KarXT demonstrates effectiveness against the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

“Consistent with the EMERGENT-1 trial, EMERGENT-2 demonstrated statistically significant improvement in negative symptoms with KarXT compared with placebo based on changes from baseline to week 5,” the investigators wrote. “Together, these results support further testing of KarXT as a treatment for primary negative symptoms in an appropriately designed study in people with persistent negative symptoms, as the Marder negative factor might be less susceptible to influence by improvement in positive symptoms than the [Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale] negative subscale.”

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