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Phase 4 N=628 Randomized Quadruple-blind Treatment

Efficacy Study of Early Onset of Antipsychotic Drug Action in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia · Schizoaffective Disorder · Schizophreniform Disorder

Enrolled (actual)
628
Serious AEs
8.6%
Results posted
Aug 2009
Primary outcome: Primary: Changes From Study Period II Baseline (Week 0) to Weeks 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score in Early Onset Response and Not Early Onset Response-Risperidone Patients — -11.90; -30.80; -14.81; -32.53 units on a scale — p=<0.001

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Interventions
olanzapine (Drug); risperidone (Drug)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company
Primary completion
Dec 2007

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Changes From Study Period II Baseline (Week 0) to Weeks 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score in Early Onset Response and Not Early Onset Response-Risperidone Patients
-11.90; -30.80; -14.81; -32.53; -16.23; -32.90 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Changes From Study Period III Baseline (Week 2) to Weeks 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale Total Score in Not Early Onset Response-Risperidone and Not Early Onset Response-Olanzapine Patients
-6.94; -5.85; -9.82; -9.67; -11.25; -13.06 0.266
SECONDARY
The Number of Participants in the Early Onset (EO) and Not Early Onset-Risperidone (NEO-RIS) Groups Who Show a 20% or Greater Reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score
94; 119; 95; 19 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
The Number of Participants in the Not Early Onset-Risperidone (NEO-RIS) and Not Early Onset-Olanzapine (NEO-OLZ) Groups Who Show a 20% or Greater Reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score
94; 94; 95; 85 0.604
SECONDARY
Number of Participants in the Early Onset and Not Early Onset-Risperidone Groups Who Show a 50% or Greater Reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score From Baseline or Meet 'a Priori' Specified Criteria for Remission
67; 87; 122; 51 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Number of Participants in the Not Early Onset-Risperidone and Not Early Onset-Olanzapine Groups Who Show a 50% or Greater Reduction in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale Total Score From Baseline or Meet 'a Priori' Specified Criteria for Remission
67; 67; 122; 112 0.745
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Psychiatric Hospitalizations in the Early Onset and Not Early Onset-Risperidone Groups
9; 10; 175; 127 0.474
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Body Mass Index
29.97; 31.05; 31.13; 0.63; 0.43; 0.10 0.034 sig
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Abnormal Fasting Laboratory Analytes Reported in >=2% of All Participants
5; 3; 2; 6; 1; 5 >0.05
SECONDARY
Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Extrapyramidal Symptoms as Measured by the Modified Simpson-Angus Scale
-0.06; -0.03; -0.02 0.355
SECONDARY
Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Extrapyramidal Symptoms as Measured by the Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale - Total Score
-0.31; -0.13; -0.24 0.998
SECONDARY
Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Extrapyramidal Symptoms as Measured by the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)- Non-Global Total Score
-0.38; 0.11; -0.16 0.266
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Sitting Pulse Rate
80.49; 80.84; 77.90; -0.98; -2.52; -0.94 0.140
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Standing Diastolic Blood Pressure
78.69; 78.57; 80.29; 1.01; -0.20; -1.73 0.254
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Standing Mean Arterial Pressure
93.53; 93.81; 94.60; 0.68; -0.58; -1.94 0.291
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Standing Pulse Rate
85.57; 85.32; 82.39; -1.13; -2.05; -0.56 0.209
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Standing Systolic Blood Pressure
123.20; 124.30; 123.20; 0.01; -1.35; -2.36 0.544
SECONDARY
Vital Signs - Mean Change From Baseline to 10 Week Endpoint in Body Weight
88.28; 90.25; 90.67; 1.85; 1.29; 0.30 0.026 sig

Summary

The current study has been designed to address the significance of early onset of response prospectively in patients treated with an atypical antipsychotic.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients must demonstrate acute psychopathologic severity criteria and be at least moderately ill.
  • Patients must have experienced an exacerbation of their illness within the previous 2 weeks.
  • Patients in whom a switch to another antipsychotic medication is acutely indicated.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients who are deemed nonresponsive to risperidone or olanzapine.
  • Patients who have been hospitalized for greater than 2 weeks immediately prior to Visit 1.
  • Patients having received olanzapine or risperidone in the past 30 days.
  • Treatment with clozapine within 1 year prior to Visit 1.
  • Diagnosis of substance-induced psychosis by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria within 7 days of Visit 1 (or at any time during the study), or confirmed on clinical grounds within 72 hours subsequent to Visit 1 (or at any time during the study).
  • A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, dementia-related psychosis, or related disorders.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00337662). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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