A Prospective, Dose Escalating, Open Label, Multi-center, Phase I/IIa Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of a Subcutaneous Long-Acting Injection of Cariprazine (Cariprazine Depot) in Subjects Eligible for Treatment With Oral Cariprazine.
The purpose of this study is to assess the PK, Safety, Tolerability (all cohorts) and Efficacy (cohort 3), of once-a-month long-acting SC injection of dose escalating Cariprazine Depot in subjects eligible for treatment with oral Cariprazine.
• Subjects who meet DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder or major depressive disorder (this inclusion criterion relates to cohorts 1 and 2 only).
• Clinically stable subjects (with no evidence of deterioration and on a stable dose of oral antipsychotic or antidepressant medication(s) other than Cariprazine for at least 4 weeks, prior to screening), receiving antipsychotic/s or antidepressant/s other than oral Cariprazine and eligible for treatment with Cariprazine 3 mg/day, with CGI-S score of 1-4.
• Men and women aged 18-64 years (inclusive).
• Body mass index (BMI) 18.5-35.
• Able to sign an informed consent form.
• Adult subjects with a current diagnosis of schizophrenia, who meet DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, naïve to or treated with antipsychotics (this inclusion criterion relates to cohort 3 only).