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48 Schizophrenia Trials near Los Angeles, CA

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No Placebo
Highly Paid
Stay on Current Meds
Pivotal Trials (Near Approval)
Breakthrough Medication
This is a prospective, 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a dose of evenamide of 15 mg bid, compared to placebo, as add-on treatment in patients with documented treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) who have prospectively demonstrated inadequate response to their current stable therapeutic dose of an antipsychotic(s). Approximately 400 patients will be randomized equally (1:1) to each of the two treatment groups in this study.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

400 Participants Needed

This study evaluates the efficacy of two prescription digital therapeutics (PDT) in addition to standard of care (SOC) therapy for the treatment of experiential negative symptoms of schizophrenia in late adolescents and adults.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

432 Participants Needed

KarXT for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This trial tests the safety and tolerability of KarXT, a combination of two drugs, in schizophrenia patients who haven't responded well to their current treatments. KarXT aims to improve symptoms and manage side effects better than existing medications. KarXT (xanomeline plus trospium) is an emerging treatment for schizophrenia, showing promise in managing total, positive, and negative symptoms.
Stay on current meds
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:18 - 65

280 Participants Needed

MDMA for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
Impaired social motivation, or "asociality," is a negative symptom of schizophrenia (SCZ) and a cause of significant functional impairment in the illness. Whereas many symptoms of schizophrenia can be treated with antipsychotic medications, deficits in social motivation persist, leading to significant social disability in patients. There is currently no effective treatment for this symptom of the illness. One promising and unexplored avenue to enhance social motivation in schizophrenia is ± 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). MDMA is a psychostimulant that shares some pharmacological properties with amphetamines, but in addition, has pronounced pro-social effects, increasing the motivation to engage socially. In healthy volunteers, it produces feelings of empathy and closeness with others and increases attention to positive social cues, perhaps partly through its effects on the social bonding hormone, oxytocin. MDMA has shown promise in other psychiatric conditions such as PTSD. Thus, MDMA could offer a unique therapeutic benefit in patients with SCZ who suffer from impaired social motivation. The investigators plan to take the first step in testing MDMA as a treatment for these social deficits by testing the tolerability of the drug in patients with SCZ. This will be an open-label, ascending-dose, within-subject trial in which participants will receive 40mg, 80mg, or 120mg of MDMA. The doses will be administered in ascending order, but doses will be stopped if subjects experience moderate or greater psychotic symptoms at 24 hours. This trial will assess the tolerability of the drug in this population and guide in the selection of a maximum well-tolerated dose for future studies. The primary tolerability measure will be clinician-rated psychotic symptoms (disorganized speech, delusions, hallucinations) collected at 24 hours after MDMA administration. The results of this project will lay the foundation for further investigations of MDMA and other psychoactive compounds as a treatment for debilitating and difficult-to-treat social deficits in schizophrenia. Future studies will examine interactions between the effects of psychoactive compounds and nonpharmacologic psychosocial interventions targeting social symptoms.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:18 - 60

20 Participants Needed

MT1988 for High Risk of Psychosis

Los Angeles, California
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how tests undertaken by people at high risk of developing psychosis (aged 17 to 30 years old) change when those people are given the study drug MT1988 daily for 8 weeks. This will help identify tests that could be used in later trials developing treatments for symptoms in people at high risk of developing psychosis, to measure whether those new treatments are effective. The main question this trial aims to answer is: Can any of the tests (biomarkers) used in this study detect changes in participants dosed with one of two different dose levels of MT1988? Researchers will compare the results from two dose levels of MT1988 to a placebo group. Researchers do not expect to see the test results change in participants taking placebo and this will be compared to changes expected in test results in participants taking MT1988. Participants will: * take a dose of MT1988 or placebo twice per day for 8 weeks * attend clinic appointments every two weeks to undertake assessments * report any side effects they experience to the researchers

