New hope for teens with schizophrenia? drug trial underway
NCT ID NCT03817502
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether cariprazine, a daily medication, can safely reduce schizophrenia symptoms in teenagers aged 13 to 17. About 330 participants will receive either cariprazine or a placebo for 6 weeks. The main goal is to see if symptoms improve compared to a placebo.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cariprazine (a medication taken by mouth once daily)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new treatment option for teenagers with schizophrenia, helping to reduce their symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage Phase 3 trial with only 330 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Cariprazine may cause side effects or not work better than placebo.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 330 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * DSM-5 primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. * Schizophrenia diagnosis confirmed by the K-SADS-PL administered at screening (Visit 1) by a trained clinician. * PANSS score ≥ 70 and a score of ≥ 4 (moderate) on 2 or more of the 5 items on the positive subscale of the PANSS (delusions, conceptual disorganization, hallucinatory behavior, grandiosity, suspiciousness/persecution), at screening (Visit 1) and baseline (Visit 2). * CGI-S scale score of ≥ 4 (moderately ill) at screening (Visit 1) and baseline (Visit 2). Exclusion Criteria: * Current diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or psychotic disorder due to another medical condition * Diagnosis of intellectual disability (IQ \< 70). * Participant has a history of meeting DSM-5 diagnosis for any substance-related disorder (except caffeine- and tobacco-related) within the 3 months before Visit 1.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
19 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlanta Behavioral Research, LLC
WITHDRAWNAtlanta, Georgia, 30338, United States
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Atlanta Center for Medical Research
COMPLETEDAtlanta, Georgia, 30331, United States
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BLIND Investigaciones SC
SUSPENDEDSan Luis Potosí City, 78213, Mexico
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Bloomfield Hills MI
WITHDRAWNBloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48302, United States
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CIT Neuropsique
SUSPENDEDMonterrey, 64610, Mexico
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Center for Medical Rehabilitation named after S.S. Mnukhin
TERMINATEDSaint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
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Centro de Investigacion del Sitema Nervioso CISNE
SUSPENDEDBogotá, 1111666, Colombia
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Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos en Nerurociencia. CIPNA. IPS. SAS.
SUSPENDEDBarranquilla, 080020, Colombia
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Centro para la Medicina y de Asistencia Medica Especializada S.C.
SUSPENDEDCuliacán, 80230, Mexico
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City Psychiatric Hospital #3 after I.I. Skvortsova-Stepanova
TERMINATEDSaint Petersburg, 197341, Russia
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Clinic for psychiatry, KCV
RECRUITINGNovi Sad, 21000, Serbia
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Clinic of Child Psychiatry St. Nikolas
RECRUITINGSofia, 1431, Bulgaria
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Clinic.Neuro.Psych.Child.Youth
TERMINATEDBelgrade, 11000, Serbia
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Clinical Psychiatry Hospital #1 of Nizhniy Novgorod
TERMINATEDNizhny Novgorod, 603155, Russia
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Communal Institution of Lviv Regional Council Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital
TERMINATEDLviv, 79021, Ukraine
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Consultorio Medico En Psiquiatria de Niños y Adolescentes Hospital Aranda de la Parra
SUSPENDEDGuanajuato City, 37000, Mexico
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Consultorio de Medicina Especializada del Sector Privado
WITHDRAWNGuadalajara, 44690, Mexico
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E.S.E. Hospital Mental de Antioquia
SUSPENDEDBello, 051053, Colombia
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Family Psychiatry of The Woodlands
COMPLETEDThe Woodlands, Texas, 77381, United States
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Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Neurology n.a. V.M. Bekhterev" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
TERMINATEDSaint Petersburg, 192019, Russia
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GBUZ Samara Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital
SUSPENDEDSamara, 443016, Russia
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Iecsi S.C.
SUSPENDEDMonterrey, 64310, Mexico
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Institute for Mental Health
TERMINATEDBelgrade, 11000, Serbia
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Instituto Colombiano Sistema Nervioso Clinica Monserrat
SUSPENDEDBogotá, 250051, Colombia
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Instituto de Informacion e Investigacion en Salud Mental AC
SUSPENDEDMonterrey, 64710, Mexico
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Instituto de Investigacion Clinica AC
SUSPENDEDDurango, 34000, Mexico
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Joint-Stock Company Scientific Centre of Personalized Medicine
TERMINATEDMoscow, 105082, Russia
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Kazan State Medical University KSMU
SUSPENDEDKazan', 420012, Russia
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Kherson Regional Institution of Mental Care
TERMINATEDKherson, 73488, Ukraine
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LLC Clinic "Sto Let"
TERMINATEDTomsk, 634014, Russia
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LLC Podderzhka
TERMINATEDStavropol, 355038, Russia
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MHAT Targovishte
RECRUITINGTargovishte, 7700, Bulgaria
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Manhattan Behavioral Medicine PLLC
WITHDRAWNNew York, New York, 10036, United States
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Medical Care and Research S.A. de C.V.
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMérida, 97070, Mexico
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Municipal Institution "Vinnytsya Regional Psychoneurological Hospital n.a. Acad. O.I. Yushchenko"
TERMINATEDVinnytsia, 21018, Ukraine
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Odesa Regional Medical Centre of Mental Health
TERMINATEDOdesa, 65006, Ukraine
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Precise Research Centers
WITHDRAWNFlowood, Mississippi, 39232, United States
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ProScience Research Group
COMPLETEDCulver City, California, 90230, United States
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Psynapsis Salud Mental SA
SUSPENDEDPereira, 660003, Colombia
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Regional Psychonevrological Hospital #3
TERMINATEDIvano-Frankivsk, 76011, Ukraine
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Regional Public Institution "Lipetsk Regional Psychoneurological Hospital"
TERMINATEDLipetsk, 399083, Russia
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SBHI Specialized Clinical Psychiatric Hospital 1
TERMINATEDKrasnodar, 350007, Russia
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SBHI of Moscow Region "Central Clinical Psychiatric Hospital"
TERMINATEDMoscow, 127083, Russia
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SI "Institution of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology NAMS of Ukraine"
TERMINATEDKharkiv, 61068, Ukraine
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SI Research Institute of Psychiatry of MoH of Ukraine
TERMINATEDKyiv, 04108, Ukraine
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Saint-Petersburg GUZ Psychiatric Hospital No.1 n.a. P.P. Kaschenko
TERMINATEDSaint Petersburg, 190121, Russia
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Smolensk State Medical University
SUSPENDEDSmolensk, 214019, Russia
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Socola Psychiatric Institute Iasi
WITHDRAWNIași, 700282, Romania
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Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta Pentru Copii Louis Turcanu Clinica de Psihiatrie Copii Si Adolescenti
RECRUITINGTimișoara, 300230, Romania
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State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Saratov City Clinical Hospital #2 n.a. V.I. Razumovsky"
TERMINATEDSaratov, 410028, Russia
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State Institution "Institute of Health Care for Children and Adolescents of the AMS of Ukraine
TERMINATEDKharkiv, 61153, Ukraine
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State Institution of Healthcare "Arkhangelsk Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital"
TERMINATEDArkhangelsk, 163530, Russia
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State Public Institution of Healthcare Leningrad Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary
TERMINATEDRoshchino, 188820, Russia
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Stavropol Regional Psychiatric hospital #2
TERMINATEDTonnel'nyy, 357034, Russia
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UB Department of Psychiatry
WITHDRAWNBuffalo, New York, 142515, United States
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University of Cincinnati
COMPLETEDCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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Yaroslavl Regional Psychiatric Hospital
TERMINATEDYaroslavl Region, 634009, Russia
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