A Study of Paliperidone Palmitate 3 Month Formulation for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of paliperidone palmitate 3 month formulation (PP3M) compared with placebo in delay of the time to first occurrence of relapse of the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Timeline

Start

2012-05

Primary completion

2014-04

Completion

2014-04

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper In the interim analysis, time to first relapse was significantly different in favor of the paliperidone palmitate group vs the placebo group PMID 25820612 ↗

Publications

• Mathews M, Gopal S, Singh A, Nuamah I, Pungor K, Tan W, Soares B, Kim E, Savitz AJ. Comparison of Relapse Prevention with 3 Different Paliperidone Formulations in Patients with Schizophrenia Continuing versus Discontinuing Active Antipsychotic Treatment: A Post-Hoc Analysis of 3 Similarly Designed Randomized Studies. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020 Jun 19;16:1533-1542. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S221242. 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.
• Weiden PJ, Kim E, Bermak J, Turkoz I, Gopal S, Berwaerts J. Does Half-Life Matter After Antipsychotic Discontinuation? A Relapse Comparison in Schizophrenia With 3 Different Formulations of Paliperidone. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Jul;78(7):e813-e820. doi: 10.4088/JCP.16m11308.
• 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.
• Gopal S, Vermeulen A, Nandy P, Ravenstijn P, Nuamah I, Buron Vidal JA, Berwaerts J, Savitz A, Hough D, Samtani MN. Practical guidance for dosing and switching from paliperidone palmitate 1 monthly to 3 monthly formulation in schizophrenia. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015 Nov;31(11):2043-54. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1085849. Epub 2015 Oct 2.
• Berwaerts J, Liu Y, Gopal S, Nuamah I, Xu H, Savitz A, Coppola D, Schotte A, Remmerie B, Maruta N, Hough DW. Efficacy and Safety of the 3-Month Formulation of Paliperidone Palmitate vs Placebo for Relapse Prevention of Schizophrenia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Aug;72(8):830-9. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0241.

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