This is an Open-label, Multi-center, Extension Study Designed to Evaluate the Longer Term Safety, Tolerability and Effectiveness of Lurasidone, Flexibly Dosed, Adjunctive to Lithium or Divalproex for the Treatment of Subjects With Bipolar I Disorder Who Have Participated in Study D1050296 (PERSISTExt)

Sumitomo Pharma

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 3

Conditions

Bipolar I Disorder

Treatments

Drug: Lurasidone

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01575561

D1050308

2011-004789-14 (EudraCT Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an open-label, multi-center,12 week extension study designed to evaluate the longer term safety, tolerability and effectiveness of lurasidone, flexibly dosed, adjunctive to lithium or divalproex for the treatment of subjects with bipolar I disorder, who have either completed the core study D1050296 or experienced a protocol defined recurrence of a mood event in the double-blind phase of the core study D1050296

Full description

To evaluate the longer term safety of lurasidone (20, 40, 60 or 80 mg/day) in subjects with bipolar I disorder.

Subjects will be initially treated with open-label lurasidone 40 mg/day (Day 1).

Dose adjustment of study drug (20, 40, 60 or 80 mg /day) should occur at the regularly scheduled visits and in increments/decrements of 1 dose level.

Enrollment

377 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subject has agreed to participate by providing written informed consent.
Subject has completed the 28 week Double-blind Phase of Study D1050296 and all required assessments on the final study visit (Week 28, Visit 28); OR
Subject has experienced a protocol-defined recurrence of any mood event during the Double blind Phase of Study D1050296 and has completed all required assessments on the final study visit; OR
Subject had at least entered the Open-label Phase of Study D1050296 when the Sponsor stopped the study and has completed all required assessments on the final study visit.
Subject is judged by the Investigator to be suitable for participation in a 12 week clinical trial involving open-label lurasidone treatment and is able to comply with the protocol in the opinion of the Investigator.

Exclusion criteria

Subject is considered by the Investigator to be at imminent risk of suicide or injury to self, others, or property.
Subject answers "yes" to "Suicidal Ideation" item 4 (active suicidal ideation with some intent to act, without specific plan) or item 5 (active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent) on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at the extension baseline visit (final study visit in Study D1050296).