Long-term Extension Trial of Asenapine in Subjects With Schizophrenia (Study P06125)

Long-term Extension Trial of Asenapine in Subjects With Schizophrenia (Phase 3 ; Protocol No. P06125)

This is a multi-site, randomized fixed-flexible dose long-term study of asenapine in participants with schizophrenia. The first six weeks of the study will be double-blind and the remainder of the study will be open label. Participants in this study consist of participants who have completed the preceding short-term study (P06124 [NCT01098110]), who meet the inclusion criteria and wish to continue receiving study drug, and whom the investigators have deemed eligible for study participation. Participants who were on placebo twice daily (BID) in core trial P06124 will get placebo for the first 2 weeks then 5 mg asenapine BID for the next 4 weeks of double blind treatment, and will be re-randomized after week 6 to asenapine 5 mg BID or asenapine 10 mg BID. Participants who were on asenapine 5 mg BID in core trial P06124 will be re-randomized after Week 6 to asenapine 5 mg BID or asenapine 10 mg BID. Participants who were on asenapine 10 mg BID in core trial P06124 will be re-randomized after Week 6 to asenapine 5 mg BID or asenapine 10 mg BID. After re-randomization, drug will be administered open-label for 46 weeks. During this period dose is flexible can be adjusted using dose options of 5 and 10 mg BID for efficacy and tolerability.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Schizophrenia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Asenapine; Drug: Placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 201
• Phase: Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 64 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant has completed 42-day drug administration in the preceding short-term study (Protocol P06124), has exhibited efficacy (CGI-I at the completion of the preceding short-term study of markedly improved, moderately improved, or slightly improved), has no significant safety problems, and has been judged appropriate for study participation by the investigator.
• Male and female participants. Women who are of childbearing potential (i.e., not surgically sterile or post menopausal for at least 1 year) must use medically acceptable birth control. Medically acceptable birth control includes condoms (male or female) with or without a spermicidal agent, diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, medically prescribed IUD, insert or copper-containing IUD, hormone-releasing IUD, systemic hormonal contraceptives, and surgical sterilization (eg, hysterectomy or tubal ligation). Male participants must agree to use condoms during their participation in the study.
• Participant must have been explained the nature of the study by the investigator, and be able to provide written consent prior to the conduct of the tests/observation of the clinical study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• A participant must not have any clinically significant abnormal laboratory, vital sign, physical examination, or electrocardiogram (ECG) findings that, in the investigator's opinion, preclude the participant's participation in the study
• A participant must not have a positive pregnancy test or be planning to become pregnant during the term of the study;
• A participant must not receive antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-epileptics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, St. John's Wort, antiemetics that are dopamine antagonist, or traditional herbal medication for psychiatric symptoms at the baseline;
• A participant must not be at risk of harming themselves or others, in the investigator's opinion;
• A participant must not have been determined to be unsuitable by an investigator.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Asenapine 5 mg BID; Participants continue in the same arm they were on in core trial P06124 (except placebo arm starts 5 mg BID at Week 2) and will be re-randomized after Week 6 to asenapine 5 mg BID or asenapine 10 mg BID, administered open-label for 46 weeks. Open label dose can be adjusted using dose options of 5 and 10 mg BID for efficacy and tolerability	Drug: Asenapine; Asenapine 5 mg sublingual tablet BID, Asenapine 10 mg sublingual tablet BID; Other Names: SCH 900274; Drug: Placebo; Placebo sublingual tablet BID (first 2 weeks, participants who were in placebo arm of P06124 study only)
Experimental: Asenapine 10 mg BID; Participants continue in the same arm they were on in core trial P06124 (except placebo arm starts 5 mg bid at Week 2) and will be re-randomized after Week 6 to asenapine 5 mg BID or asenapine 10 mg BID, administered open-label for 46 weeks. Open label dose can be adjusted using dose options of 5 and 10 mg BID for efficacy and tolerability	Drug: Asenapine; Asenapine 5 mg sublingual tablet BID, Asenapine 10 mg sublingual tablet BID; Other Names: SCH 900274; Drug: Placebo; Placebo sublingual tablet BID (first 2 weeks, participants who were in placebo arm of P06124 study only)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants in Categories of Change in Weight From Study P06124 Baseline to Final Assessment	For each participant, change in weight from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to the final assessment of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as final assessment value minus baseline value). Final assessment was last evaluation of participant in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. Participants were allocated to categories of percentage change from defined baseline to final assessment.	Study P06124 baseline and P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52
Percentage of Participants in Categories of Change in Weight From Study P06125 Baseline to Final Assessment	For each participant, change in weight from extension study P06125 baseline to the final assessment of extension study was determined (calculated as final assessment value minus baseline value). Final assessment was last evaluation of participant in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. Participants were allocated to categories of percentage change from defined baseline to final assessment.	Study P06125 baseline up to Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Body Mass Index (BMI) at Week 52	For each participant, change in BMI from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to Week 52 of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06124 baseline and study P06125 Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in BMI at Week 52	For each participant, change in BMI from extension study P06125 baseline to Week 52 of extension study was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06125 baseline and Week 52
