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Determining Efficacy and Safety of BXCL501 in Agitation Associated With Pediatric Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

BioXcel Therapeutics Inc · with ProPharma Group · NCT05025605

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 10–17 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted (a condition is required)
Study type
Interventional · Phase 1
Target enrollment
140
US sites recruiting
4
Study start
August 27, 2021
Record last updated
August 11, 2026

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What the study is about

This is a study of the efficacy and safety of BXCL501 in children and adolescents with acute agitation and either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

Being studied: BXCL501 80 Micrograms; Placebo Film; BXCL501 120 Micrograms; BXCL501 60 Micrograms

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Schizo-Affective Disorder; Schizophreniform; Schizophrenic; Bipolar Disorder I; Bipolar Disorder II

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Male and female subjects between the ages of 10-17 years, inclusive, with bipolar disorder (DSM-5 criteria) and 13-17 years, inclusive, in subjects with schizophrenia (DSM-5 criteria).
  • Patients who are judged to be clinically agitated at Screening and Baseline with a total score of ≥14 on the 5 items comprising the PANSS Excited Component (PEC).
  • Patients who have a score of ≥ 4 on at least 1 of the 5 items on the PEC at Baseline.
  • Participants who agree to use a medically acceptable and effective birth control method

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients with agitation caused by acute intoxication, including alcohol or drugs of abuse (with the exception of THC) during urine screening.
  • Use of benzodiazepines or other hypnotics or oral or short-acting intramuscular antipsychotic drugs in the 4 hours before study treatment.
  • Patients who are judged to be at significant risk of suicide.
  • Patients with serious or unstable medical illnesses.
  • Patients who have received an investigational drug within 30 days prior to the current agitation episode.
  • Patients who are considered by the investigator, for any reason, to be an unsuitable candidate for receiving the study drug.

Recruiting US locations

  • BioXcel Clinical Research Site

    Anaheim, CA 92805

    Site contact: BioXcel CTM · 475-254-5899 · info@bioxceltherapeutics.com

  • Bioxcel Clinical Research Site

    Hialeah, FL 33016

    Site contact: Bioxcel CTM · 475-254-5899 · info@bioxceltherapeutics.com

  • Bioxcel Clinical Research Site

    Decatur, GA 30030

    Site contact: Bioxcel CTM · 475-254-5899 · info@bioxceltherapeutics.com

  • BioXcel Clinical Research Site

    DeSoto, TX 75115

    Site contact: Bioxcel CTM · 475-254-5899 · info@bioxceltherapeutics.com

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • BioXcel CTM · 475-238-6837 · info@bioxceltherapeutics.com
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