Recruiting
Phase 2

GXV813

Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Code:

NCT07467993

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

GXV813

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of GXV813 in the treatment of an acute episode of schizophrenia

Conditions

Schizophrenia

Study ID

NCT07467993

Start date

Mar 16, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jul 29, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 29, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participant is aged 18 to 65 years, inclusive, at screening
2. Participant is capable of providing informed consent
3. Participant has a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia, established by a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation based on the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) criteria and confirmed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Clinical Trials version (SCID-5-CT)
4. Participant is willing and able to be confined to an inpatient setting for the study duration (except for the follow-up period), follow instructions, and comply with the protocol requirements
5. Participant is experiencing an acute exacerbation or relapse of psychotic symptoms, with onset less than 2 months before screening

1. The participant requires hospitalization for this acute exacerbation or relapse of symptoms
2. If already an inpatient at screening, has been hospitalized for less than 2 weeks for the current exacerbation at the time of screening
6. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale total score between 80 and 120, inclusive, at screening a. Score of ≥ 4 (moderate or greater) for ≥ 2 of the following Positive Scale (P) items:

i. Item 1 (P1; delusions)

ii. Item 2 (P2; conceptual disorganization)

iii. Item 3 (P3; hallucinatory behavior)

iv. Item 6 (P6; suspiciousness/persecution)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any primary DSM-5 disorder other than schizophrenia within 12 months before screening (confirmed using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, Clinical Trials Version (SCID-5-CT) at screening)
2. History of treatment resistance to antipsychotic medications defined as inadequate response to two adequate courses of pharmacotherapy or previous clozapine treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia
3. Participants who need to be treated with drugs that are known to be moderate and strong CYP3A4 inhibitors and inducers will be excluded
4. Participants taking a long-acting injectable antipsychotic could not have received a dose of medication in the last 12 weeks (24 weeks for INVEGA TRINZA®) before baseline

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study Design

Enrollment

142 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: GXV813

GXV813 administered orally.

placebo comparator: Placebo

Placebo administered orally.

Interventions

GXV813

GXV813 administered orally.

Placebo

Placebo administered orally.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from baseline in Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) total score [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

+41613241111

Locations

Pillar Clinical Research LLC

Recruiting

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 72712

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Leslie Smith

CNRI Los Angeles LLC

Recruiting

Pico Rivera, California, United States, 90660

Principal Investigator:

Mohamed El-Gabalawy

Segal Institute for Clinical Research

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33016

Principal Investigator:

Rishi Kakar

CenExel iResearch

Recruiting

Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30030

Principal Investigator:

Kimball Johnson

Uptown Research Institute LLC

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60640

Principal Investigator:

John Sonnenberg

Pillar Clinical Research LLC

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60641

Principal Investigator:

Scott Bartley

Arch Clinical Trials LLC

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141

Principal Investigator:

Syed Junaid

More Information

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Last update posted

Jul 29, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Schizophrenia
  • GVX813

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Novartis Pharmaceuticals on 2026-07-29.