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Randomized, double-blind, 6-week non-inferiority study of lurasidone and risperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: AIM:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lurasidone for the treatment of Chinese schizophrenic patients. METHODS:Hospitalized schizophrenia patients aged 18-65 were randomized to 6?weeks of double-blind, double-dummy, flexible-dose treatment with lurasidone (40 or 80?mg/day) or risperidone (2, 4 or 6?mg/day). Efficacy was evaluated using a non-inferiority comparison of lurasidone relative to risperidone based on week 6 change in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score. Safety assessments included adverse events, clinical laboratory measures, and electrocardiograms. RESULTS:Four hundred and forty-four patients were screened to obtain an intent-to-treat sample of 384 patients, of whom 54 patients discontinued treatment prior to 6?weeks. Lurasidone met the criteria for non-inferiority versus risperidone on the PANSS total score. Adjusted mean (SE) change at week 6 on the PANSS total score was -31.2 (1.0) and -34.9 (1.0) in the lurasidone and risperidone group, respectively. The mean difference score was 3.7, and the upper boundary of the 95%-confidence interval (1.0-6.3) was less than the prespecified margin of 7.0. No clinically meaningful between-treatment group differences were evident on secondary efficacy measures, including PANSS positive, PANSS negative, Clinical Global Impression scale - Severity, and Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia scales. The incidence of adverse events was lower for lurasidone vs risperidone for extrapyramidal symptoms (17.0% vs 38.2%), akathisia (7.2% vs 13.6%), prolactin increase (3.1% vs 14.1%), and weight increase (0.5% vs 5.2%). CONCLUSION:Lurasidone was found to be non-inferior to risperidone on the primary endpoint with minimal effects on weight, metabolic parameters, or prolactin levels.

SUBMITTER: Feng Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317929 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

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Randomized, double-blind, 6-week non-inferiority study of lurasidone and risperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia.

Feng Yuan Y Shi Jianguo J Wang Lili L Zhang Xia X Tan Yunlong Y Zhao Jingyuan J Ning Yuping Y Xie Shiping S Liu Xuejun X Liu Qi Q Li Keqing K Wang Xiaoliang X Li Lehua L Xu Xiufeng X Deng Wei W Luo Xiaoyan X Wang Gang G

Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 20200108 6

<h4>Aim</h4>The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lurasidone for the treatment of Chinese schizophrenic patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Hospitalized schizophrenia patients aged 18-65 were randomized to 6 weeks of double-blind, double-dummy, flexible-dose treatment with lurasidone (40 or 80 mg/day) or risperidone (2, 4 or 6 mg/day). Efficacy was evaluated using a non-inferiority comparison of lurasidone relative to risperidone based on week 6 change in the Positive and ...[more]

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Project description:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lurasidone in acutely symptomatic adolescent patients with schizophrenia.Patients aged 13-17 years were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of double-blind, fixed-dose lurasidone (40 or 80?mg/day) or placebo. Primary and key secondary efficacy measures were change from baseline to week 6 in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) total score and Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) score, respectively, using mixed model for repeated measurement (MMRM) analysis. The proportion of patients achieving treatment response at endpoint, based on ?20% reduction in PANSS total score, was analyzed using a logistic regression model.Least-squares (LS) mean change in PANSS total score from baseline to week 6 was -18.6 with lurasidone 40?mg/day (N?=?108; p?<?0.001 vs. placebo; effect size?=?0.51), -18.3 with lurasidone 80?mg/day (N?=?106; p?<?0.001 vs. placebo; effect size?=?0.48), and -10.5 with placebo (N?=?112). Similarly, LS mean change in CGI-S score from baseline to week 6 was significantly greater with lurasidone 40?mg/day (-1.0; p?<?0.001; effect size?=?0.49) and 80?mg/day (-0.9; p?=?0.0015; effect size?=?0.45) compared with placebo (-0.5). A significantly higher proportion of patients met responder criteria on lurasidone 40 and 80?mg/day versus placebo (63.9% and 65.1% vs. 42.0%; p?<?0.001 for both comparisons). The rate of study discontinuation was 10.3% in lurasidone-treated and 17.7% in placebo-treated patients. The most common adverse events (incidence ?5% in either lurasidone dose group and at least twice the rate of placebo) for lurasidone 40?mg/day, 80?mg/day, and placebo, respectively, were nausea (12.7%, 14.4%, and 2.7%), somnolence (9.1%, 11.5%, and 5.4%), akathisia (9.1%, 8.7%, and 1.8%), vomiting (8.2%, 6.7%, and 1.8%), and sedation (5.5%, 1.9%, and 1.8%). Treatment with lurasidone was not associated with clinically meaningful effects on body weight, lipids, measures of glycemic control, or prolactin.In this 6-week study, lurasidone at doses of 40 and 80?mg/day demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful symptom improvement in adolescent patients with schizophrenia. Lurasidone was generally well tolerated with few effects on weight and metabolic parameters, consistent with findings in adult patients with schizophrenia.

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