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EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 16, 期 2, 页码 93-100出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2005.09.002
关键词
agomelatine; antidepressant; major depressive disorder; response rate; remission; placebo controlled
The efficacy and safety of flexible dosing with the antidepressant agomelatine (25-50 mg/day) was evaluated in a 6-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study involving 212 patients who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for major depressive disorder-current major depressive episode. Patients receiving agomelatine (25 mg and 50 mg/day) had a significantly lower mean Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) score at endpoint compared with those who received placebo (14.1 +/- 7.7 vs. 16.5 +/- 7.4, p = 0.026). Agomelatine significantly improved the response rate (49.1%; p = 0.03), time to first response (p = 0.032), and Clinical Global Impression-Severity of Illness score (p = 0.017), compared with placebo. These results were confirmed in a subgroup of patients with greater symptom severity. Agomelatine 50 mg also appeared to be effective and welt tolerated in patients who failed to show improvement after 2 weeks on a dose of 25 mg/day. These results support the prescription of agomelatine 25 mg as the usual therapeutic dose, and suggest that increasing the dose to 50 mg may be beneficial for some patients without reducing tolerability. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. and ENCP. All rights reserved.
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