Clinical trial NCT01346163 (phase 1, status: completed)
Conditions: schizophrenia
ICD codes: F20.0, F20.1, F20.2, F20.3, F20.5, F20.89, F20.9
Drugs: pf 03654746
SMILES: CCNC(=O)[C@H]1C[C@](F)(C1)C1=CC(F)=C(CN2CCCC2)C=C1
Eligibility criteria:

        Inclusion Criteria:

        Initial Inclusion Criteria:

          1. Subjects must be competent to provide informed consent to participate in a clinical
             trial before any trial-related procedures can take place;

          2. Subjects must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatments,
             laboratory tests and other testing and study procedures;

          3. Subjects who participate must be willing to remain in-patient for at least one week at
             the beginning of each treatment period and remain in the hospital until judged by the
             Investigator to be clinically stable and able to be discharged to outpatient status;

          4. Subjects must be fluent in English and able to understand all study related materials;

          5. Subjects must be between the ages of 18-40 (inclusive) and if Female be of
             non-childbearing potential;

          6. Body Mass Index (BMI) 18 to 40 kg/m2 and a total body weight of at least 50 kg (110
             lbs);

        Psychiatric Inclusion Criteria:

          1. Subjects must have a current DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of schizophrenia of Paranoid
             (295.30), Disorganized (295.10), Undifferentiated (295.90) or Residual Type (295.60);

          2. Subjects must be receiving ongoing maintenance antipsychotic monotherapy with
             risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, paliperidone or aripiprazole;

          3. Subjects must be on a stable medication treatment regimen 2 months, including
             concomitant psychotropic medications;

          4. Evidence of stable control of symptoms for 3 months (eg, no hospitalizations for
             schizophrenia, no increase in level of psychiatric care due to worsening of symptoms
             of schizophrenia);

          5. No more than moderate severity rating (4) on any individual PANSS positive symptom
             item (P1, P3, P5, P6) or formal thought disorder (P2), with no more than two moderate
             items in total;

          6. Calgary Depression Scale Score less than or equal to 10;

          7. Subjects must have a minimal level of extrapyramidal symptoms as documented by a score
             on the ESRS-A Global Parkinsonism scale of 3;

          8. Subjects must have an illness duration (from the time of diagnosis) of at least 1
             year;

          9. Subjects will meet the following cognitive performance criteria:

               1. Performance less than the maximum cutoff (in parentheses) for at least ONE of the
                  following MCCB tests: (i.) Letter-number span (20); (ii.) Hopkins Verbal Learning
                  Test (HVLT) total (31); and (iii.) Continuous Performance T- test (CPT) d-prime
                  (3.47);

               2. Able to complete the Baseline MCCB validly as assessed by a certified MCCB test
                  administrator;

               3. Standard score greater than or equal to 75 on the National Adult Reading Test
                  (NART) or other IQ measure.

        Exclusion Criteria:

          1. Female subjects who still have child bearing potential and females who are
             breastfeeding;

          2. History of febrile illness within 5 days prior to the first dose;

          3. Any condition possibly affecting drug absorption (eg, gastrectomy);

          4. Subjects who have a positive urine drug screen which cannot be explained by prescribed
             medications;

          5. History of regular alcohol consumption exceeding 7 drinks/week for females or 14
             drinks/week for men (1 drink = 5 ounces (150 mL) of wine or 12 ounces (360 mL) of beer
             or 1.5 ounces (45 mL) of hard liquor) within 6 months of screening;

          6. Treatment with an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives preceding the
             first dose of study medication;

          7. 12-lead ECG demonstrating QTc less than or equal to 450 msec at screening;

          8. Subjects who are using disallowed concomitant medications and who will not be able to
             discontinue these concomitant medications prior to randomization;

          9. Subjects who have taken hormone replacement therapy within 28 days or have taken an
             herbal remedy 7 days prior to the first dose of trial medication;

         10. Subjects with other conditions that may increase the risk associated with trial
             participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the
             interpretation of trial results, and in the judgment of the Investigator, would make
             the subject inappropriate for entry into this trial;

         11. Subjects with serologic evidence of acute hepatitis or chronic hepatitis and subjects
             with known hepatitis C antibodies and elevated LFTs;

         12. Subjects with AST and/or ALT 1.5xULN at the Screening Visit;

         13. Subjects with a current DSM-IV axis I diagnosis other than schizophrenia;

         14. Subjects with a concurrent psychiatric disorder other than schizophrenia coded on Axis
             I;

         15. Subjects who have previously participated in a trial using PF-03654746;

         16. Subjects who have DSM-IV defined psychoactive substance dependence (excluding nicotine
             dependence) within 12 months of screening or substance abuse within 3 months prior to
             Screening;

         17. Subjects currently using illicit psychoactive substances as evidenced by positive
             urine toxicology screen (utox positive for cannabinoids will not be exclusionary due
             to the long elimination half life of these substances);

         18. Subjects with evidence or history of mental retardation;

         19. Subjects with significant risk of suicidal or violent behavior;

         20. Subjects with a history of poor compliance;

         21. Subjects who have received clozapine or monoamine oxidase inhibitors in the month
             prior to randomization;

         22. Current treatment with haloperidol or other typical antipsychotic;

         23. Current treatment (within 4 weeks) with psychotropic agents known to act at the GABA-A
             receptor, including benzodiazepines; sedative-hypnotics other than trazodone and
             chloral hydrate; carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, and valproic acid;

         24. Current treatment (within 4 weeks) with psychotropic agents known to effect cognition:
             amphetamine; barbiturates; lithium; MAOIs; methylphenidate;

         25. Current treatment (within 4 weeks) with herbal preparations with possible psychotropic
             effects (eg, St. Johns wort, kava-kava, Valerian, S-Adenosyl Methionine [SAMe]);

         26. Subjects with a history of seizures and or/seizure disorder, significant head
             injury/trauma, as defined by one or more of the following:

               1. Loss of consciousness (LOC) for more than 1 hour;

               2. Recurring seizures resulting from the head injury;

               3. Clear cognitive sequelae of the injury;

               4. Cognitive rehabilitation following the injury.

         27. Subjects with a history of clinically significant neurological, metabolic, hepatic,
             renal, hematological, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and/or urological
             disorders (eg, unstable angina, decompensated congestive heart failure, CNS infection
             or history of HIV seropositivity), which would pose a risk to the patient if they were
             to participate in the study or that might confound the results of the study. Active
             medical conditions that are minor or well controlled are not exclusionary if they do
             not affect risk to the patient or the study results. For example, the following are
             not exclusionary: a) stable and well controlled hypertension (BP normally 160/95 for
             at least 3 months); b) asthma (no serious attacks in the past year); c) hypothyroidism
             (T4 within normal limits for at least 1 year); and d) Type II diabetes (subjects with
             a reported HgbA1c outside of normal limits within the last 6 months should be reviewed
             with the study site Investigator);

         28. Subject received ECT treatment within the last 6 months;

         29. Prior participation in a clinical trial of any other psychotropic medication within 2
             months;

         30. Subjects with a history of treatment resistant schizophrenia;

         31. Subjects with a history of Tardive dyskinesia (TD) or Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
             (NMS) as determined clinically by the Investigator;

         32. Unwilling or unable to comply with the Lifestyle guidelines described in this
             Protocol;

         33. Subjects with implanted metal;

         34. Subjects with claustrophobia such that they are unable to tolerate MR scanning.

         35. Subjects taking medication that inhibit CYP3A4 or CYP2D6