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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2026

Efficacy of Adjunctive Lumateperone 42 mg on Anhedonia and Across a Broad Range of Depressive Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Michael E Thase, Willie R Earley, Susan G Kozauer, Changzheng Chen, Hassan Lakkis, Suresh Durgam

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04985942 (A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Lumateperone as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Lumateperone as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorIntra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.Ran2021 to 2024Enrolled485ConditionsMajor Depressive DisorderArmsLumateperone, Placebo
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Michael E ThaseDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Willie R EarleyIntra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ, USA.
Susan G KozauerIntra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ, USA.
Changzheng ChenIntra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ, USA.
Hassan LakkisIntra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ, USA.
Suresh DurgamIntra-Cellular Therapies, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Bedminster, NJ, USA.

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Abstract

Purpose: Lumateperone is a mechanistically novel Food and Drug Administration-approved antipsychotic to treat schizophrenia, depressive episodes associated with bipolar I and II disorder, and major depressive disorder (MDD). This analysis of the Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter Study 501 (NCT04985942) evaluated the broad efficacy of lumateperone across depression symptoms assessed by Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) anhedonia factor and single-item scores. Patients and Methods: Eligible adults (18-65 years) met DSM-5 criteria for MDD with inadequate response to 1 or 2 ADTs in the current depressive episode and had MADRS Total score ≥24, Clinical Global Impression-Severity score ≥4, and Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report 16-item score ≥14. Patients were randomized to oral placebo or lumateperone 42 mg adjunctive to ADT for 6 weeks. A post hoc analysis assessed anhedonia symptoms according to MADRS anhedonia factor. MADRS Total score and MADRS anhedonia factor score were analyzed by baseline anhedonia factor score (median value: ≥18). A prospective analysis investigated change in individual MADRS items. Results: Lumateperone+ADT significantly improved anhedonia symptoms versus placebo+ADT at every visit according to MADRS anhedonia factor score (Day 43: least squares mean difference vs adjunctive placebo [LSMD], -2.5; effect size [ES], -0.50; Conclusion: Lumateperone 42mg+ADT significantly improved symptoms of anhedonia and a broad range of depression symptoms compared with placebo+ADT in patients with MDD with inadequate response.

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anhedonia factor scoreantipsychoticlumateperonemajor depressive disorder

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PMCPMC13289650

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