• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Analysis of potentially predictive factors of efficacy of adjunct extended-release quetiapine fumarate in patients with major depressive disorder
  • Contributor: Bauer, Michael [Author]; Thase, Michael E. [Author]; Liu, Sherry [Author]; Earley, Willie [Author]; Eriksson, Hans [Author]
  • Published: London: Sage, [2019]
  • Published in: Journal of Psychopharmacology ; 29,5 (2015), Seite 565-574
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1177/0269881114552715
  • Keywords: Zusatz ; Adjunct ; atypical antipsychotic ; prädiktive Faktoren ; major depressive disorder ; atypisches Antipsychotikum ; predictive factors ; extended-release quetiapine fumarate ; Quetiapin-Fumarat mit verlängerter Freisetzung ; schwere depressive Störung
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  • Description: Identification of predictors of treatment response in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) may facilitate improved disease management. Data were pooled from two 6-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of extended-release quetiapine (quetiapine XR; 150 or 300 mg/day) as adjunct to ongoing antidepressant therapy. Effects of psychiatric history and baseline demographic and disease characteristics on efficacy outcomes (Week 6 Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS] total score reduction) were evaluated in population subgroups (quetiapine XR both doses pooled, n = 616; placebo, n = 303). Baseline Clinical Global Impressions-Severity (CGI-S) score and previous depressive episodes on Week 6 MADRS total score change, and baseline MADRS individual item scores on Week 6 change in CGI-Improvement score, were also evaluated. No major differences between responders and non-responders to quetiapine XR were observed for patient characteristics or demographic and disease characteristics. No suggestion of a predictive association was found between baseline CGI-S score, number of depressive episodes, and baseline MADRS item scores and efficacy outcomes. These analyses showed no major differences between responders and non-responders, and no predictive association between the parameters assessed and efficacy outcomes for adjunct quetiapine XR in patients with MDD and an inadequate response to prior antidepressant therapy.
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