A Phase III, 12-week, Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multi-center Study to Determine the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of a Dose of 15 mg Bid of Evenamide as add-on in Patients With Documented Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia, Which is Not Adequately Controlled by a Stable Therapeutic Dose of the Patient's Current Antipsychotic Medication(s)
Newron Pharmaceuticals SPA
Summary
This is a prospective, 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a dose of evenamide of 15 mg bid, compared to placebo, as add-on treatment in patients with documented treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) who have prospectively demonstrated inadequate response to their current stable therapeutic dose of an antipsychotic(s). Approximately 400 patients will be randomized equally (1:1) to each of the two treatment groups in this study.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Age - 18 years, or older. * If female, the subject has a negative pregnancy test at the screening visit and at baseline, is not lactating, and agrees to use adequate contraception, unless not of childbearing potential. * Meets current DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia. * Has shown treatment-resistance to antipsychotics as per TRRIP working group definition (Howes et al., 2017). * Currently receiving "standard of care" therapy of a minimal recommended therapeutic dose of one or more antipsychotic(s). * Has a Clinical Global Impression - Severity of disease (CGI-S) r…
Interventions
- DrugEvenamide 15 mg bid
Evenamide capsules 15 mg bid for a total of 12 weeks of add-on treatment
- DrugPlacebo
Matching placebo capsules bid for a total of 12 weeks of add-on treatment
Locations (5)
- UCLA DGSOM, UCLA Health, UCLA Semel InstituteLos Angeles, California
- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine; Jackson Behavioral Health HospitalMiami, Florida
- Grady Behavioral Health Center, -Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, Georgia
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, Maryland
- Manhattan Psychiatric Center, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric ResearchNew York, New York