Nasrallah HA, Silva R, Phillips D, Cucchiaro J, Hsu J, Xu J, Loebel A. Lurasidone for the treatment of acutely psychotic patients with schizophrenia: a 6-week, randomized, placebo-controlled study. J Psychiatr Res. 2013 May;47(5):670-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.01.020. Epub 2013 Feb 17.
• Hopkins SC, Tomioka S, Ogirala A, Loebel A, Koblan KS, Marder SR. Assessment of Negative Symptoms in Clinical Trials of Acute Schizophrenia: Test of a Novel Enrichment Strategy. Schizophr Bull Open. 2022 Apr 7;3(1):sgac027. doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac027. eCollection 2022 Jan.
• Hopkins SC, Ogirala A, Worden M, Koblan KS. Depicting Safety Profile of TAAR1 Agonist Ulotaront Relative to Reactions Anticipated for a Dopamine D2-Based Pharmacological Class in FAERS. Clin Drug Investig. 2021 Dec;41(12):1067-1073. doi: 10.1007/s40261-021-01094-7. Epub 2021 Nov 9.
• Correll CU, Cucchiaro J, Silva R, Hsu J, Pikalov A, Loebel A. Long-term safety and effectiveness of lurasidone in schizophrenia: a 22-month, open-label extension study. CNS Spectr. 2016 Oct;21(5):393-402. doi: 10.1017/S1092852915000917. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
• Nasrallah HA, Cucchiaro JB, Mao Y, Pikalov AA, Loebel AD. Lurasidone for the treatment of depressive symptoms in schizophrenia: analysis of 4 pooled, 6-week, placebo-controlled studies. CNS Spectr. 2015 Apr;20(2):140-7. doi: 10.1017/S1092852914000285. Epub 2014 Jun 23.

Drugs

Indications