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Efficacy and Safety of Cariprazine in the Treatment of Adolescent Participants (13 to 17 Years of Age) With Schizophrenia

A Phase 3 interventional study of Cariprazine and Placebo in Schizophrenia, sponsored by Gedeon Richter Plc.. Recruiting at 57 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-08.

Sponsored by Gedeon Richter Plc. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2019; still recruiting 7 years 4 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
330
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
13 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cariprazine in the treatment of schizophrenia in the adolescent population.

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Conditions studied

  • Schizophrenia

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In context

Schizophrenia

3,471 studies on the registry are indexed under Schizophrenia; 472 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 330 is above the median of 70 across 2,872 interventional studies indexed under Schizophrenia.

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Lead sponsor

Gedeon Richter Plc. is the lead sponsor of 12 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • DSM-5 primary diagnosis of schizophrenia.
  • Schizophrenia diagnosis confirmed by the K-SADS-PL administered at screening (Visit 1) by a trained clinician.
  • PANSS score ≥ 70 and a score of ≥ 4 (moderate) on 2 or more of the 5 items on the positive subscale of the PANSS (delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, grandiosity, suspiciousness/persecution), at screening (Visit 1) and baseline (Visit 2).
  • CGI-S scale score of ≥ 4 (moderately ill) at screening (Visit 1) and baseline (Visit 2).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or psychotic disorder due to another medical condition
  • Diagnosis of intellectual disability (IQ \< 70).
  • Participant has a history of meeting DSM-5 diagnosis for any substance-related disorder (except caffeine- and tobacco-related) within the 3 months before Visit 1.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
330 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cariprazine 1.5 mg/d

    Cariprazine capsules, oral administration, once daily.

    Drug: Cariprazine

  • Experimental
    Cariprazine 4.5 mg/d

    Cariprazine capsules, oral administration, once daily.

    Drug: Cariprazine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Matching placebo capsules, oral administration, once daily.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugCariprazine

    Cariprazine capsules, oral administration, once daily.

  • DrugPlacebo

    Matching placebo capsules, oral administration, once daily.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in PANSS total score at Week 6

    The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale is a 30-item rating scale specifically developed to asses both the positive and negative symptom syndromes of patients with schizophrenia. The PANSS total score is rated based on a structured clinical interview with the patient and supporting clinical information obtained from family, hospital staff, or other reliable informants. This assessment provides scores in 9 clinical domains, including a positive syndrome, a negative syndrome, depression, a composite index, and general psychopathology. Each item is scored on a 7-point (1 to 7) scale, with 1 being minimal impact, and 7 being highest impact. The cumulative score ranges from 30 to 210. A negative change from baseline score indicates improvement.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 6

