24-Week Open Label Extension to a Randomized, 6-Week Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Study, to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Flexible Doses of Extended Release OROS® Paliperidone in the Treatment of Geriatric Subjects With Schizophrenia

The primary objective of the open-label extension phase was the long-term assessment of safety and tolerability of Extended Release (ER) OROS paliperidone (3 mg to 12 mg/day) in subjects (>65 years of age) with schizophrenia, and the secondary objective was the assessment of long-term efficacy.

Paliperidone ER OROS® tablet formulation (3 to 12 mg/day) to be taken orally

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects who had completed the double-blind phase or discontinued due to lack of efficacy after at least 21 days of treatment, who signed the informed consent for the open-label phase, and who the investigator agreed that open-label treatment was in the best interest of the subject were eligible to participate in the open label phase

Exclusion criteria

• Significant and/or unstable systemic illnesses
• Allergy or hypersensitivity to risperidone or paliperidone
• Significant risk of suicidal or violent behavior
• Biochemistry, hematology, or urinalysis results that are not within the laboratory's reference range, and that are deemed by the investigator to be clinically significant