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Schizophrenia Bulletin Open confirms.
The study analyzed clinical trial reports to determine short- and long-term effects of brexpiprazole across schizophrenia symptoms based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and five subscales.
To study short-term effects, the researchers used data from 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled brexpiprazole studies in patients with acute schizophrenia. Long-term maintenance effects were studied using the 52-week Equator clinical trial. Two additional studies were also used to measure long-term effects.
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In the short-term studies, patients in the brexpiprazole group were associated with greater improvement in each subscale score from baseline to week 6 compared with the control group participants. The patients using the antipsychotic were also associated with greater improvement in 25 of 30 PANSS scale symptoms at week 6 compared with the control group participants. Improvement was a