A Study Evaluating Lurasidone for The Treatment of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder in Subjects Switched From Other Antipsychotic Agents

Summary

Lurasidone (lurasidone HCl) is a novel psychotropic agent that is being developed as a potential new antipsychotic treatment for patients with schizophrenia. Switching between antipsychotic medications is common in the treatment of schizophrenia. The current study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of switching clinically stable, but symptomatic outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder from their preswitch antipsychotic medication to lurasidone, over a period of 6 weeks.

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2011-05

Completion

2011-05

Publications

• Results McEvoy JP, Citrome L, Hernandez D, Cucchiaro J, Hsu J, Pikalov A, Loebel A. Effectiveness of lurasidone in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder switched from other antipsychotics: a randomized, 6-week, open-label study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;74(2):170-9. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m07992.
• Awad G, Hassan M, Loebel A, Hsu J, Pikalov A, Rajagopalan K. Health-related quality of life among patients treated with lurasidone: results from a switch trial in patients with schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 23;14:53. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-53.

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Indications