Minerva Neurosciences Announces Results From Phase 3 Trial of Roluperidone (MIN-101) for Treatment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia - Seite 2

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Overall, subgroup analyses by region (USA and rest of the world) and by age groups were similar.

Roluperidone was generally well tolerated, and the incidences of patients who reported treatment‑emergent adverse events over the duration of 12 weeks of treatment were 37% for the 64 mg group, 42% for the 32 mg group, and 33% for placebo. Only 42 patients discontinued from the study due to adverse events, 16 (9%) in 64 mg arm, 18 (10%) in 32 mg arm, and 8 (5%) in placebo arm. Two treatment-unrelated deaths were reported in the 32 mg treatment arm.

“As someone who has spent his career studying everyday functioning in schizophrenia, I see disability as the most important treatment target for people with schizophrenia,” stated Philip Harvey, Ph.D., Leonard M. Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Psychology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “The substantial improvements in the PSP scale with the 64 mg dose are tremendously encouraging. These study results represent a very important outcome in a study of a potential treatment of negative symptoms, one of the most important drivers of everyday disability and a critical unmet medical need for patients with schizophrenia. The consistency in treatment effects, in terms of overall negative symptoms and of the most important subtype, reduced emotional experience, between the previous Phase 2b study and the current one is encouraging. The increased placebo effect from the first to second study seems to be the only reason that the study did not meet its primary endpoint.”

“We are encouraged by the results obtained in this study which expand upon the outcome of the Phase 2b study that showed improvements in the primary endpoint and in multiple secondary endpoints,” said Dr. Remy Luthringer, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Minerva. “Even though this study didn’t achieve its primary and key secondary endpoints, primarily due to a larger than expected placebo effect at Week 12, results obtained with the 64 mg dose including the early onset of effect and functional improvement as measured by PSP suggest roluperidone merits continued investigation for the treatment of primary negative symptoms. We intend to consult with the US FDA about the next steps in the development of roluperidone for this indication after we complete the analysis of the study data. I would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of the patients, caregivers, the investigators and their staff who participated in this trial.”