Schizophrenia
Conditions
Keywords
Schizophrenia, paliperidone
Brief summary
The purpose of the study was an Open Label Extension to a completed study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of 3 fixed dosages of Extended Release OROS® Paliperidone
Detailed description
This 52-week, open-label extension study followed a 6-week, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled study (R076477-SCH-303) and was conducted at 52 sites in 11 countries. The primary objective of the open-label extension was the long-term assessment of safety and tolerability of flexibly-dosed ER OROS® paliperidone. The secondary objective was the assessment of long-term efficacy expressed as a function of change in the total Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) score, effect on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia by means of change in PANSS factor scores, and personal and social functioning, overall functioning, and quality of life parameters as measured by Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP), Clinical Global Impression Scale - Severity (CGI-S), and Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS), respectively. Subjects in the open-label phase received flexibly dosed ER OROS® paliperidone (3 mg to 12 mg/day) for 52 weeks
Interventions
Sponsors
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subjects who had completed the double-blind phase or discontinued due to lack of efficacy after at least 21 days of treatment, who signed the informed consent for the open-label phase, and who the investigator agreed that open-label treatment was in the best interest of the subject, were eligible to participate in the open-label phase.
Exclusion criteria
* Not eligible to enter the open-label phase if believed to be at significant risk for suicidal or violent behavior during the open-label extension trial, were pregnant, or had received an injection of a depot antipsychotic since entry into the preceding double-blind phase
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Long-term assessment of safety and tolerability of flexibly-dosed ER OROS® paliperidone. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of long-term efficacy; Effect on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia; Personal and social functioning; Overall functioning; Quality of life parameters | — |
Outcome results
None listed