12種類の新世代の抗うつ薬の比較効果と受容性:複数の治療によるメタ解析
Andrea Cipriani1, Toshiaki A Furukawa, Georgia Salanti
1Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 3, 2009
まとめ
新しい分析によると,エシタロプラムとセルトラリンは,主要なうつ病の治療においてより効果的で,よりよく耐えるものである. セルトラリンは,中等から重症の症例の利益,受容性,および費用の好ましいバランスを提供します.
科学分野:
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- 従来のメタ解析では,第二世代の抗うつ剤の有効性に関する結果が一貫していない.
- これらの矛盾を解決するために,複数の治療法のメタアナリシスが行われました.
- この研究は,重度のうつ病に対する12種類の新世代の抗うつ剤に焦点を当てた.
研究 の 目的:
- 12種類の新世代の抗うつ剤の比較効果と受容性を評価する.
- 直接的および間接的な治療比較を含むことにより,より包括的な分析を提供するために.
- 重度のうつ病に対する最適な抗うつ剤の選択を特定する.
主な方法:
- 1991年から2007年までの117件のランダム化比較試験 (25,928人の参加者) の体系的レビュー.
- ブプロピオン,シタロプラム,ドゥロキセチン,エシタロプラム,フルーキセチン,フルーボキサミン,ミルナシプラン,ミルタザピン,パロキセチン,レボキセチン,セルトラリン,またはヴェンラファキシンで治療された単極性メジャーうつ病の成人を含む.
- 主要アウトカム:患者の応答率と治療中止率;治療意図分析.
主要な成果:
- ミルタザピン,エシタロプラム,ヴェンラファキシン,セルトラリンは,ドゥロキセチン,フリューオキセチン,フリューオキサミン,パロキセチン,レボキセチンと比較して,著しく高い有効性を示しました.
- レボキセチンは,他のすべてのテストされた抗うつ剤よりも有意に有効性が低いことが判明しました.
- エシタロプラムとセルトラリンは,受容性プロファイルが最高で,中止が著しく少ない.
結論:
- 一般的に処方される抗うつ剤の間で,有効性と受容性の有意な臨床的差異が存在する.
- エシタロプラムとセルトラリンは,重度のうつ病の治療に好ましいプロファイルを示しています.
- セルトラリンは,そのバランスの取れた利点,受容性,およびコストのために,中等から重度のメジャーうつ病の好ましい初期治療法である可能性があります.
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