Long-Term Safety Extension Trial of Asenapine in Schizophrenia Participants Who Completed Protocol P05688 (P05689)

A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Fixed-Dose, Long-Term Extension Trial of the Safety of Asenapine Using Olanzapine as an Active Control in Subjects Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Who Completed Protocol P05688

Participants who have completed the 6-week trial P05688 can be screened for eligibility for this 26-week extension study in which they will continue treatment. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the long-term safety of 2.5 and 5 mg asenapine administered sublingually twice daily (BID) in schizophrenia participants. Olanzapine administered 15 mg orally once daily (QD) is used as an active control.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Completed the short-term trial P05688, and judged by the investigator likely to benefit from continued treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Occurrence(s) of an adverse event or other clinically significant finding(s) in the short-term trial P05688 that would prohibit the participant's continuation into the long-term extension
• Clinical Global Impression-Severity of Illness (CGI-S) score of ≥6 (severely psychotic) at Baseline
• Newly diagnosed or discovered psychiatric condition that would have excluded the participant from participation in the short-term trial P05688