Number of Participants With Extrapyramidal Symptoms	This measure reports the overall number of participants with any of a group of adverse events that were defined to represent extrapyramidal symptoms. The number of participants with each of the individual adverse events within this definition is also presented, for terms that occurred in at least one participant. For this measure, all adverse event terms within the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) Standardized MedDRA Query (SMQ) for "extrapyramidal syndrome" were treated as extrapyramidal symptoms.	Up to 30 days after last dose of study drug (Up to approximately 56 weeks)
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms Scale (DIEPSS) Total Score at Endpoint	Change in DIEPSS Total Score from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to endpoint assessment of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as endpoint value minus baseline value). Endpoint assessment was last evaluation of participant for this measure in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. DIEPSS is a scale, rated by the investigator or rater appointed by the investigator, used to evaluate the severity of drug induced extrapyramidal symptoms occurring during antipsychotic drug treatment. It consists of 9 items: Items 1 through 8 assess individual symptoms; Item 9 is an assessment of global severity. Items 1 through 8 are classified into 4 categories of parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia and dyskinesia. Each item is rated from 0 (none, normal) to 4 (severe). The Total Score is the sum of scores on Items 1 through 8, with a range from 0 (normal) to 32 (severe). Negative values of change from baseline represent improvement in symptoms.	Study P06124 baseline and P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in DIEPSS Total Score at Endpoint	Change in DIEPSS Total Score from extension study P06125 baseline to the endpoint assessment of extension study was determined (calculated as endpoint value minus baseline value). Endpoint assessment was last evaluation of participant for this measure in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. DIEPSS is a scale, rated by the investigator or rater appointed by the investigator, used to evaluate the severity of drug induced extrapyramidal symptoms occurring during antipsychotic drug treatment. It consists of 9 items: Items 1 through 8 assess individual symptoms; Item 9 is an assessment of global severity. Items 1 through 8 are classified into 4 categories of parkinsonism, akathisia, dystonia and dyskinesia. Each item is rated from 0 (none, normal) to 4 (severe). The Total Score is the sum of scores on Items 1 through 8, with a range from 0 (normal) to 32 (severe). Negative values of change from baseline represent improvement in symptoms.	Study P06125 baseline up to Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in DIEPSS Item 9 Score at Endpoint	Change in DIEPSS Item 9 (Global) Score from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to endpoint assessment of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as endpoint value minus baseline value). Endpoint assessment was last evaluation of participant for this measure in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. DIEPSS is a scale, rated by the investigator or rater appointed by the investigator, used to evaluate the severity of drug induced extrapyramidal symptoms occurring during antipsychotic drug treatment. It consists of 9 items: Items 1 through 8 assess individual symptoms; Item 9 is an assessment of global severity. Each item is rated from 0 (none, normal) to 4 (severe). Negative values of change from baseline represent improvement in symptoms.	Study P06124 baseline and P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in DIEPSS Item 9 Score at Endpoint	Change in DIEPSS Item 9 (Global) Score from extension study P06125 baseline to the endpoint assessment of extension study was determined (calculated as endpoint value minus baseline value). Endpoint assessment was last evaluation of participant for this measure in study, whether participant completed or did not complete study. DIEPSS is a scale, rated by the investigator or rater appointed by the investigator, used to evaluate the severity of drug induced extrapyramidal symptoms occurring during antipsychotic drug treatment. It consists of 9 items: Items 1 through 8 assess individual symptoms; Item 9 is an assessment of global severity. Each item is rated from 0 (none, normal) to 4 (severe). Negative values of change from baseline represent improvement in symptoms.	Study P06125 baseline up to Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) at Week 52	For each participant, change in HbA1c from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to Week 52 of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06124 baseline and study P06125 Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in HbA1c at Week 52	For each participant, change in HbA1c from extension study P06125 baseline to Week 52 of extension study was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06125 baseline and Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Fasting Glucose at Week 52	For each participant, change in fasting glucose from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to Week 52 of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06124 baseline and study P06125 Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in Fasting Glucose at Week 52	For each participant, change in fasting glucose from extension study P06125 baseline to Week 52 of extension study was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06125 baseline and Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Insulin at Week 52	For each participant, change in insulin from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to Week 52 of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06124 baseline and study P06125 Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in Insulin at Week 52	For each participant, change in insulin from extension study P06125 baseline to Week 52 of extension study was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06125 baseline and Week 52
