Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Cariprazine in a Dose-Reduction Paradigm in the Prevention of Relapse in Participants With Schizophrenia

NCT03593213Phase 3Terminated

Lead sponsor
AbbVie (Industry)
Enrollment
587 (actual)
Start date
30 Jul 2018
Primary completion
11 Feb 2021 (actual)
Study completion
11 Feb 2021
Last update posted
11 Apr 2022

Design

Study type
Interventional
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel
Masking
Double
Arms
4

Interventions

  • Cariprazine Drug
  • Placebo Drug

Conditions and primary outcome

  • Schizophrenia

Primary outcome

Time to First Relapse During Double-blind Treatment Period (Randomization (Week 18) to End of Treatment (Week 44))

Posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Primary outcomes with a statistical analysis

  1. Time to First Relapse During Double-blind Treatment Period

    Time frame
    Randomization (Week 18) to End of Treatment (Week 44)
    Measure
    Median
    Unit
    days
    • Placebo (Double-blind Treatment Period) vs Cariprazine 3.0 mg/Day (Double-blind Treatment Period)Superiority

      Estimate
      0.56Hazard Ratio (HR)
      95% CI, two-sided
      0.25 to 1.29
      p-value
      =0.1576
      Method
      Log Rank
    • Placebo (Double-blind Treatment Period) vs Cariprazine 4.5 mg/Day (Double-blind Treatment Period)Superiority

      Estimate
      0.61Hazard Ratio (HR)
      95% CI, two-sided
      0.26 to 1.45
      p-value
      =0.2066
      Method
      Log Rank

Serious adverse events

Time frame: First dose to last dose + 30 days in the Open-label Treatment Period (Up to 23 weeks); First dose to last dose + 30 days in the Double-blind Treatment Period (Up to 35 weeks)

Participants with serious adverse events per group for NCT03593213, as posted
GroupAffectedAt risk
Cariprazine 4.5 mg/Day (Open-label Treatment Period)20587
Cariprazine 4.5 mg/Day (Open-label Safety Follow-up)7273
Placebo (Double-blind Treatment Period)553
Cariprazine 3.0 mg/Day (Double-blind Treatment Period)049
Cariprazine 4.5 mg/Day (Double-blind Treatment Period)154
Placebo (Double-blind Safety Follow-up)053
Cariprazine 3.0 mg/Day (Double-blind Safety Follow-up)049
Cariprazine 4.5 mg/Day (Double-blind Safety Follow-up)254

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