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:17 - 30

150 Participants Needed

ML-007C-MA for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
ML-007C-MA-211 is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of orally administered ML-007C-MA in inpatient adult participants aged 18 to 64 years with schizophrenia experiencing an acute exacerbation of psychosis. The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of ML-007C-MA compared with placebo in the treatment of subjects with inadequately controlled symptoms of schizophrenia as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Total Score.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 64

300 Participants Needed

ALTO-101 for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This is a Phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-way crossover study to compare the efficacy of ALTO-101T versus placebo in change in electroencephalogram (EEG) cognitive processing markers and measures of cognition. Additional goals are to assess pharmacokinetic (PK), safety, and tolerability of the recently developed ALTO-101T transdermal delivery system (TDS) formulation in a patient population.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:21 - 55

82 Participants Needed

Low social motivation is a significant symptom of schizophrenia and is a major cause of disability and suffering for many patients struggling with the illness. Social motivation refers to the drive to participate in or abstain from social activities. Many patients with schizophrenia evidence both decreased drive to seek positive social input (approach motivation) and heightened drive to avoid negative social input (avoidance motivation) compared to individuals without the illness. Despite the enormous burden of these deficits on patients, there are no medications that effectively treat impaired social motivation. Buprenorphine is an unusual drug that is used to treat opioid use disorder at higher doses and more recently, to treat depression and suicidality at lower doses. It is a unique opioid medication that has a compound action that gives it the potential to improve social motivation both by boosting approach motivation and by reducing avoidance motivation. The effects of low doses of buprenorphine have previously. been studied in healthy volunteers, showing that the drug enhances social motivation. These results in nonclinical volunteers suggest that buprenorphine may be a promising treatment for deficits in social motivation seen in some patients with schizophrenia. However, no previous studies have investigated the effects of buprenorphine on social motivation in this population. Here the effects of a low dose of buprenorphine (0.15mg) on social motivation in patients with schizophrenia (N=40) will be assessed. In this double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled study, participants will attend a 2-hour preparatory session and two 6-hour laboratory sessions, at which they will receive either placebo or buprenorphine. During expected peak drug effect they will complete validated tasks assessing social motivation. It is expected that buprenorphine will increase approach motivation and decrease avoidance motivation as measured by an attention bias task. The results of this study will lay the foundation for the clinical use of buprenorphine as the first medication to treat social deficits in schizophrenia.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 60

40 Participants Needed

KarXT for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This trial tests KarXT, a combination of two drugs, for people who haven't improved with their current treatment. KarXT aims to balance brain functions and reduce side effects. The study will look at improvements in health and daily life. KarXT has shown positive results in earlier tests.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:18 - 60

360 Participants Needed

This study is open to adults with schizophrenia who took part in a previous CONNEX study (study 1346-0011, 1346-0012, or 1346-0013). The purpose of this study is to find out how well people with schizophrenia can tolerate a medicine called Iclepertin in the long term. Participants take Iclepertin as tablets once a day for 1 year. In addition, all participants take their normal medication for schizophrenia. Participants are in the study for a little more than 1 year. During this time, they visit the study site about 13 times and get about 9 phone calls from the study team. The doctors collect information on any health problems of the participants. Doctors also regularly check the participants' symptoms of schizophrenia.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:18 - 51

1361 Participants Needed

TV-44749 for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This trial is testing a new medication called TV-44749 to see if it helps adults with schizophrenia, especially those with worsening symptoms. The medication likely works by balancing brain chemicals to reduce symptoms. The study will last over a year, with different phases to test both its effectiveness and safety.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:18 - 64

675 Participants Needed

In this study, an investigational medication named BXCL501 is being tested for the treatment of episodes of agitation associated with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective and schizophreniform disorder. This study compares the study drug to a placebo.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

