Early Prediction of Fluoxetine Response

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify what degree of symptom changes during the early weeks could be used to predict eventual nonresponse at week 6 among depressive inpatients taking fluoxetine.

Timeline

Start

2007-03

Primary completion

2010-02

Completion

2010-02

Publications

• Results Tollefson GD, Holman SL. How long to onset of antidepressant action: a meta-analysis of patients treated with fluoxetine or placebo. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 1994 Winter;9(4):245-50. doi: 10.1097/00004850-199400940-00003.
• Results Bech P. Meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials with mirtazapine using the core items of the Hamilton Depression Scale as evidence of a pure antidepressive effect in the short-term treatment of major depression. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2001 Dec;4(4):337-45. doi: 10.1017/S1461145701002565.
• Results Katz MM, Tekell JL, Bowden CL, Brannan S, Houston JP, Berman N, Frazer A. Onset and early behavioral effects of pharmacologically different antidepressants and placebo in depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2004 Mar;29(3):566-79. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300341.
• Results Farabaugh A, Mischoulon D, Fava M, Wu SL, Mascarini A, Tossani E, Alpert JE. The relationship between early changes in the HAMD-17 anxiety/somatization factor items and treatment outcome among depressed outpatients. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2005 Mar;20(2):87-91. doi: 10.1097/00004850-200503000-00004.
• Results Trivedi MH, Morris DW, Grannemann BD, Mahadi S. Symptom clusters as predictors of late response to antidepressant treatment. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Aug;66(8):1064-70. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v66n0816.
• Yang WC, Lin CH, Wang FC, Lu MJ. Factors related to the improvement in quality of life for depressed inpatients treated with fluoxetine. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Aug 25;17(1):309. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1471-3.

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