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NDA 21-253
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The Agitated Patient
John Kane, M.D.
Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
Hillside Hospital
Glen Oaks, NY
and
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
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Agitation
Common clinical challenge
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Agitation: Definition
Agitation is excessive motor or verbal activity.
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Agitation: Clinical Implications
In more severe forms, agitation may cause:
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Agitation: A Major Clinical Challenge
Psychiatric Emergency
A mean of 400 patients per month are evaluated in
a typical Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES)
(Currier 1999)
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Agitation: A Major Clinical Challenge
Mechanical Restraint
8.5% of all psychiatric emergency patients require
mechanical restraints for agitation (Currier 2000)
Mean duration of restraint is 6 hours (Currier 2000)
111 fatalities over 10 years in New York facilities due
to restraints (Sundram 1994)
Estimates of 50 - 150 deaths per year nationwide due
to restraints (Allen 2000)
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Agitation: A Major Clinical Challenge
Assaults
A mean of 8 assaults per year occur in a typical
Psychiatric Emergency Service (Currier 2000)
56.5% of assaults resulted in lost time from work
(Currier 1999)
6 to 1 ratio of nurses being assaulted compared to
doctors, most likely related to nurses' role in
restraint application (Currier 2000)
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Parenteral Pharmacotherapy
Indications for Use:
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Limitations of
Parenteral Pharmacotherapy for Agitation
Benzodiazepines
respiratory depression
excessive sedation
disinhibition
Typical Antipsychotics
acute dystonia
akathisia
excessive sedation
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
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Acute Treatments for Agitation vs.
Sustained Therapies for Specific Diseases
Urgent Treatments for Agitation Sustained Therapies for Disease
Modality Duration Modality Duration
Schizo- Structured Environment Psychosocial
phrenia Min-Hrs Interventions Wks-
a
IM Antipsychotics / Oral / Depot Mos-Yrs
Benzodiazepines Antipsychotics
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Clinical Development of
IM Olanzapine
Alan Breier, M.D.
Leader, Zyprexa Product Team
Lilly Research Fellow
Lilly Research Laboratories
and
Professor of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Optimal Features of IM Pharmacotherapy
Rapid onset of action
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History of Regulatory Interactions
May 14, 1998 Meeting with FDA
FDA indicated IM antipsychotics are used for the
control of agitation in numerous disease states
FDA recommended studies of agitated patients in
multiple disease states based on anticipated use
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Clinical Trial Challenges
No precedent
Placebo and active comparator designs
No "gold standard" agitation scale
Data capture frequency - over minutes to hours
Enrolling patients with appropriate levels of agitation
Ethical considerations
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Efficacy and Safety of IM Olanzapine
Pharmacokinetics
Efficacy results
Safety
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Mean Values of Olanzapine PK Variables:
One 10 mg Oral Dose vs. Two 5 mg IM Doses
PK units Oral IM
Parameter 10 mg 2x5 mg
Cmax (ng/mL) 15.1 23.7
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Mean Olanzapine Plasma Concentrations:
One 10 mg Oral Dose vs. Two 5 mg IM Doses
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Olanzapine Mean Plasma Conc. (ng/mL) 20
Plasma Conc.
15
(ng/mL)
10
15
5
10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time (hr)
Mean Data, N=22
10 mg Oral Dose
5 2 x 5 mg IM Doses
0 24 48 72 96 120
Time (hr)
30
20
10
0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24
Time (hours)
Mean plasma concentration following three 10 mg doses of IM
olanzapine
N = 20 non-agitated patients 21
Comparison of Cmax after IM Doses vs. Oral
Olanzapine Steady-State Concentrations
Oral Olanzapine Olanzapine 10 mg IM
20 mg Dose Three Doses within 24 hours
Study HGAJ 120 Study HGJA
120
Concentration (ng/mL)
Average Steady-State
Olanzapine Cmax
100 100
Olanzapine
80 80
(ng/mL)
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
Daily Dose 1st 2nd 3rd
1 to 6 weeks Dose Dose Dose
n = 474 in 333 pts n=24 n=24 n=20
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Pharmacokinetic Profile of IM Olanzapine
Fundamental PK characteristics similar to oral
Similar half-life, clearance, and volume of distribution
Follows linear pharmacokinetics
Efficacy results
Safety
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Selection of Efficacy Measures for the
Assessment of Agitation
January - November 1998:
Extensive literature search - review of studies in
agitation and efficacy scales
Consultation with regulatory agencies and experts
July 1998:
International Expert Advisory Panel on Agitation
Outcomes:
No single "gold standard" scale; however,
multiple clinically appropriate agitation scales
Core features common across agitation scales
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Core Battery of Agitation Scales
Primary Efficacy Measure:
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Selection of Primary Efficacy Measure:
PANSS Excited Component
Contains the common, core features identified in
extensive review of agitation scales
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PANSS Excited Component:
Items and Anchor Descriptions
Poor Impulse Control - Disordered regulation and control of action on
inner urges, resulting in sudden, unmodulated, arbitrary, or misdirected
discharge of tension and emotions without concern about consequences.
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Secondary Efficacy Measure:
Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
Validated instrument designed to assess agitated
behaviors in the elderly (Finkel 1992)
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Criteria for Selected Patient Populations
Agitation is a common clinical challenge
IM medication is frequently used*
Diverse patient characteristics
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Patient Populations Selected:
Diverse Clinical Characteristics
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Mania, and Dementia
encompass:
moderate to severely agitated states
psychotic and non-psychotic individuals
broad age range (young adult, middle age, elderly)
patients with and without concurrent medical conditions
psychiatric and neurological patients
differing underlying disease processes
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Study Designs
Four Pivotal Studies
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Agitation: 4 Pivotal Studies
Study Agitated Patient Duration Treatment Dose
Population IM Period Groups (mg)
SZ-d Schizophrenia, 24 hr IM olanzapine 2.5, 5,
Schizophreniform, or 7.5, 10
Schizoaffective IM haloperidol 7.5
IM placebo
SZ Schizophrenia, 24 hr IM olanzapine 10
Schizophreniform, or IM haloperidol 7.5
Schizoaffective IM placebo
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Comparator Dose Selection
IM Haloperidol 7.5 mg
5 to 10 mg doses most commonly used
Dose response analysis suggests that doses that exceed
7.5 10 mg do not appreciably increase immediate efficacy,
but may cause additional side effects (Baldessarini 1998)
IM Lorazepam
1 mg and 2 mg doses commonly used in geriatric and non-
geriatric patients, respectively
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Study Design: 4 Pivotal Studies
24 Hour IM Dosing Period
Study Period I Study Period II
Eligible IM comparator
Patients
IM placebo
24 hrs
Screening
> 2 hrs > 4 hrs (SZ-d, SZ)
> 1 hr (BIP, DEM)
Randomization
Inj. #2 Inj. #3
(if clinically (if clinically
Inj. #1 indicated) indicated)
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Criteria for Inclusion in Agitation Study
and
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Other Entry Criteria
DSM-IV criteria (schizophrenia, bipolar); DSM-IV or
NINCDS-ADRDA criteria (dementia)
Sex: %
Male 57.4 65.6 53.2 39.0
Female 42.6 34.4 46.8 61.0
Origin: %
Caucasian 65.9 72.7 72.6 92.3
African descent 24.1 19.0 15.9 5.9
Hispanic 0 5.5 6.0 1.5
Asian 1.5 1.0 4.0 0
Other 8.5 1.9 1.5 0.4
a No significant differences between treatment groups within each of the four studies
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Clinical Characteristics at Baseline:
Four Pivotal Studies
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
Study Study Study Study
(N=270) (N=311) (N=201) (N=272)
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Baseline Level of Agitation:
Mean PANSS EC Scores of 4 Pivotal Studies
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PANSS Excited Component:
Distribution of Total Scores at Baseline
Schizophrenia Dose - all patients Schizophrenia - all patients
60 60
50 50
Frequency
Frequency
40 40
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
50 50
Frequency
40 40
Frequency
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
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Mean Baseline
0
Excitement Hostility Poor Impulse Tension Uncooper-
Control ativeness
Efficacy results
Analyses of Primary Scale: PANSS Excited Component
Primary Analysis
Response Rates; Efficacy at 24 hours; By-Item Analysis