450 Participants Needed

This is an adaptive, Phase II/III study in 2 parts (i.e. Part 1 (dose ranging) and Part 2 (Hypothesis testing)). NaBen® is granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by US FDA as treatment for refractory schizophrenia. Part 1 Objectives: There are two primary objectives for Part 1 of this study: 1. To evaluate, in terms of dose-response, the effectiveness of NaBen® (1000 and 2000 mg/day) compared to Placebo (0 mg/day), when combined with clozapine, in improving the residual symptoms associated with refractory schizophrenia in adults, and; to determine the optimal dose to be used in Part 2 of this study. 2. Sample size re-assessment to evaluate the final sample size needed to proceed with Part 2 of the study The secondary objective of the Part 1 of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of NaBen® (1000 and 2000 mg/day) compared to Placebo (0 mg/day), in combination with clozapine. Part 2 Objectives: The primary objective of the Part 2 of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of NaBen® (at the optimal dose determined in the Part 1 of this study) compared to Placebo (0 mg/day), when combined with clozapine, in improving the residual symptoms associated with refractory schizophrenia in adults. The secondary objective of the Part 2 of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of NaBen® (at the optimal dose determined in the Part 1 of this study) compared to Placebo (0 mg/day), in combination with clozapine.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Age:18 - 55

287 Participants Needed

NBI-1117568 for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
This study will evaluate the long-term safety of NBI-1117568 in adults with schizophrenia.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:18 - 65

800 Participants Needed

NBI-1117568 for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
The primary objective for this study is to evaluate the efficacy of NBI-1117568 compared with placebo on improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of schizophrenia in adults.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:18 - 65

284 Participants Needed

NBI-1117568 for Schizophrenia

Pico Rivera, California
The primary objective for this study is to evaluate the efficacy of NBI-1117568 compared with placebo on improving behavioral and psychological symptoms of schizophrenia in adults.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:18 - 65

284 Participants Needed

Valbenazine for Schizophrenia

Pico Rivera, California
The primary objective for this study is to evaluate the effect of adjunctive valbenazine versus placebo on symptoms of schizophrenia in participants who have inadequate response to antipsychotic treatment.
Stay on current meds
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

442 Participants Needed

To further characterize the long-term safety and tolerability of brexpiprazole in adolescents with schizophrenia
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:13 - 17

295 Participants Needed

SEP-363856 for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
Evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ulotaront (SEP-363856) in acutely psychotic subjects with schizophrenia
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:18 - 65

522 Participants Needed

KarXT for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
The purpose of this study is to characterize the effect of KarXT on voiding dynamics and urological safety in participants with DSM-5 schizophrenia.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4
Age:18 - 65

60 Participants Needed

Why Other Patients Applied

"I’ve been treated over the years from my late teens. I’ve been through many therapists for my bipolar and my anxiety. None of it’s helped. I gave up when I was 27. It’s been 5 years of struggling day by day. My fiancé has finally suggested I look into trying to get help so I’m hoping this clinical trial will help."

WZ
Schizophrenia PatientAge: 32

"I’ve been diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder for over 5 years now and not found much relief in medication. One I’ve tried helped a bit but the side affects were overwhelming. Hoping I can gain some relief from this disorder and help advance research as well!"

MX
Schizophrenia PatientAge: 44

"I've tried lots of drugs and I still have symptoms. I'm not sure of my reality because the things I see and hear are still active. Maybe this will help one way or the other. I would be glad to help others in the future by testing a medication as well."

CY
Schizophrenia PatientAge: 62

"My psychosis has been manageable for the past few years since I found an antipsychotic that works okay but I still struggle with a lot of mind fog and memory issues. I haven't heard of a treatment for those symptoms until learning about new research so I'm hoping to join a trial to get access."

AQ
Schizophrenia PatientAge: 40

"I'm willing to try anything to help improve and manage my schizophrenia in any way. I do my best each day to keep the hallucinations at bay. I no longer hear voices but I don't want them to come back either. Most medicine I've tried hasn't help very much."

