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NCT03896945
Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of AVP-786 for the Treatment of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Phase 2, PHASE3 trial testing Placebo in Schizophrenia in 136 participants. Terminated before completion.
23 May 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2, PHASE3 |
| Status | Terminated |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | quadruple |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 136 |
| Start date | 15 February 2019 |
| Primary completion | 23 May 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 23 May 2023 |
| Sites | 72 locations across Puerto Rico, United States, Bulgaria, Poland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Placebo
- AVP-786 — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Schizophrenia — all drugs for Schizophrenia →
Sponsor
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. — full company profile →
Who can join
Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Schizophrenia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of AVP-786, as compared with placebo, for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Publications & conference data
4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Deuterium in drug discovery: progress, opportunities and challenges.
Di Martino RMC, Maxwell BD, Pirali T. · · 2023 · cited 228× · PMID 37277503 · DOI 10.1038/s41573-023-00703-8 -
Progress and Pitfalls in Developing Agents to Treat Neurocognitive Deficits Associated with Schizophrenia.
Veselinović T, Neuner I. · · 2022 · cited 18× · PMID 35831706 · DOI 10.1007/s40263-022-00935-z -
Emerging Therapeutics Based on the Amino Acid Neurotransmitter System: An Update on the Pharmaceutical Pipeline for Mood Disorders.
Hecking J, Davoudian PA, Wilkinson ST. · · 2021 · cited 13× · PMID 34124495 · DOI 10.1177/24705470211020446 -
Overview of Novel Antipsychotic Drugs: State of the Art, New Mechanisms, and Clinical Aspects of Promising Compounds.
Biso L, Carli M, Scarselli M, Longoni B. · · 2025 · cited 8× · PMID 39857669 · DOI 10.3390/biomedicines13010085
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03896945 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
- Last refreshed: 24 May 2024
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