Table 1 Demographic data and clinical description for the patients with SCZ of European ancestry treated with lurasidone and placebo groups.

From: Genetic markers of early response to lurasidone in acute schizophrenia

 

Lurasidone

Placebo

Number of patients (Male/Female)

171 (115/56)

63(46/17)

Clinical trials (Pearl1/Pearl2)

119/52

63(44/19)

Number of subjects in dosage (40/80/120 mg)

59/41/71

N/A

Age (years, mean ± S.D.)

40.6 ± 11.0

38.4 ± 9.80

Duration of Treatment (days)

All subjects

32.8 ± 13.4

32.8 ± 13.3

Non-Completers

16.6 ± 9.1

16.7 ± 8.4

Number and % in treatment per week

Week 4

120 (70.2)

44 (69.8)

Week 2

153 (89.5)

58 (92.1)

Week 1

163 (95.3)

60 (95.2)

PANSS Total

Baseline

95.47 ± 8.81

97.32 ± 10.76

ΔChange at week 4

−18.92 ± 13.16

−17.82 ± 14.93

ΔChange at week 2

−11.96 ± 11.61

−8.91 ± 13.26

ΔChange at week 1

−7.51 ± 8.88

−5.88 ± 8.37

  1. Psychopathology was presented as mean ± S.D. Clinical trials referred to two six-week randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter registration trials of lurasidone [17, 18].