ZC
Schizophrenia PatientAge: 39

LB-102 for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center inpatient study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LB-102 in adult patients diagnosed with acutely exacerbated schizophrenia. To determine whether LB-102 administered to patients with acutely exacerbated schizophrenia demonstrates antipsychotic efficacy, as determined by a change from Baseline on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score, compared to placebo at 28 days. The secondary objectives of the study are to evaluate improvement in CGI-S, safety and tolerability, and pharmacokinetics.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 55

350 Participants Needed

Emraclidine for Schizophrenia

Culver City, California
This trial aims to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a medication called emraclidine, taken by mouth, in adults with schizophrenia.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 65

850 Participants Needed

This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a brief behavioral intervention that combines two treatments, Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), that have been shown to work in prior research studies. The format of the intervention will be a combination of in-person sessions and remote elements delivered via mobile phone (together called MI-CBTech). The goal of the intervention is to improve community integration in Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI) who have experienced homelessness. A time- and format-matched control arm will include remote mindfulness training. 50 Veterans with SMI experiencing homelessness will be randomized to one of the two arms (25 per arm).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 65

50 Participants Needed

Luteolin for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This trial tests if luteolin, a natural substance found in some foods, can help people with schizophrenia who still have symptoms and cognitive issues. Luteolin might improve brain function by reducing inflammation and protecting brain cells.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 60

60 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new drug, RL-007, to see if it can help people with schizophrenia think and remember better. The study will compare different doses of the drug and check for any side effects. Participants will take the drug for several weeks and complete memory and thinking tests before and after the treatment.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:18 - 55

234 Participants Needed

Over 60% of Veterans with serious mental illness have a service-connected disability that impairs their ability to work, go to school, and/or have successful personal lives. Although traditional treatments tend to focus on symptom remission, Veterans prioritize a range of treatment goals, including personal empowerment and gaining personally meaningful skills. Increasing Veteran-clinician collaboration can help effectively align care with each Veteran's goals and support an empowering therapeutic experience. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based intervention intended to increase Veterans' comfort, confidence, knowledge, and skills to collaborate with their treatment teams. Findings from this study will contribute important knowledge about this intervention's effectiveness and how to enhance its effectiveness, especially for Veterans from minoritized groups. If the decision-making intervention is effective, it would help Veterans with serious mental illness, and might also help Veterans with other chronic health conditions, like PTSD and chronic pain.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

119 Participants Needed

Clozapine for Schizophrenia

Los Angeles, California
This trial is testing whether clozapine can reduce violent behavior more effectively than usual treatments in adults with schizophrenia who have recently been violent. Clozapine helps by balancing brain chemicals to manage symptoms. The study will last for several months and include regular medical check-ups. Clozapine has been shown to reduce violent and aggressive behavior in patients with schizophrenia, especially those who are treatment-resistant.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4
Age:18 - 65

280 Participants Needed

The participants in the study will receive psychiatric treatment at the UCLA Aftercare Research Program. All participants in this 12-month RCT will receive cognitive training. Half of the patients will also be randomly assigned to the aerobic exercise and strength training condition, and the other half will be randomly assigned to the Healthy Living Group condition. The primary outcome measures are improvement in cognition and level of engagement in the in-group and at-home exercise sessions. Increases in the level of the patient's serum brain-derived neurotropic factor (specifically Mature BDNF) which causes greater brain neuroplasticity and is indicator of engagement in aerobic exercise, will be measured early in the treatment phase in order to confirm engagement of this target. In order to demonstrate the feasibility and portability of this intervention outside of academic research programs, the interventions will be provided via videoconferencing. The proposed study will incorporate additional methods to maximize participation in the exercise condition, including the use of the Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST) platform to enhance motivation for treatment based on Self-Determination Theory principles, and a "bridging" group to help the participants generalize gains to everyday functioning. In addition, the exercise group participants will receive personally tailored text reminders to exercise.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 45

100 Participants Needed

The present study is a confirmatory efficacy trial of Family Focused Therapy for youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (FFT-CHR). This trial is sponsored by seven mature CHR clinical research programs from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS). The young clinical high risk sample (N = 220 youth ages 13-25) is to be followed at 6-month intervals for 18 months.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:13 - 25

220 Participants Needed

To compare changes in body mass index (BMI) Z-score following treatment with OLZ/SAM vs olanzapine
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:10 - 17

220 Participants Needed

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