The Study of Olanzapine Plus Fluoxetine in Combination for Treatment of Treatment Resistant Depression

Summary

The purposes of this study are to determine: * Whether olanzapine plus fluoxetine in combination will help patients with treatment-resistant major depression. * The safety of olanzapine plus fluoxetine in combination, plus and any side effects that might be associated with the combination. * The effectiveness of olanzapine plus fluoxetine compared to olanzapine and fluoxetine alone.

Timeline

Start

2002-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-07

Outcome

Mixed primary results

paper Study 1 revealed no statistically significant therapy differences in MADRS mean change PMID 17335320 ↗

paper In Study 2, olanzapine/fluoxetine combination demonstrated significantly greater MADRS improvement (-14.5) than fluoxetine (-8.6, p < .001) and olanzapine (-7.0, p < .001). PMID 17335320 ↗

Publications

• Houston JP, Kohler J, Bishop JR, Ellingrod VL, Ostbye KM, Zhao F, Conley RR, Poole Hoffmann V, Fijal BA. Pharmacogenomic associations with weight gain in olanzapine treatment of patients without schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;73(8):1077-86. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m06916.
• Houston JP, Lau K, Aris V, Liu W, Fijal BA, Heinloth AN, Perlis RH. Association of common variations in the norepinephrine transporter gene with response to olanzapine-fluoxetine combination versus continued-fluoxetine treatment in patients with treatment-resistant depression: a candidate gene analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;73(6):878-85. doi: 10.4088/JCP.10m06744. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
• Houston J, Dharia S, Bishop JR, Ellingrod VL, Fijal B, Jacobson JG, Hoffmann VP. Association of DRD2 and ANKK1 polymorphisms with prolactin increase in olanzapine-treated women. Psychiatry Res. 2011 May 15;187(1-2):74-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.020. Epub 2010 Nov 20.
• Tohen M, Case M, Trivedi MH, Thase ME, Burke SJ, Durell TM. Olanzapine/fluoxetine combination in patients with treatment-resistant depression: rapid onset of therapeutic response and its predictive value for subsequent overall response in a pooled analysis of 5 studies. J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;71(4):451-62. doi: 10.4088/JCP.08m04984gre. Epub 2010 Feb 23.
• Thase ME, Corya SA, Osuntokun O, Case M, Henley DB, Sanger TM, Watson SB, Dube S. A randomized, double-blind comparison of olanzapine/fluoxetine combination, olanzapine, and fluoxetine in treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Feb;68(2):224-36. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0207.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Fluoxetine	Small molecule	50 mg	Oral
Subject	Olanzapine	Small molecule	6 mg	Oral
Subject	Olanzapine	Small molecule	18 mg	Oral

Indications