NCT07140913RecruitingPhase 3
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive KarXT for the Treatment of Mania, With or Without Mixed Features, in Participants With Bipolar-I Disorder Taking Lithium, Valproate, or Lamotrigine
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive KarXT for the Treatment of Mania, With or Without Mixed Features, in Individuals With Bipolar-I Disorder Taking Lithium, Valproate, or Lamotrigine
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive KarXT for the treatment of mania in participants with Bipolar-I Disorder.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 424 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 8 Oct 2025
- Primary completion date
- 28 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Diseases
- Bipolar disorder
- NCT number
- NCT07140913
- EudraCT number
- 2025-521845-26
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 424
- From 8 Oct 2025 to the primary completion date, 28 Jun 2027
- 106 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Any primary DSM-5-TR disorder other than BP-I within 12 months before screening (confirmed using MINI version 7.0.2 at screening) including BP-I depression (for previous 3 months only), BP-I with rapid cycling, first manic episode, BP-II, primary psychotic disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder, with the exception of mild anxiety disorders.
- Individual has a DSM-5-TR diagnosis of moderate to severe substance use disorder (except tobacco use disorder) within the 12 months before screening (confirmed using MINI version 7.0.2 at screening), or current use as determined by urine toxicology screen or alcohol test.
- Risk for suicidal behavior at screening as determined by the investigator's clinical assessment and the C-SSRS with an answer "Yes" to item 4 or 5 within 6 months before screening or between screening and baseline, or "Yes" to any of the 5 items (C-SSRS behavior) with an event occurring within the 12 months before screening, or between screening and baseline.
Other illness
- History of irritable bowel syndrome (with or without constipation) or any serious constipation requiring treatment within the last 6 months.
- Participants with HIV, cirrhosis, biliary duct abnormalities, hepatobiliary carcinoma, and/or active hepatic viral infections based on either medical history or the LFT results.
- All grades of hepatic impairment (mild \[Child-Pugh Class A\], moderate \[Child-Pugh Class B\], and severe \[Child-Pugh Class C\]).
Lab values
- Elevations in hepatic transaminases at screening ≥ 2 × ULN for ALT or AST and/or bilirubin \> 1.5× ULN, unless in the context of Gilbert's syndrome.
Other
- History or high risk of urinary retention, gastric retention, or narrow-angle glaucoma.
- Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.
Who the study is looking for
- Individuals have a primary diagnosis of Bipolar-I disorder established by a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation based on the DSM-5-TR criteria and confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) version 7.0.2.
- Individual is experiencing an acute exacerbation or relapse of manic episode, with or without mixed features (≤ 3 weeks).
- The individual requires hospitalization for the acute exacerbation or relapse of mania.
- Body mass index ≥ 18 and ≤ 40 kg/m2.
- Currently experiencing an acute episode of mania or mania with mixed features with a therapeutic dose of lithium, valproate, or lamotrigine. The dose of the mood stabilizer must have remained stable for at least two weeks prior to screening. Additionally, participants on valproate must have been receiving treatment with valproate for a minimum of seven months.
