Relapse Prevention Study of Pimavanserin in Dementia-related Psychosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pimavanserin compared to placebo in preventing relapse of psychotic symptoms in subjects with dementia-related psychosis who responded to 12 weeks of open label pimavanserin treatment.

Timeline

Start

2017-09-27

Primary completion

2019-07-31

Completion

2019-10-30

Publications

• Torres-Yaghi Y, Chrones L, Abler V, Brunson G. Safety and efficacy of pimavanserin in patients with Lewy body dementia experiencing dementia-related psychosis in the HARMONY study. BMC Neurol. 2025 Nov 24;25(1):479. doi: 10.1186/s12883-025-04496-8.
• Cummings JL, Ismail Z, Dickerson BC, Ballard C, Grossberg G, McEvoy B, Foff E, Atri A. Development and assessment of a brief screening tool for psychosis in dementia. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2021 Dec 7;13(1):e12254. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12254. eCollection 2021.
• Tariot PN, Cummings JL, Soto-Martin ME, Ballard C, Erten-Lyons D, Sultzer DL, Devanand DP, Weintraub D, McEvoy B, Youakim JM, Stankovic S, Foff EP. Trial of Pimavanserin in Dementia-Related Psychosis. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jul 22;385(4):309-319. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034634.

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