Efficacy and Safety of Pimavanserin as Adjunctive Treatment for the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia (ADVANCE)

NCT ID: NCT02970305

Last Updated: 2020-12-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

403 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-04

Study Completion Date

2019-10-28

Brief Summary

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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive pimavanserin compared with adjunctive placebo in the treatment of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Pimavanserin

Drug- pimavanserin 34 mg, 20 mg, or 10 mg taken as two tablets + background antipsychotic, once daily by mouth

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pimavanserin

Intervention Type DRUG

Pimavanserin 34 mg, 20 mg, or 10 mg, taken as two tablets, once daily by mouth

Placebo

Placebo, taken as two tablets + background antipsychotic, once daily by mouth

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo, taken as two tablets, once daily by mouth

Interventions

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Pimavanserin

Pimavanserin 34 mg, 20 mg, or 10 mg, taken as two tablets, once daily by mouth

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo, taken as two tablets, once daily by mouth

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult patients, between 18 and 55 years of age
2. A clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia with a minimum duration of 1 year
3. Has predominant negative symptoms according to predefined study criteria
4. The main background antipsychotic with which the subject is being treated must be one of the antipsychotics listed below:

* Aripiprazole
* Aripiprazole long-acting injectables:

* Abilify Maintena®
* Aristada®
* Risperidone
* Risperidone long-acting injection
* Olanzapine
* Lurasidone
* Cariprazine
* Brexpiprazole
* Asenapine

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient has a psychiatric disorder other than schizophrenia
2. A urine drug screen (UDS) result at Baseline that indicates the presence of any tested prohibited substance of potential abuse, except marijuana

a. Patients with a result indicating the presence of marijuana are permitted if they agree to abstain from marijuana use during the study and the medical monitor approves the subject's participation
3. Patient has current evidence of a serious and/or unstable psychiatric, neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, hematologic, or other medical disorder, including cancer or malignancies, which would affect the patient's ability to participate in the program
4. Patient has had a myocardial infarction in the last six months
5. Patient has a family or personal history or symptoms of long QT syndrome
6. Patient has been hospitalized due to inadequate family support or care at the patient's primary residence, during the 8 weeks prior to screening

Patients will be evaluated at screening to ensure that all criteria for study participation are met. Patients may be excluded from the study based on these assessments (and specifically if it is determined that their baseline health and psychiatric condition do not meet all pre-specified entry criteria).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Rogers, Arkansas, United States

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Bellflower, California, United States

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Lemon Grove, California, United States

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Norwalk, California, United States

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San Diego, California, United States

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San Diego, California, United States

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Santa Ana, California, United States

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Torrance, California, United States

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Hialeah, Florida, United States

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Lauderhill, Florida, United States

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Miami, Florida, United States

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Miami, Florida, United States

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Tampa, Florida, United States

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Decatur, Georgia, United States

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Marietta, Georgia, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Berlin, New Jersey, United States

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Rochester, New York, United States

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Irving, Texas, United States

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Richardson, Texas, United States

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Plovdiv, , Bulgaria

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Sofia, , Bulgaria

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Sofia, , Bulgaria

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Sofia, , Bulgaria

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Sofia, , Bulgaria

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Targovishte, , Bulgaria

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Tserova Koria, , Bulgaria

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Varna, , Bulgaria

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Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

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Chatham, Ontario, Canada

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Toronto, , Canada

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Hradec Králové, Vekose, Czechia

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Pilsen, , Czechia

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Prague, , Czechia

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Prague, , Czechia

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Prague, , Czechia

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Říčany, , Czechia

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Kalocsa, Bács-Kiskun Megya, Hungary

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Budapest, Pest County, Hungary

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Budapest, Pest County, Hungary

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Budapest, , Hungary

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Budapest, , Hungary

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Debrecen, , Hungary

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Gyula, , Hungary

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Pécs, , Hungary

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Bialystok, , Poland

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Bydgoszcz, , Poland

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Lublin, , Poland

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Lublin, , Poland

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Pruszcz Gdański, , Poland

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Roshchino, Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia

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Plekhanovo, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia

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Saint Petersburg, , Russia

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Saint Petersburg, , Russia

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Saint Petersburg, , Russia

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Saint Petersburg, , Russia

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Samara, , Russia

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Smolensk, , Russia

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Stavropol, , Russia

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Yaroslavl, , Russia

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Yekaterinburg, , Russia

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Belgrade, , Serbia

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Belgrade, , Serbia

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Kovin, , Serbia

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Kovin, , Serbia

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Kragujevac, , Serbia

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Niš, , Serbia

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Oviedo, , Spain

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Valladolid, , Spain

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Zamora, , Spain

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Dnipro, , Ukraine

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Hlevakha, , Ukraine

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Kharkiv, , Ukraine

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Kherson, , Ukraine

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Kyiv, , Ukraine

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Kyiv, , Ukraine

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Kyiv, , Ukraine

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Kyiv, , Ukraine

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Lviv, , Ukraine

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Lviv, , Ukraine

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Odesa, , Ukraine

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Oleksandrivka, , Ukraine

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Poltava, , Ukraine

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Smila, , Ukraine

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Vinnytsia, , Ukraine

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Countries

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United States Bulgaria Canada Czechia Hungary Poland Russia Serbia Spain Ukraine

References

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Bugarski-Kirola D, Abbs B, Odetalla R, Liu IY, Darwish M, DeKarske D. Adherence to Background Antipsychotic and Pimavanserin in Patients with Schizophrenia: Post Hoc Analyses from the ENHANCE and ADVANCE Studies. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2024 Jan 19;18:207-216. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S436041. eCollection 2024.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38264323 (View on PubMed)

Darwish M, Bugarski-Kirola D, Passarell J, Owen J, Jaworowicz D, DeKarske D, Stankovic S. Pimavanserin Exposure-Response Analyses in Patients With Schizophrenia: Results From the Phase 2 ADVANCE Study. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2022 Nov-Dec 01;42(6):544-551. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001611. Epub 2022 Oct 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36190440 (View on PubMed)

Bugarski-Kirola D, Arango C, Fava M, Nasrallah H, Liu IY, Abbs B, Stankovic S. Pimavanserin for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: results from the ADVANCE phase 2 randomised, placebo-controlled trial in North America and Europe. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022 Jan;9(1):46-58. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00386-2. Epub 2021 Nov 30.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34861170 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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2016-003436-20

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ACP-103-038

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id