Change From Study P06124 Baseline in Prolactin at Week 52	For each participant, change in prolactin from preceding 6-week double-blind Study P06124 baseline to Week 52 of extension study P06125 was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06124 baseline and study P06125 Week 52
Change From Study P06125 Baseline in Prolactin at Week 52	For each participant, change in prolactin from extension study P06125 baseline to Week 52 of extension study was determined (calculated as Week 52 value minus baseline value).	Study P06125 baseline and Week 52
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (AEs)	An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered study drug and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the study drug. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with study drug administration, whether or not considered related to study drug. A serious AE (SAE) is any AE occurring at any dose that results in death, is life-threatening, results in hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly/birth defect. In addition, an important medical event that may not result in death, be life-threatening, or require hospitalization may be considered an SAE when it may jeopardize the participant and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes listed in this definition.	Up to 30 days after last dose of study drug (Up to approximately 56 weeks)
Number of Participants With Non-serious AEs	An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered study drug and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the study drug. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with study drug administration, whether or not considered related to study drug. This measure presents the number of participants with at least one AEs that was non-serious (i.e., was not determined to be an SAE).	Up to 30 days after last dose of study drug (Up to approximately 56 weeks)
Percentage of Participants With Abnormalities on Electrocardiogram (ECG) at Study P06124 Baseline, Study P06125 Baseline and Week 52	The percentage of participants with abnormal ECG findings is reported for three time points: 6-week double-blind study P06124 baseline, extension study P06125 baseline and extension study Week 52.	Study P06124 baseline and P06125 study baseline and Week 52
Number of Participants Who Took Antiparkinsonian Drugs	This measure presents the number of participants who used antiparkinsonian drugs started on or after the start of study treatment in extension study P06125. Antiparkinsonian drugs were defined as those categorized into the N04 code (antiparkinson drugs) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system.	P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52
Median Time to Loss of Effect in Responders	Median time to loss of effect from P06125 extension study baseline was estimated using Kaplan-Meier product-limit method. Result reported in Responders, participants with ≥30% decrease from study P06124 baseline in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS, schizophrenia symptom scale) Total Score at the end of study P06124. Investigator or subinvestigator was to determine whether the study drug failed to maintain effect based on occurrence of any of the following: 1) Increase in PANSS Total Score ≥30% from P06125 extension study baseline, 2) Determination that participant's schizophrenic symptomatology had deteriorated requiring one or more of defined interventions (add new antipsychotic drug, increase in level of psychiatric outpatient care, or hospitalization/increase in level of hospitalization for psychiatric need), 3) Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) score ≥6, 4) Discontinuation from study because of lack of efficacy, 5) AE/SAE of worsening of schizophrenia.	P06124 study baseline and Day 42, and P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52
Median Time to Loss of Effect in Non-Responders	Median time to loss of effect from P06125 extension study baseline was estimated using Kaplan-Meier product-limit method. Result reported in Non-Responders, participants without ≥30% decrease from study P06124 baseline in PANSS Total Score at the end of study P06124. Investigator or subinvestigator was to determine whether the study drug failed to maintain effect based on occurrence of any of the following: 1) Increase in PANSS Total Score ≥30% from P06125 extension study baseline, 2) Determination that participant's schizophrenic symptomatology had deteriorated requiring one or more of defined interventions (add new antipsychotic drug, increase in level of psychiatric outpatient care, or hospitalization/increase in level of hospitalization for psychiatric need), 3) Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) score ≥6, 4) Discontinuation from study because of lack of efficacy, 5) AE/SAE of worsening of schizophrenia.	P06124 study baseline and Day 42, and P06125 study from Day 1 up to Week 52

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Organon and Co
• Collaborators: Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.
• Investigators: Study Director: Medical Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 25, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 22, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): April 22, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 10, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 10, 2010
• First Posted (Estimated): June 11, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 28, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 9, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2022

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Schizophrenia; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Central Nervous System Depressants; Antipsychotic Agents; Tranquilizing Agents; Psychotropic Drugs; Asenapine
• Other Study ID Numbers: P06125; 132324 (Registry Identifier: JAPIC-CTI)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf