2023
Efficacy and Safety of Iclepertin (BI 425809) in Patients With Schizophrenia: CONNEX, A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial Program
Wunderlich G, Blahova Z, Hake S, Ikezawa S, Marder S, Falkai P, Krystal J. Efficacy and Safety of Iclepertin (BI 425809) in Patients With Schizophrenia: CONNEX, A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial Program. CNS Spectrums 2023, 28: 229-229. DOI: 10.1017/s1092852923001530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive impairmentEfficacy endpointVirtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment ToolCognitive symptomsPlacebo-controlled parallel-group trialKey secondary efficacy endpointsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsSafety extension studyPrimary efficacy endpointSecondary efficacy endpointsParallel-group trialPhase II trialPoor functional outcomeComposite T-scoreMulti-center studyPhase III programRole of glutamateLong-term safetyScale total scoreDemonstration of efficacyGlycine transporter 1Industry-sponsored studiesCapacity assessment toolII trialTolerability dataEfficacy and safety of iclepertin (BI 425809) in patients with schizophrenia: CONNEX, a Phase III randomised controlled trial programme
Falkai P, Reuteman-Fowler C, Blahova Z, Ikezawa S, Marder S, Krystal J. Efficacy and safety of iclepertin (BI 425809) in patients with schizophrenia: CONNEX, a Phase III randomised controlled trial programme. European Psychiatry 2023, 66: s637-s637. PMCID: PMC10661489, DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive impairmentEfficacy endpointVirtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment ToolCognitive symptomsJazz PharmaceuticalsPlacebo-controlled parallel-group trialBoehringer IngelheimKey secondary efficacy endpointsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsSafety extension studyPrimary efficacy endpointSecondary efficacy endpointsParallel-group trialPhase II trialPoor functional outcomeComposite T-scorePhase III programRole of glutamateLong-term safetyScale total scoreGrant/research supportDemonstration of efficacyGlycine transporter 1Industry-sponsored studiesCapacity assessment tool
2018
The neurobiology of depression, ketamine and rapid-acting antidepressants: Is it glutamate inhibition or activation?
Abdallah CG, Sanacora G, Duman RS, Krystal JH. The neurobiology of depression, ketamine and rapid-acting antidepressants: Is it glutamate inhibition or activation? Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2018, 190: 148-158. PMID: 29803629, PMCID: PMC6165688, DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid-acting antidepressantsNeurobiology of depressionMechanism of actionChronic stress pathologyRole of glutamateAntidepressant effectsEfficacy findingsGlutamate activationBiomarker findingsNeurobiology of stressVivo pharmacodynamicsCurrent perspective paperKetamineChronic stressReproducible biomarkersBehavioral effectsGlutamate inhibitionDepressionStress pathologyAntidepressantsNeurobiologyInhibitionActivationPharmacodynamicsPharmacokinetics
2010
Potential Psychiatric Applications of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Agonists and Antagonists
Krystal JH, Mathew SJ, D’Souza D, Garakani A, Gunduz-Bruce H, Charney DS. Potential Psychiatric Applications of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Agonists and Antagonists. CNS Drugs 2010, 24: 669-693. PMID: 20658799, DOI: 10.2165/11533230-000000000-00000.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPreliminary clinical trialsPositive allosteric modulatorsPsychiatric disordersClinical trialsAnimal modelsAllosteric modulatorsGroup II mGluR agonistGroup IMetabotropic glutamate receptor agonistAnxiety disordersPotential psychiatric applicationsGlutamate receptor agonistsMetabotropic glutamate receptorsTreatment of schizophreniaRole of glutamateForm of depressionMGluR agonistAntidepressant propertiesMGluR5 agonistReceptor agonistGlutamate receptorsMood disordersArea of schizophreniaPromising agentAgonists