Analyses of secondary scales
Onset of efficacy
Efficacy by severity analysis
Number of injections required in 24 hours
Psychosis and Non-Psychosis
Safety
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Primary Analysis: Efficacy at 2 Hours
PANSS Excited Component
Mean change from baseline to 2 hrs post first IM inj (LOCF)
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Mean Change from Baseline
Baseline Means:
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2 19.0 18.3 17.8 19.8 Placebo
0 IMOlz 2.5
-2 IMOlz 5.0
-4
IMOlz 7.5
-6 *
-8 *
IMOlz 10
* * * * *
-10 * * * * IMHal 7.5
-12
IMLzp
-14
-16
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
* p < 0.05 vs. placebo
p < 0.05 vs. lzp
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Response Rates
PANSS Excited Component - 2 Hours After First Injection
90
* *
80
Percentage of Patients
* * *
70 *
* Placebo
*
* *
60 * IMOlz 2.5
* IMOlz 5
50
IMOlz 7.5
40
IMOlz 10
30 IMHal 7.5
20 IMLzp
10
0
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
40% decrease in PANSS Excited Component
from Baseline to 2 hours post first IM injection
* p < 0.05 vs. placebo for all 47
Efficacy at 24 Hours:
PANSS Excited Component
Mean change from baseline to 24 hrs (LOCF)
Baseline Means: 19.0 18.3 17.8 19.8
0
Mean Change from Baseline
-1
Placebo
-2
IMOlz 2.5
-3 IMOlz 5
-4 IMOlz 7.5
-5 IMOlz 10
*
IMHal 7.5
-6 * *
* * IMLzp
* * *
-7 *
-8
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
2 Bipolar 2 Dementia
1 1
0 0
-1 Placebo -1 Placebo
-2 * -2 * * * * * * *
IMOlz 2.5
* IMOlz 10 * * *
* * *
-3 * * -3 IMOlz 5.0
IMLzp IMLzp
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
Poor Impulse Tension Hostility Uncooper- Excitement Poor Impulse Tension Hostility Uncooper- Excitement
Control ativeness Control ativeness
* p<0.05 vs. placebo 49
Efficacy at 2 Hours:
Agitation-Calmness Evaluation Scale
Mean Value at Endpoint - 2 hours (LOCF)
6
Mod. Calm
*
5 *
* Placebo
Mild Calm *
* *
* * IMOlz 2.5
* * *
4
Normal IMOlz 5
IMOlz 7.5
3 IMOlz 10
Mild Agit. IMHal 7.5
IMLzp
2
Mod. Agit.
1
Marked Agit.
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
Baseline Mean: 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2
* p < 0.05 vs placebo for mean change
4546.01 p < 0.05 vs hal (SZ-d) or lzp (BIP) for mean change 50
Efficacy in Agitation at 2 Hours:
Corrigan / Cohen-Mansfield
Mean change from baseline to 2 hours post first IM inj (LOCF)
Baseline Means:
4 30.5 27.5 28.3 7.0
Mean Change from Baseline
2
Placebo
0
IMOlz 2.5
-2 IMOlz 5.0
-4 IMOlz 7.5
* *
-6 *
IMOlz 10
-8 IMHal 7.5
* * * * IMLzp
-10 *
* *
-12
*
SZ-d SZ BIP DEM
CABS Range: 14-56 * p < 0.05 vs. placebo
CMAI Range: 0-30 p < 0.05 vs. hal (SZ-d) or lzp (BIP)
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Onset of Efficacy: PANSS EC
Schizophrenia Study
Timepoint-wise change from baseline to 2 hrs post first IM inj (LOCF)
0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120
0
Time (mins)
-1
-2 Placebo
-3 IM Olz
Change
IM Hal
-4
Mean
* *
-5
-6
* *
-7
*
*
-8 * *
* *
-9 *
* p < 0.05 vs. Placebo
p < 0.05 vs. Haloperidol
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Efficacy at 2 Hrs by Baseline Severity:
Schizophrenia Study
Efficacy comparison based on mean split of baseline PEC
Score < Average (18) Score Average (18)
0 0
-2
-4 Placebo -4 Placebo
IM Olz 10
IMOlz 10
IM Hal 7.5
IMHal 7.5
-6 -6
* *
-8 -8
-10 -10 * *
100% * * * * *
Percentage of Patients
80%
3 Inj
60%
2 Inj
40% 1 Inj
20%
0%
Placebo IMOlz IMOlz IMOlz IMOlz IMHal
2.5mg 5mg 7.5mg 10mg 7.5mg
Maximum of three injections allowed during 24 hours in each trial.
Investigator judgment determined the administration of a second or third injection.
