Sertindole in Asian Patients With Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT00864045

Last Updated: 2013-09-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

394 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-03-31

Study Completion Date

2008-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of sertindole in patients with schizophrenia in Asia.

Detailed Description

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This study is the first randomised clinical trial performed in Asia with sertindole, aiming at comparing sertindole efficacy and safety to that of another atypical antipsychotic.

Sertindole is a limbic-selective antipsychotic agent with a unique neuropharmacological profile. Sertindole has shown significant improvements relative to placebo against both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia (measured by PANSS total, PANSS negative and positive subscale scores). It is well tolerated and shows placebo-level incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). Sertindole is associated with a dose-dependent increase in the QT interval, but this does not translate into an excess mortality with sertindole relative to that of other recently developed antipsychotics in their respective clinical development programmes.

Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Sertindole

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sertindole

Intervention Type DRUG

Sertindole flexible doses per os, 12, 16 or 20mg/day according to response and tolerability, initially up-titrated from 4mg/day to target dose 16mg/day within the first 16 days

Olanzapine

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Olanzapine

Intervention Type DRUG

Olanzapine flexible doses per os, 10, 15 or 20mg/day according to response and tolerability, initially up-titrated from 10mg/day to target dose 15mg/day within the first 16 days

Interventions

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Sertindole

Sertindole flexible doses per os, 12, 16 or 20mg/day according to response and tolerability, initially up-titrated from 4mg/day to target dose 16mg/day within the first 16 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Olanzapine

Olanzapine flexible doses per os, 10, 15 or 20mg/day according to response and tolerability, initially up-titrated from 10mg/day to target dose 15mg/day within the first 16 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female patients, aged 18-65 years (extremes included), suffering from schizophrenia
* Positive and Negative Syndrome Scales (PANSS) total score between 60 and 120 (extremes included) at screening and baseline
* Based on the patient's clinical status, an antipsychotic treatment is indicated
* Otherwise healthy
* Female patients of non-childbearing potential, or non-pregnant, not breast-feeding women of childbearing potential, using adequate birth control methods

Exclusion Criteria

* Current Axis I primary psychiatric diagnosis other than schizophrenia
* Has never before received antipsychotic drugs
* Has received a depot antipsychotic medication within less than one dose interval prior to Screening
* History of clinically significant cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, arrhythmia or bradycardia (\<50 beats per minute)
* Congenital long QT syndrome or a family history of this disease, or in patients with known acquired QT interval prolongation (QTc above 450 msec in males and 470 msec in females at Screening)
* Significant risk of suicide and/or violent behaviour
* Known history of narrow angle glaucoma
* Substance or alcohol abuse, current alcohol dependence
* Use of disallowed concomitant medication
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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H. Lundbeck A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Email contact via H. Lundbeck A/S

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

[email protected]

Locations

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CN001

Beijing, , China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Kim EY, Chang SM, Shim JC, Joo EJ, Kim JJ, Kim YS, Ahn YM. Long-term effectiveness of flexibly dosed paliperidone extended-release: comparison among patients with schizophrenia switching from risperidone and other antipsychotic agents. Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Oct;29(10):1231-40. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2013.816277. Epub 2013 Jul 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23777311 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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11286

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id