Study of Paliperidone Palmitate 3 Month and 1 Month Formulations for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that a paliperidone palmitate 3 month formulation (PP3M) is as effective as the paliperidone palmitate 1 month formulation (PP1M) in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia who have been stabilized on PP1M.

Timeline

Start

2012-05

Primary completion

2015-02

Completion

2015-03

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Phase III results confirmed the hypothesis that efficacy of PP3M was noninferior to that of PP1M. PMID 27333588 ↗

Publications

• Li X, Ye C, Zhang W, Jia M, Wang G. Factors Associated with Symptom Stabilization that Allow for Successful Transition from Once-Monthly Paliperidone Palmitate to Three-Monthly Paliperidone Palmitate: A Post Hoc Analysis Examined Clinical Characteristics in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia. CNS Drugs. 2024 Jan;38(1):55-65. doi: 10.1007/s40263-023-01056-x. Epub 2024 Jan 8.
• Gopal S, Gogate J, Pungor K, Kim E, Singh A, Mathews M. Improvement of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia with Paliperidone Palmitate 1-Month and 3-Month Long-Acting Injectables: Results from a Phase 3 Non-Inferiority Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020 Mar 6;16:681-690. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S226296. eCollection 2020.
• Savitz AJ, Xu H, Gopal S, Nuamah I, Mathews M, Soares B. Efficacy and safety of paliperidone palmitate 3-month formulation in Latin American patients with schizophrenia: A subgroup analysis of data from two large phase 3 randomized, double-blind studies. Braz J Psychiatry. 2019 Nov-Dec;41(6):499-510. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0153.
• Nash AI, Turkoz I, Savitz AJ, Mathews M, Kim E. Predictors of achieving remission in schizophrenia patients treated with paliperidone palmitate 3-month formulation. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2019 Mar 22;15:731-737. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S194264. eCollection 2019.
• Mathews M, Pei H, Savitz A, Nuamah I, Hough D, Alphs L, Gopal S. Paliperidone Palmitate 3-Monthly Versus 1-Monthly Injectable in Patients With Schizophrenia With or Without Prior Exposure to Oral Risperidone or Paliperidone: A Post Hoc, Subgroup Analysis. Clin Drug Investig. 2018 Aug;38(8):695-702. doi: 10.1007/s40261-018-0647-z.
• Magnusson MO, Samtani MN, Plan EL, Jonsson EN, Rossenu S, Vermeulen A, Russu A. Population Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Once-Every 3 Months Intramuscular Formulation of Paliperidone Palmitate in Patients with Schizophrenia. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2017 Apr;56(4):421-433. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0459-3.
• Samtani MN, Nandy P, Ravenstijn P, Remmerie B, Vermeulen A, Russu A, D'hoore P, Baum EZ, Savitz A, Gopal S, Hough D. Prospective dose selection and acceleration of paliperidone palmitate 3-month formulation development using a pharmacometric bridging strategy. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Nov;82(5):1364-1370. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13050. Epub 2016 Jul 24.

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