- YMRS Total Score of ≥ 18 at Screening and at Baseline, and \< 20% reduction in YMRS from screening to baseline.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (106)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | ABB | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mendoza | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Clinica El Jardin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago del Estero | Argentina | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kazanlak | Bulgaria | Not yet recruiting |
| State Psychiatric Hospital 'Sv. Ivan Rilski', Novi Iskar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novi Iskar | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Dr Georgi Stranski EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pleven | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sliven | Bulgaria | Withdrawn |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Targovishte | Bulgaria | Not yet recruiting |
| Hebei Mental Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baoding | China | Recruiting |
| Beijing Huilongguan Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| Beijing Anding Hospital - Affiliated Capital University of Medical Science Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Recruiting |
| The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Recruiting |
| Guangzhou Brain Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Nanjing Brain Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Recruiting |
| The Affilicated Kangning Hospital of Ningbo University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ningbo | China | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shijiazhuang | China | Withdrawn |
| Tianjin Anding Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tianjin | China | Recruiting |
| Xi'an Mental Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi’an | China | Recruiting |
| Aalborg Universitetshospital Psykiatrien Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aalborg | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Glostrup Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glostrup Municipality | Denmark | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hillerød | Denmark | Not yet recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Withdrawn |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier | France | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nice | France | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Withdrawn |
| Barzilai Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ashkelon | Israel | Recruiting |
| Be'er Sheva Mental Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beersheba | Israel | Recruiting |
| Shalvata Mental Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hod HaSharon | Israel | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Not yet recruiting |
| Sheba medical center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ramat Gan | Israel | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kolkata | India | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kolkata | India | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madurai | India | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mangalore | India | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mangaluru | India | Withdrawn |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ancona | Italy | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Metropolitana - Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Genova | Italy | Recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pisa | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Senese Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Siena | Italy | Recruiting |
| Nippon Medical School Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bunkyo-ku | Japan | Recruiting |
| Juntendo University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bunkyo-ku | Japan | Recruiting |
| Kuramitsu Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fukuoka | Japan | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ichikawa | Japan | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iizuka | Japan | Withdrawn |
| Rainbow and Sea Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Karatsu | Japan | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kitakyushu-shi | Japan | Withdrawn |
| Kochi Health Sciences Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kochi | Japan | Recruiting |
| National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kodaira | Japan | Recruiting |
| Goryokai Medical Corporation - Goryokai Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sapporo | Japan | Recruiting |
| Narimasu Kosei Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | tabashi City | Japan | Recruiting |
| Okehazama Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toyoake | Japan | Recruiting |
| Wakayama Medical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wakayama | Japan | Recruiting |
| Hino Hospital - Yokohama Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Yokohama | Japan | Recruiting |
| Klinika Psychiatrii Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bialystok | Poland | Recruiting |
| Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rybnik | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Clinica Inventiva Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tuszyn | Poland | Recruiting |
| Instytut Psychiatrii I Neurologii Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Recruiting |
| Institutul Național de Gerontologie și Geriatrie "Ana Aslan" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Not yet recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Withdrawn |
| Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia Psychiatry Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Completed |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iași | Romania | Withdrawn |
| Spitalul de Psihiatrie și Neurologie Brașov Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sanpetru /Brasov | Romania | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sibiu | Romania | Not yet recruiting |
| MUNICIPAL NON-COMMERCIAL COMPANY Dnipropetrovsk Multiprofile Clinical Hospital for Provision of Psychiatric Care DRC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dnipro | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Communal non-commercial enterprise of the Kyiv Regional Council "Regional Psychiatric-Narcological Medical Association" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hlevakha | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Communal Non-Commercial Enterprise "Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital of the Kirovohrad Regional Council Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kropyvnytskyi | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| CNCE "Clinical Facility for Mental Health Care "PSYCHIATRY" of executive body of Kyiv City Council (KCSA) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kyiv | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| COMMUNAL NONCOMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE of Lviv Regional Council "Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lviv | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Odesa | Ukraine | Not yet recruiting |
| Municipal Non-Commercial Enterprise "Odesa Regional Medical Centre of Mental Health" of Odesa Regional Council Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oleksandrivka | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Communal Enterprise "Regional Institution of Mental Psychiatric Care of the Poltava Regional Council" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poltava | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Municipal Non-Commercial Enterprise "Khmelnytskyi Regional Psychiatric Care Facility" of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Skarzhyntsi | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Communal non-commercial enterprise "Cherkasy regional psychiatric hospital of Cherkasy regional council" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Smila | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ternopil | Ukraine | Not yet recruiting |
| Communal non-profit enterprise "Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Psycho-Neurological Hospital n.a. acad. O.I. Yushchenko of VRC" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vinnytsia | Ukraine | Recruiting |
| Community Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Recruiting |
| Clinical Innovations, Inc. dba CITrials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bellflower | United States | Recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research - Bentonville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bentonville | United States | Recruiting |
| Health Synergy Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boynton Beach | United States | Recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research -Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Inland Psychiatric Medical Group. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chino | United States | Recruiting |
| ProScience Research Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Culver City | United States | Recruiting |
| Adams Clinical Dallas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | DeSoto | United States | Recruiting |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hallandale | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Elevate Clinical Research - Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
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| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Catalina Research Institute, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montclair | United States | Recruiting |
| NRC Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research - Richardson Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richardson | United States | Recruiting |
| Clinical Innovations, Inc. dba CITrials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riverside | United States | Recruiting |
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