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Marco Ferrari1, Marco Godio1, Stefano Martini1
1Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Objectives:
Recent studies proposed the existence of a correlation between patients' inflammatory status and therapy response in bipolar disorder (BD). Here we investigated the correlation between levels of inflammatory markers and quetiapine (QUE) effects in BD patients.
Methods:
In 15 hospitalised BD patients, we investigated changes in inflammatory markers such as C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) and cytokines after a 6-week treatment with QUE monotherapy.
Results:
We found QUE treatment to significantly reduce CRP and IL-6 plasma levels. Moreover, we found higher CRP and IL-6 plasma levels at baseline correlated with better improvement of patients' clinical symptoms.
Conclusion:
The reported results, although preliminary, could be useful in clinical practice, providing not only markers for QUE response, but also allowing for identification of new targets and new therapies for the treatment of this condition.
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