Dexmedetomidine in the Treatment of Agitation Associated With Schizophrenia

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Agitation, Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorders

In brief

This is a definitive study to support the safety and efficacy evaluation of BXCL501 for the acute treatment of agitation in schizophrenia. The BXCL501-301 study is designed to characterize the efficacy, safety and tolerability of BXCL501 (sublingual film formulation of DEX, HCl) in agitation associated with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or schizophreniform disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04268303

Run by

BioXcel Therapeutics Inc

People needed

380

Starts

2020-01-24

Expected to finish

2020-05-06

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A subject will be eligible for inclusion in the study if he or she meets the following criteria:
• Male and female patients between the ages of 18 to 75 years, inclusive.
• Patients who have met DSM-5 criteria for schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or schizophreniform disorder.
• Patients who are judged to be clinically agitated at Screening and Baseline with a total score of ≥ 14 on the 5 items (poor impulse control, tension, hostility, uncooperativeness, and excitement) comprising the PANSS Excited Component (PEC).
• Patients who have a score of ≥ 4 on at least 1 of the 5 items on the PEC at Baseline.
• Patients who read, understand, and provide written informed consent.
• Patients who are in good general health prior to study participation as determined by a detailed medical history, physical examination, 12-lead ECG with rhythm strip, blood chemistry profile, hematology, urinalysis, and in the opinion of the Principal Investigator.
• Participants who agree to use a medically acceptable and effective birth control method

You may not qualify if…

• A subject will be excluded from the study if he or she meets the following criteria:
• Patients with agitation caused by acute intoxication, including positive identification of alcohol by breathalyzer or drugs of abuse (with the exception of THC) during urine screening.
• Use of benzodiazepines, hypnotics and anti-psychotic drugs in the 4 hours before study treatment.
• Treatment with alpha-1 noradrenergic blockers (terazosin, doxazosin, tamsulosin, alfuzosin, or prazosin) or other prohibited medications.
• Patients who are judged to be at significant risk of suicide
• Female patients who have a positive pregnancy test at screening or are breastfeeding.
• Patients who have hydrocephalus, seizure disorder, or history of significant head trauma, stroke, transient ischemic attack, subarachnoid bleeding, brain tumor, encephalopathy, meningitis, Parkinson's disease or focal neurological findings.
• History of syncope or other syncopal attacks, current evidence of hypovolemia, orthostatic hypotension.
• Patients with laboratory or ECG abnormalities considered clinically significant by the investigator.
• Patients with serious or unstable medical illnesses.
• Patients who have received an investigational drug within 30 days prior to the current agitation episode.
• Patients who are considered by the investigator, for any reason, to be an unsuitable candidate for receiving DEX.

Where it is running

• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Cerritos, California, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Culver City, California, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Long Beach, California, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Orange, California, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Miami Lakes, Florida, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Berlin, New Jersey, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Marlton, New Jersey, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Austin, Texas, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — DeSoto, Texas, United States
• BioXcel Clinical Research Site — Richardson, Texas, United States

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