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Effect of Antidepressant Switching vs Augmentation on Remission Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Unresponsive to Antidepressant Treatment

Effect of Antidepressant Switching vs Augmentation on Remission Among Patients With Major... Key PointsQuestionIs there a difference among pharmacotherapeutic approaches for treating patients with depression unresponsive to an antidepressant course? FindingsIn a 12-week follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of 1522 patients with major depressive disorder (85% men) unresponsive to previous antidepressant treatment, 29% achieved remission after augmenting their antidepressant with the antipsychotic aripiprazole vs 22% who switched to the antidepressant bupropion. Other remission comparisons were not significant. MeaningAugmentation with aripiprazole resulted in a statistically significant, but only modestly increased, likelihood of remission during 12 weeks of treatment compared with switching to bupropion alone. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.8036
pmid
28697253
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Abstract

Key PointsQuestionIs there a difference among pharmacotherapeutic approaches for treating patients with depression unresponsive to an antidepressant course? FindingsIn a 12-week follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of 1522 patients with major depressive disorder (85% men) unresponsive to previous antidepressant treatment, 29% achieved remission after augmenting their antidepressant with the antipsychotic aripiprazole vs 22% who switched to the antidepressant bupropion. Other remission comparisons were not significant. MeaningAugmentation with aripiprazole resulted in a statistically significant, but only modestly increased, likelihood of remission during 12 weeks of treatment compared with switching to bupropion alone.

Journal

JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 11, 2017

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