Active clinical trials for "Schizophrenia"

This will be a multicenter, 52 week, open label study to assess the safety and tolerability of oral OPC-34712 (1 to 6 mg) as monotherapy in adult patients with schizophrenia. The study will be conducted on an outpatient basis. Enrollment into the study will be drawn from eligible subjects who have completed participation in Study 331-07- 203 and who, in the investigator's judgment, would benefit from continued treatment with oral OPC-34712.

Many individuals with schizophrenia also suffer from marijuana addiction that worsens their problems related to schizophrenia. Most of the medications prescribed for schizophrenia have no effect on reducing marijuana use. Preliminary data suggests that clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic, may limit marijuana use in people diagnosed with schizophrenia, but it is not commonly used due to its side effects and is reserved for people who do not respond to other antipsychotic medications. In the proposed study, 132 individuals who are diagnosed with both schizophrenia and a cannabis use disorder will be randomized to a 12-week treatment course with either clozapine or risperidone (another commonly prescribed antipsychotic medication) to test the hypothesis that patient treated with clozapine will have decreased cannabis use as compared to patients treated with risperidone. Should this study indicate that clozapine will lessen marijuana use in persons diagnosed with schizophrenia more than risperidone, it will provide evidence needed to begin to shift clinical practice toward its use in this population.

Participants who have completed the 6-week trial P05688 can be screened for eligibility for this 26-week extension study in which they will continue treatment. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the long-term safety of 2.5 and 5 mg asenapine administered sublingually twice daily (BID) in schizophrenia participants. Olanzapine administered 15 mg orally once daily (QD) is used as an active control.

This is a Phase 1, open-label, multicenter, single and multiple ascending lurasidone dose study in subjects from 6 to 17 years old with schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar spectrum, autistic spectrum disorder, or other psychiatric disorders.

This study compares the efficacy of low and high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a means of treating subjects with schizophrenia. Magnetic pulses delivered over the scalp cause brain activity. This activity has been shown to help decrease the intensity and frequency of auditory hallucinations (AH) in schizophrenia. The investigators will compare whether low or high frequencies work best. The investigators will also examine what changes occur in the brain that are related to improvement.

The study evaluates the long term safety and efficacy of SM-13496 in patients with schizophrenia.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety of paliperidone extended release (ER) tablets (between 3 to 12 milligram (mg), once a day) in the prevention of relapse in schizophrenia participants.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Lu AF11167 in patients with schizophrenia following various repeated dosing regimens of Lu AF11167 (alone or as added treatment to risperidone).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of long acting injectable microspheres of risperidone in participants with schizophrenia (psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality, often with delusions and hallucinations, and withdrawal into the self), schizophreniform or schizoaffective disorders (disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations).

Cognitive dysfunction is a major contributor to the poor community outcome of individuals with schizophrenia. Developing more effective cognitive remediation interventions is imperative to improve the daily lives of affected subjects and reduce the disability of this illness. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate two types of cognitive training approaches to determine which one is more beneficial for individuals with schizophrenia. This study also uses electrophysiological techniques to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in cognitive remediation. Findings from this study will provide information about how to design the most optimally efficient cognitive training intervention to improve the cognitive and social functioning of patients with severe mental illness.