急性脳卒中 (FOCUS) の後の機能的アウトカムに対するフルオセチンの効果: 実用的な,ダブルブラインド,ランダム化,制御試験
Lancet (London, England)
|December 12, 2018
まとめ
フルオキセチンは脳卒中後の機能的アウトカムを改善しませんでした. うつ病を軽減する一方で 骨の骨折を増加させるので 定期的な使用は推奨されません
科学分野:
- 神経学
- 薬理学について
- 臨床試験
背景:
- 前回の小規模試験では,フルオキセチンは脳卒中後の機能回復を高めることが示唆された.
- FOCUS試験は,これらの潜在的な利益を正確に評価するために設計されました.
研究 の 目的:
- 急性脳卒中後の患者にフルオキセチンを毎日投与すると,機能的な結果が改善されるかどうかを判断する.
- 脳卒中後のうつ病およびその他の有害事象に対するフルオキセチンの効果を評価する.
主な方法:
- プラセボ対照のランダム化試験で,脳卒中発症から15日以内に3127人の患者が参加した.
- 患者は6ヶ月間,フルオキセチン20mgまたはプラセボを毎日投与し,6ヶ月後に修正されたランキンスケール (mRS) を使用して機能状態を評価した.
主要な成果:
- フルオキセチンとプラセボ群の6ヶ月後の機能状態 (mRS) の有意な差は認められなかった (p=0. 439).
- フルオキセチンは,新たなうつ病の発生率を有意に低下させた (13. 43% 対 17. 21%, p=0. 0033).
- フルオキセチンは骨折の頻度が高い (2. 88%対1. 47%,p=0. 0070) であった.
結論:
- 脳卒中後の6ヶ月間,フルオキセチンを毎日服用することは,機能的な結果を改善しません.
- うつ病の減少は,骨折のリスクの増加に相殺されます.
- 現在,脳卒中後の機能回復またはうつ病の予防のためにフルオキセチンの日常的な使用は支持されていません.
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