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An Efficacy and Safety Study of Extended-Release (ER) Paliperidone in Adolescent Participants With Schizophrenia

NCT01009047 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 228

Last updated 2013-06-21

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of extended-release (ER) paliperidone compared to aripiprazole (atypical antipsychotic) in symptomatic (having symptoms) adolescent participants with schizophrenia (psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality, often with delusions and hallucinations \[imagining things\], and withdrawal into the self) .

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Paliperidone extended release (ER)

Paliperidone ER will be administered as oral capsule at a dose of 6 mg for 1 week and then will be administered at a dose of either 3, 6 or 9 mg up to Week 26, once daily in the morning.

DRUG

Aripiprazole

Aripiprazole will be administered as oral capsule at a dose of 2 mg on Days 1 and 2, 5 mg on Days 3 and 4, 10 mg Days 5, 6 and 7; and then will be administered as a dose of either 5 or 10 or 15 mg up to Week 26, once daily in the morning.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States
  • India
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Ukraine

Study Locations

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Diseases

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