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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of KarXT in Acutely Psychotic Japanese Adult Participants With Schizophrenia

A Phase 3, Randomized, Two-part Study With a 5-week Double-blind Part (Randomized, Parallelgroup, Placebo-controlled) Followed by a 52-week Open-label Extension Part to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of KarXT in Acutely Psychotic Japanese Adult Patients With Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Schizophrenia

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06882785
Enrollment
250
Registered
2025-03-19
Start date
2025-06-10
Completion date
2029-08-23
Last updated
2026-07-27

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Conditions

Schizophrenia

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of KarXT in acutely psychotic Japanese adult participants with schizophrenia

Interventions

DRUGKarXT

Specified dose on specified days

OTHERPlacebo

Specified dose on specified days

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Participants must have a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia established by a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders⎯Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria and confirmed by Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). * Participants must have a PANSS total score between 80 and 120, inclusive. * Participants must have a CGI-S score of ≥ 4.

Exclusion criteria

* Participants must not have any primary DSM-5 disorder other than schizophrenia within 12 months before screening. * Participants must not be newly diagnosed or experiencing their first treated episode of schizophrenia. * Participants must not have any history or presence of clinically significant medical conditions. * Other protocol-defined Inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total scoreAt week 5Double-Blind Part
Number of participants with treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)At Week 52 from OLE baselineOpen-label extension (OLE) Part

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline in PANSS positive scoreAt week 5Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in PANSS negative scoreAt week 5Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in PANSS Negative Marder Factor scoreAt week 5Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) scoreAt week 5Double-blind Part
The percentage of PANSS responders (a ≥ 30% change in PANSS total score)At week 5Double-blind Part
Number of participants wtih adverse events (AEs)Up to day 35Double-blind Part
Number of participants wtih adverse events of special interest (AESIs)Up to week 57
Number of participants with procholinergic symptomsUp to week 57
Number of participants with anticholinergic symptomsUp to week 57
Change from baseline in Simpson-Angus Scale (SAS) scoreUp to day 35Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) scoreUp to day 35Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) scoreUp to day 35Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in body weightUp to day 35Double-blind Part
Change from baseline in body mass index (BMI)Up to day 35Double-blind Part
Blood pressure (BP) sitting and standing after 2 minutesUp to week 57
Heart rate (HR) sitting and standing after 2 minutesUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in hematology evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in clinical chemistry evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in coagulation evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in urinalysis evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in drug screen evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih a change from baseline in 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) evaluationsUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih physical examination abnormalitiesUp to week 57
Number of participants wtih suicidal ideation with the use of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)Up to week 57
International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)Up to week 57Male participants ≥ 45 years of age only
Area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC)Up to day 35Double-blind Part
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax)Up to day 35Double-blind Part
Time of maximum observed plasma concentration (Tmax)Up to day 35Double-blind Part
Number of participants wtih serious TEAEsUp to week 57OLE Part
Number of participants wtih TEAEs leading to discontinuation of study interventionUp to week 57OLE Part
Change from OLE baseline in PANSS total scoreAt week 57OLE Part
Change from OLE baseline in CGI-S scoreAt week 57OLE Part
Percentage of PANSS respondersAt week 57OLE Part

Countries

Japan

Contacts

CONTACTBMS Clinical Trials Contact Center www.BMSClinicalTrials.com
Clinical.Trials@bms.com855-907-3286
CONTACTFirst line of the email MUST contain NCT # and Site #.
STUDY_DIRECTORBristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 28, 2026