0 0
-2 -2
Placebo n=40
Placebo n=23
-4 IMOlz 2.5 n=35 -4 IMOlz 2.5 n=36
IMOlz 5.0 n=32 IMOlz 5.0 n=30
IMLzp n=28
-6 IMLzp n=39 -6
-8 -8
* *
*
-10 -10
Mean Change Mean Change
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Efficacy and Safety of IM Olanzapine
Pharmacokinetics
Efficacy results
Safety
Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Sedation
Laboratory Analyses
Vital Signs
Electrocardiograms
Extrapyramidal Symptoms
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Summary of Safety Databases
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Adverse Events
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Adverse Events: Overall Patient Database
Discontinuations and Serious Adverse Events
Discontinuations:
Only 0.7% (5 / 722) of IM olanzapine-treated patients
discontinued due to an adverse event
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Adverse Events: 24 Hour IM Period
Placebo-Controlled Database
Treatment-emergent adverse events reported by at least 1% of
patients and with an incidence greater than placebo
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Sedation Assessed Using:
Agitation-Calmness Evaluation Scale
ACES score of 8 (deep sleep) or 9 (unarousable) used
as indicators of excessive sedation
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Sedation Assessed Using:
Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
"Somnolence" was the only reported sedation-
related adverse event
No reports of "CNS depression," "stupor," or "coma"
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Laboratory Analyses
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Laboratory Results:
Schizophrenia, Bipolar, and Dementia Studies
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Vital Signs
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Vital Signs
Patients
(N = 765*) 36 4.7 21 2.7
Total
(N = 850) 64 7.5 40 4.7
*Includes agitated patients (N = 722) and non-agitated patients (N = 43)
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Bradycardia Proposed Mechanism: Vasovagal
Response (i.e., Neurally Mediated Reflex Bradycardia)
Olanzapine associated with hypotension
1 antagonism (Ki=19 nM) decrease BP
Outcome
Self-terminating
Transient; more marked early vs. later in treatment (rapid tachyphylaxis)
Management if symptomatic: recumbency
Usually benign
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Vital Signs: Change to Value Outside
Reference Range - Any Time During 24 Hrs
Placebo-Controlled Database Placebo IMOlz
10
Percentage of Patients
8
*
6 *
0
Low Low Low Low Low High Ortho
Supine Supine Supine Standing Standing Standing Drop
Systolic Diastolic Pulse Systolic Diastolic Pulse
* p < 0.05 vs. placebo
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Vital Signs: Change to Value Outside
Reference Range - Any Time During 24 Hrs
Haloperidol-Controlled Database
IMOlz IMHal
10
Percentage of Patients
4 *
0
Low Low Low Low Low High Ortho
Supine Supine Supine Standing Standing Standing Drop
Systolic Diastolic Pulse Systolic Diastolic Pulse
* p < 0.05 vs. Olz 75
Vital Signs: Change to Value Outside
Reference Range Any Time During 24 Hrs
Geriatric Placebo-Controlled Database
Placebo IMOlz 2.5 IMOlz 5
Basal / Resting Positional Challenge
14
12
Percentage of Patients
10
8
6
4
2
0
Low Low Low Low Low High Ortho
Supine Supine Supine Standing Standing Standing Drop
Systolic Diastolic Pulse Systolic Diastolic Pulse
:n=0
N.S.D. between Olz and Pla on any measure 76
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Dizziness
and Syncope: Data from IM and Oral Studies
Intramuscular Data
Olz Pla Olz Hal
Event N=415 N=150 N=316 N=166
Classification n % n % n % n %
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QTc Intervals: 2 Hours Post-Injection
Placebo-Controlled Database
Mean Change in QTc (msec) at 2 hrs
IM Pla IM Olz
10
(N = 148) (N = 408)
9 Mean change -0.7 -3.0
Percentage of Patients
8 SD 22.0 21.5
7 p-value vs. pla -- 0.199
6
5 : n=0
4
3 Placebo
2 IMOlz
1
0
97.5 Percentile 99 Percentile 500 msec
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ECG Data from Dementia Study:
Decision for Re-Read
Consultation with external cardiologists
