Table 1

Placebo and atypical antipsychotic response rates of selected comparator trials

Comparator
Study design
Dose (mg/day)
Definition of response
Placebo response rate (%)
Atypical response rate (%)
Reference(s)

Paliperidone ER
6 week study, patients with schizophrenia and acute exacerbation, olanzapine comparator
3, 6, 9, and 12
≥ 30% decrease in PANSS from baseline to study endpoint
27.4
50.8
[21]
[22]
[23]
Risperidone
4 week study, patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and acute exacerbation, aripiprazole comparator
6
≥ 30% decrease in PANSS from baseline to study endpoint or CGI-I ≤ 2
23.3
40.0
[35]
Olanzapine
6 week study, patients with schizophrenia and acute exacerbation, paliperidone ER comparator
10
≥ 30% decrease in PANSS from baseline to study endpoint
27.4
50.1
[21]
[22]
[23]
Quetiapine
6 week study, inpatients with chronic or subchronic schizophrenia and acute exacerbation
750
≥ 30% decrease in BPRS at any time during treatment
35.0
49.0
[41]
Ziprasidone
6 week study, patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and acute exacerbation
80 and 160
≥ 30% decrease in PANSS from baseline to study endpoint
17.6
29.9
[44]
Aripiprazole
4 week study, patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and acute exacerbation, risperidone comparator
20 and 30
≥ 30% decrease in PANSS from baseline to study endpoint or CGI-I ≤ 2
23.3
38.1
[35]

BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; CGI-I, Clinical Global Impression – Improvement; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

Geitona et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:16   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-16