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Study locations

4 of 57 sites recruiting
  • ProScience Research Group
    Culver City, California 90230, United States
    Completed
  • Atlanta Center for Medical Research
    Atlanta, Georgia 30331, United States
    Completed
  • Atlanta Behavioral Research, LLC
    Atlanta, Georgia 30338, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Bloomfield Hills MI
    Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Precise Research Centers
    Flowood, Mississippi 39232, United States
    Withdrawn
  • UB Department of Psychiatry
    Buffalo, New York 142515, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Manhattan Behavioral Medicine PLLC
    New York, New York 10036, United States
    Withdrawn
  • University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, United States
    Completed
  • Family Psychiatry of The Woodlands
    The Woodlands, Texas 77381, United States
    Completed
  • Clinic of Child Psychiatry St. Nikolas
    Sofia, 1431, Bulgaria
    Recruiting
  • MHAT Targovishte
    Targovishte, 7700, Bulgaria
    Recruiting
  • Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos en Nerurociencia. CIPNA. IPS. SAS.
    Barranquilla, 080020, Colombia
    Suspended
  • E.S.E. Hospital Mental de Antioquia
    Bello, 051053, Colombia
    Suspended
  • Centro de Investigacion del Sitema Nervioso CISNE
    Bogotá, 1111666, Colombia
    Suspended
  • Instituto Colombiano Sistema Nervioso Clinica Monserrat
    Bogotá, 250051, Colombia
    Suspended
  • Psynapsis Salud Mental SA
    Pereira, 660003, Colombia
    Suspended
  • Centro para la Medicina y de Asistencia Medica Especializada S.C.
    Culiacán, 80230, Mexico
    Suspended
  • Instituto de Investigacion Clinica AC
    Durango, 34000, Mexico
    Suspended
  • Consultorio de Medicina Especializada del Sector Privado
    Guadalajara, 44690, Mexico
    Withdrawn
  • Consultorio Medico En Psiquiatria de Niños y Adolescentes Hospital Aranda de la Parra
    Guanajuato City, 37000, Mexico
    Suspended
  • Medical Care and Research S.A. de C.V.
    Mérida, 97070, Mexico
    Active, not recruiting
  • Iecsi S.C.
    Monterrey, 64310, Mexico
    Suspended
  • CIT Neuropsique
    Monterrey, 64610, Mexico
    Suspended
  • Instituto de Informacion e Investigacion en Salud Mental AC
    Monterrey, 64710, Mexico
    Suspended
  • BLIND Investigaciones SC
    San Luis Potosí City, 78213, Mexico
    Suspended
  • Socola Psychiatric Institute Iasi
    Iași, 700282, Romania
    Withdrawn
  • Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta Pentru Copii Louis Turcanu Clinica de Psihiatrie Copii Si Adolescenti
    Timișoara, 300230, Romania
    Recruiting
  • State Institution of Healthcare "Arkhangelsk Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital"
    Arkhangelsk, 163530, Russia
    Terminated
  • Kazan State Medical University KSMU
    Kazan', 420012, Russia
    Suspended
  • SBHI Specialized Clinical Psychiatric Hospital 1
    Krasnodar, 350007, Russia
    Terminated
  • Regional Public Institution "Lipetsk Regional Psychoneurological Hospital"
    Lipetsk, 399083, Russia
    Terminated
  • Joint-Stock Company Scientific Centre of Personalized Medicine
    Moscow, 105082, Russia
    Terminated
  • SBHI of Moscow Region "Central Clinical Psychiatric Hospital"
    Moscow, 127083, Russia
    Terminated
  • Clinical Psychiatry Hospital #1 of Nizhniy Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod, 603155, Russia
    Terminated
  • State Public Institution of Healthcare Leningrad Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary
    Roshchino, 188820, Russia
    Terminated
  • Saint-Petersburg GUZ Psychiatric Hospital No.1 n.a. P.P. Kaschenko
    Saint Petersburg, 190121, Russia
    Terminated
  • Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology n.a. V.M. Bekhterev" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
    Saint Petersburg, 192019, Russia
    Terminated
  • Center for Medical Rehabilitation named after S.S. Mnukhin
    Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
    Terminated
  • City Psychiatric Hospital #3 after I.I. Skvortsova-Stepanova
    Saint Petersburg, 197341, Russia
    Terminated
  • GBUZ Samara Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital
    Samara, 443016, Russia
    Suspended
  • State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Saratov City Clinical Hospital #2 n.a. V.I. Razumovsky"
    Saratov, 410028, Russia
    Terminated
  • Smolensk State Medical University
    Smolensk, 214019, Russia
    Suspended
  • LLC Podderzhka
    Stavropol, 355038, Russia
    Terminated
  • LLC Clinic "Sto Let"
    Tomsk, 634014, Russia
    Terminated
  • Stavropol Regional Psychiatric hospital #2
    Tonnel'nyy, 357034, Russia
    Terminated
  • Yaroslavl Regional Psychiatric Hospital
    Yaroslavl Region, 634009, Russia
    Terminated
  • Clinic.Neuro.Psych.Child.Youth
    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
    Terminated
  • Institute for Mental Health
    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
    Terminated
  • Clinic for psychiatry, KCV
    Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia
    Recruiting
  • Regional Psychonevrological Hospital #3
    Ivano-Frankivsk, 76011, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • SI "Institution of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology NAMS of Ukraine"
    Kharkiv, 61068, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • State Institution "Institute of Health Care for Children and Adolescents of the AMS of Ukraine
    Kharkiv, 61153, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • Kherson Regional Institution of Mental Care
    Kherson, 73488, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • SI Research Institute of Psychiatry of MoH of Ukraine
    Kyiv, 04108, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • Communal Institution of Lviv Regional Council Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital
    Lviv, 79021, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • Odesa Regional Medical Centre of Mental Health
    Odesa, 65006, Ukraine
    Terminated
  • Municipal Institution "Vinnytsya Regional Psychoneurological Hospital n.a. Acad. O.I. Yushchenko"
    Vinnytsia, 21018, Ukraine
    Terminated
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Gedeon Richter will share de-identified patient-level data and study-level data for phase 2 - 4 trials completed after 2008 that are registered to ClinicalTrials.gov or EudraCT, have received regulatory approval in the United States and/or the European Union in a given indication and the primary manuscript from the trial has been published. To request access to the data, the researcher must sign a data use agreement and any shared data is to be used for non-commercial purposes. For more information please contact ra.ctarichter@richter.hu.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Csr

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 8, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03817502
Lead sponsor
Gedeon Richter Plc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 25, 2019
Start date
Jun 6, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 15, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 8, 2025

Study contacts

Balázs Lázár
Contact
RA.ctaRichter@richter.hu
+36 1 432 6437

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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