Random review of ECG tracings - discrepancies noted
Original guidelines required measurements of Lead II
These guidelines questioned because:
advanced age of patient population
significant medical co-morbidity at baseline
non-specific, low-amplitude T waves and baseline noise
Recommendation:
Blindly re-read all ECGs using 2 independent ECG Core Labs
Revised measurement guidelines:
Average of 3 leads: Leads II, avF, and V5
Hierarchical algorithm of alternative leads if primary leads
unsuitable
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Re-Read QTc Data*: Dementia Study
Mean Change from Baseline to 2 Hours
* Re-Read Data = all interval measurements from the 2 ECG Core Labs were
averaged for final reported values, Bazett formula used to calculate QTc
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QTc Intervals: 2 Hours Post-Injection
Geriatric Placebo-Controlled Database
30 Mean Change in QTc (msec) at 2 hrs
IM Pla IM Olz2.5 IM Olz5
(N = 61) (N = 68) (N = 61)
25
Percentage of Patients
15
Placebo
10 IMOlz 2.5
IMOlz 5
5
* * p < 0.05 vs. placebo
0
97.5 Percentile 99 Percentile 500 msec
Olanzapine Cmax
100 100
Olanzapine
80 80
(ng/mL)
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
Daily Dose 1st 2nd 3rd
1 to 6 weeks Dose Dose Dose
n = 474 in 333 pts n=24 n=24 n=20
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QTc Intervals: Normal to Prolonged
6-week Oral Study in Schizophrenia
Patients who were on the specified dose for at least 5 days prior to the ECG
Study HGAJ: Mean Change in QTc (msec)
1.4 Oral 5 mg Oral 10 mg Oral 15mg Oral 20 mg
(N=117) (N=150) (N=175) (N=309)
1.2
Percentage of Patients
0.8 Oral 5 mg
: n=0
Oral 10 mg
0.6
Oral 15 mg
0.4
Oral 20 mg
0.2
0
97.5 Percentile 99 Percentile 500 msec
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Extrapyramidal Symptoms
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Extrapyramidal Symptoms:
Schizophrenia Dose Ranging Study
Mean change from baseline to 24 hrs post first IM inj (LOCF)
0.8
*
Mean Change from Baseline
0.58
0.6
0.4
*
0.2 0.15 Placebo
IMOlz 2.5
0 IMOlz 5
-0.07 -0.06 -0.07
-0.2
-0.11 -0.11 IMOlz 7.5
IMOlz 10
-0.31
-0.4 IMHal 7.5
-0.46
-0.6
90
Extrapyramidal Symptoms:
Schizophrenia Study
Mean change from baseline to 24 hrs post first IM inj (LOCF)
1 *
Mean Change from Baseline
0.7
0.5
0.01
0 Placebo
-0.08
IMOlz 10
-0.27
-0.5 IMHal 7.5
-0.61
* p < 0.05 vs. pla
-1
p < 0.05 vs. hal
-1.19
-1.5
Barnes Global Score Simpson-Angus Total
91
Extrapyramidal Symptoms:
Bipolar Mania Study
Mean change from baseline to 24 hrs post first IM inj (LOCF)
0
0.0
Mean Change from Baseline
-0.1
-0.2
-0.23
-0.3 -0.26 Placebo
IMOlz 10
-0.4 -0.39 IMLzp
-0.5 -0.49
-0.6
-0.61
-0.7
Barnes Global Score Simpson-Angus Total
N.S.D. between treatment groups at any measure 92
Extrapyramidal Symptoms:
Dementia Study
Mean change from baseline to 24 hrs post first inj (LOCF)
0
Mean Change from Baseline
-0.1
-0.2 -0.18
-0.20
Placebo
-0.25
-0.3 IMOlz 2.5
-0.4 -0.37 IMOlz 5
IMLzp
-0.5
-0.6
-0.7
Simpson-Angus Total
N.S.D. between any measure vs. placebo 93
Conclusions:
Efficacy of IM Olanzapine
The efficacy of IM olanzapine in the treatment of
agitation was established in all 4 pivotal studies:
IM olanzapine was superior to placebo in the primary
efficacy analysis for all doses studied (2.5 to 10 mg)
Secondary efficacy measures yielded similar results
The majority of IM olanzapine-treated patients required
only 1 injection in 24 hours
IM olanzapine, doses 5-10 mg, demonstrated efficacy
15 to 30 minutes after the first injection
IM olanzapine was effective in patients with and without
psychosis
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Conclusions:
Safety of IM Olanzapine
IM olanzapine was safe and well tolerated:
Incidence of EPS similar to placebo; no cases of acute
dystonia
No clinically significant changes in laboratory analytes
or ECG data, including QTc intervals
Not associated with adverse effects on vital signs
except for mild and transient decrements in blood
pressure and heart rate
Not associated with excessive or undesirable sedation
Favorable adverse event profile
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