NCT07686263RecruitingPhase 3
Relapse Prevention Trial Evaluating KarXT Treatment in Schizophrenia
A Phase 3 Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Randomized Withdrawal Maintenance Trial of KarXT Treatment in Participants With Schizophrenia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the relapse prevention of KarXT in the treatment of participants with Schizophrenia
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 472 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 30 Jun 2026
- Start date
- 20 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 3 Mar 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Karuna Therapeutics, Inc., a Bristol Myers Squibb company
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT07686263
- EU CT number
- 2025-523664-20-00
- EudraCT number
- 2025-523664-20
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 472
- From 20 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 3 Mar 2029
- 52 sites in 8 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Participant must not have any primary DSM-5 disorder other than schizophrenia within 12 months before screening
- Participant must not have had psychiatric hospitalization(s) for more than 30 days (cumulative) within the 6 months before screening.
Other illness
- Participant must not have a history of treatment resistance to schizophrenia medications
Other
- Participants must not have a newly diagnosed or are experiencing their first treated episode of psychosis or schizophrenia.
- Participant must not have a risk of suicidal behavior as determined by the Investigator's clinical assessment and/or Columbia-suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).
- Participant must not have decrease in PANSS total score (floor adjusted) between screening and Day -1 of more than 20%.
- Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.
Who the study is looking for
- Participant must have a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia for at least 1 year established by a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation based on the DSM-5-TR (American Psychiatric Association 2022) criteria and confirmed by MINI for Psychotic Disorder Studies version 7.0.2 at screening.
- Participant must have experienced hospitalization for schizophrenia within 1 year from the screening date.
- Participant must be experiencing residual schizophrenia symptoms and have a PANSS total score ≥70 to ≤ 110 at screening and Day -1.
- Participant much have a PANSS Score of ≥ 4 (moderate or greater) on ≥ 2 of the following Positive Scale (P) items at screening and Day -1:
- Item 1 (P1; delusions)
- Item 2 (P2; conceptual disorganization)
- Item 3 (P3; hallucinatory behavior)
- Item 6 (P6; suspiciousness/persecution)
- Participant must have a CGI-S score of ≥ 4 at screening and Day -1
- Participant must have a BMI ≥ 18 and ≤ 40 kg/m2.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (52)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Institution - 0143 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Withdrawn |
| Local Institution - 0002 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0197 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0175 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Río Cuarto | Argentina | Withdrawn |
| Clinica El Jardin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago del Estero | Argentina | Recruiting |
| State Psychiatric Saint Ivan Rilski Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novi Iskir | Bulgaria | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0162 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brno | Czechia | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0014 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Klecany | Czechia | Not yet recruiting |
| Aalborg University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aalborg | Denmark | Withdrawn |
| Region Midtjylland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aarhus N | Denmark | Withdrawn |
| Region Hovedstaden Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frederiksberg | Denmark | Withdrawn |
| Region Hovedstaden Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glostrup | Denmark | Withdrawn |
| Hospital del Mar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valladolid | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Complejo Asistencial de Zamora. Hospital Provincial de Zamora Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zamora | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Bialymstoku Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bialystok | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Szpital Kliniczny Im. Karola Jonschera Uniwersytetu Medycznego Im. Karola Marcinkowskiego W Poznaniu Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Instytut Psychiatrii I Neurologii Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie Prof Dr Alexandru Obregia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Not yet recruiting |
| Institutul Național de Gerontologie și Geriatrie "Ana Aslan" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0190 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Anaheim | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Atlanta Center for Medical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0049 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Not yet 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 |
| Local Institution - 0067 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research -Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0183 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0032 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Culver City | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0192 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gaithersburg | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Collaborative NeuroScience Research , LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Garden Grove | United States | Recruiting |
| Research Centers of America ( Hollywood ) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hollywood | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0068 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Habra | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0128 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lemon Grove | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0021 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research - Little Rock Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0075 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Withdrawn |
| Local Institution - 0054 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami Lakes | United States | Withdrawn |
| Local Institution - 0134 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami Springs | United States | Withdrawn |
| Local Institution - 0187 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montclair | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0195 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oakland Park | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0047 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oklahoma City | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| NRC Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0030 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pico Rivera | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0185 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Redlands | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Pillar Clinical Research - Richardson Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richardson | United States | Recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0186 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riverside | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0153 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rogers | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0070 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sandy Springs | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0189 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Savannah | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Local Institution - 0193 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torrance | United States | Not yet recruiting |
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