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JAMA Psychiatry: efficacy and safety of xanomeline-trospium chloride in schizophrenia

The pivotal randomized trial that supported the first new mechanism of action for schizophrenia in seventy years.

JAMA PsychiatryChicago202410 min read

This is the pivotal randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry supporting the FDA approval of Cobenfy (xanomeline-trospium chloride) — the first schizophrenia drug in seven decades acting on a non-dopaminergic mechanism.

It is the primary source paper behind much of the lay coverage of the approval.

Read the full JAMA Psychiatry article for the trial design and outcomes.

Read the original at JAMA Psychiatry

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