Safety and Efficacy of Cariprazine in Patients With Schizophrenia

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of cariprazine relative to placebo for the treatment of acute exacerbation of schizophrenia.

Timeline

Start

2010-04-23

Primary completion

2011-12-20

Completion

2011-12-20

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Placebo vs Cariprazine 3.0 mg; p = 0.0044; Mean Difference (Final Values) -6.0 (95% CI -10.1 to -1.9); ANCOVA NCT01104766 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); Placebo vs Cariprazine 6.0mg; p <0.0001; Mean Difference (Final Values) -8.8 (95% CI -12.9 to -4.7); ANCOVA NCT01104766 ↗

Publications

• Background Citrome L, Durgam S, Lu K, Ferguson P, Laszlovszky I. The effect of cariprazine on hostility associated with schizophrenia: post hoc analyses from 3 randomized controlled trials. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;77(1):109-15. doi: 10.4088/JCP.15m10192.
• Background Earley W, Durgam S, Lu K, Laszlovszky I, Debelle M, Kane JM. Safety and tolerability of cariprazine in patients with acute exacerbation of schizophrenia: a pooled analysis of four phase II/III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2017 Nov;32(6):319-328. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0000000000000187.
• Background Nasrallah HA, Earley W, Cutler AJ, Wang Y, Lu K, Laszlovszky I, Nemeth G, Durgam S. The safety and tolerability of cariprazine in long-term treatment of schizophrenia: a post hoc pooled analysis. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Aug 24;17(1):305. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1459-z.
• Results Durgam S, Cutler AJ, Lu K, Migliore R, Ruth A, Laszlovszky I, Nemeth G, Meltzer HY. Cariprazine in acute exacerbation of schizophrenia: a fixed-dose, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;76(12):e1574-82. doi: 10.4088/JCP.15m09997.
• Laszlovszky I, Barabassy A, Nemeth G. Cariprazine, A Broad-Spectrum Antipsychotic for the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Pharmacology, Efficacy, and Safety. Adv Ther. 2021 Jul;38(7):3652-3673. doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-01797-5. Epub 2021 Jun 6.
• Barabassy A, Sebe B, Acsai K, Laszlovszky I, Szatmari B, Earley WR, Nemeth G. Safety and Tolerability of Cariprazine in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Pooled Analysis of Eight Phase II/III Studies. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2021 Apr 7;17:957-970. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S301225. eCollection 2021.
• Marder S, Fleischhacker WW, Earley W, Lu K, Zhong Y, Nemeth G, Laszlovszky I, Szalai E, Durgam S. Efficacy of cariprazine across symptom domains in patients with acute exacerbation of schizophrenia: Pooled analyses from 3 phase II/III studies. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019 Jan;29(1):127-136. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.10.008. Epub 2018 Nov 20.
• Cutler AJ, Durgam S, Wang Y, Migliore R, Lu K, Laszlovszky I, Nemeth G. Evaluation of the long-term safety and tolerability of cariprazine in patients with schizophrenia: results from a 1-year open-label study. CNS Spectr. 2018 Feb;23(1):39-50. doi: 10.1017/S1092852917000220. Epub 2017 May 8.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Aripiprazole	Other / unclassified	10 mg	Oral
Subject	Cariprazine	Small molecule	3 mg	Oral
Subject	Cariprazine	Small molecule	6 mg	Oral

Indications